Legore Lake

{{Short description|Lake in the United States of America}}

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| name = LeGore Lake

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| location = Eagle Cap Wilderness, Wallowa County, Oregon, US

| coords = {{coord|45.3096|-117.3466|type:waterbody_region:US-OR_source:gnis-1144926|display=inline,title}}

| type = Tarn

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| outflow = Falls Creek

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| basin_countries = United States

| length = {{convert|193|yd}}

| width = {{convert|124|yd}}

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| elevation = {{convert|8950|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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| pushpin_map = Oregon#USA

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| pushpin_map_alt = Location of Legore Lake in Oregon, USA.

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| reference = {{cite gnis|id=1144926|name=Legore Lake|accessdate=2008-11-21}}

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LeGore Lake is a tarn located in the Eagle Cap Wilderness of northeastern Oregon, United States. It is the highest true lake in Oregon at {{convert|8950|ft|m}} elevation.{{cite web|title=Elevations of Points Near Eagle Cap Wilderness|publisher=United States Forest Service|date=2004-03-10|url=http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/w-w/recreation/wilderness/elevations-ecw.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522052405/http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/w-w/recreation/wilderness/elevations-ecw.shtml|archive-date=2010-05-22|access-date=2024-08-03|url-status=dead}} It is positioned near Twin Peaks{{Cite web|url=http://www.summitpost.org/area/range/171205/wallowa-mountains.html|title=Wallowa Mountains : Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering : SummitPost}} and is accessed by a 4-mile "extremely steep uphill" hiking trail that ascends 4,000 feet and passes the LeGore mine, the lake's namesake.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oregonphotos.com/pagefourteen-J-1.html|title = Wallowas Lakes}}