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Location	Custer County, Idaho
Coordinates	44°05′50″N 114°36′43″W / 44.097145°N 114.612036°W / 44.097145; -114.612036
Lake type	Glacial
Primary outflows	Big Boulder Creek to East Fork Salmon River
Basin countries	United States
Max. length	100 m (330 ft)
Max. width	80 m (260 ft)
Surface elevation	3,060 m (10,040 ft)

Gentian Lake is an alpine lake in Custer County, Idaho, United States, located in the White Cloud Mountains in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. Although no trails lead to the lake, it can be accessed from Sawtooth National Forest trail 601.

Gentian Lake is southeast of D. O. Lee Peak, upstream of Cove Lake, and in the same basin as Boulder and Snow Lakes.