Echo Lake (California)

{{Short description| Lake in the state of California, United States}}

{{about||the adjacent settlement|Echo Lake, California|other places named Echo Lake, and other uses of the name|Echo Lake (disambiguation)}}

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| location = El Dorado County, California, U.S.

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Echo Lake, is the name of a glacial lake—summer reservoir located in El Dorado County, eastern California, United States.

Geography

Echo Lake is in the Sierra Nevada, and within the El Dorado National Forest. The lake is approximately {{convert|2|mi|km}} from Highway 50 at Echo Summit.

The lake is divided into two sections; an Upper lake, and a Lower lake. The elevation of Echo lake is maintained in summer months with a dam at {{convert|7414|ft|m}} above sea level.{{cite web |url=http://www.echochalet.com/about.htm |title=About Echo Lake |website=www.echochalet.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010608102937/http://echochalet.com/about.htm |archive-date=2001-06-08}}

There has been little development beyond lakeside cabins.

File:Lower Echo Lake.jpg

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See also

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