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For the adjacent settlement, see Echo Lake, California. For other places named Echo Lake, and other uses of the name, see Echo Lake (disambiguation).
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Echo Lakes
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Upper and Lower Echo Lake, California
Location of Echo Lake in California, USA.
Location of Echo Lake in California, USA.
Echo Lakes
Location in California
Location of Echo Lake in California, USA.
Location of Echo Lake in California, USA.
Echo Lakes
Location in the United States
Location El Dorado County, California, U.S.
Coordinates 38°50′34″N 120°04′32″W / 38.84278°N 120.07556°W / 38.84278; -120.07556 (Upper Echo Lake)
Basin countries United States
Max. depth 303 ft (92 m)
Surface elevation 2,260 m (7,410 ft)

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 2 miles (3.2 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 7,414 feet (2,260 m) above sea level.

Lower Echo Lake
Lower Echo Lake, California

There has been little development beyond lakeside cabins.

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