Santiam Lake

Santiam Lake
The lake as seen from Three Fingered Jack
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Location	Oregon Cascades NW of Santiam Pass, Linn County, Oregon, United States
Coordinates	44°28′41″N 121°53′06″W / 44.47792°N 121.88496°W / 44.47792; -121.88496
Type	Paternoster lake
Primary outflows	North Santiam River
Basin countries	United States

Max. length	1,000 ft (300 m)
Max. width	1,000 ft (300 m)
Surface elevation	5,124 ft (1,562 m)

Frozen	winter and spring
Islands	none
Settlements	none

Santiam Lake is a lake in the U.S. state of Oregon, west of Three Fingered Jack in the Cascade Range. It is headwaters for the North Santiam River and drains a portion of the southwestern Mount Jefferson Wilderness.^[1] The lake is stocked bi-annually with Brook and Rainbow trout.^[2] It can be accessed from various trails in the Jefferson Wilderness, including Santiam Lake Trail #3491.^[3] It is located about 6.5 miles northwest of Santiam Junction, Oregon.

References

^ "Mount Jefferson Wilderness". U.S. Forest Service. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
^ "Cascade Ramblings - Cascader: Santiam Lake: Mt Jefferson Wilderness". www.cascaderamblings.com. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
^ "Willamette National Forest - Santiam Lake Trail #3491". USDA Forest Service. Archived from the original on 12 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.

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