Gilmore Lake

Gilmore Lake
Location Sierra Nevada, El Dorado County, California, US
Coordinates 38°53′44.31″N 120°6′55.17″W / 38.8956417°N 120.1153250°W / 38.8956417; -120.1153250Coordinates: 38°53′44.31″N 120°6′55.17″W / 38.8956417°N 120.1153250°W / 38.8956417; -120.1153250
Basin countries United States

Gilmore Lake in California is a backcountry lake in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, to the west of Lake Tahoe in the Desolation Wilderness. It can be reached by hiking west out of the Glen Alpine Springs trailhead near the town of South Lake Tahoe. This lake offers great fishing for Lake trout.

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Gilmore Lake and Desolation Valley, circa 1910.


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