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Heart Lake
Location of Heart Lake in Idaho, USA.
Location of Heart Lake in Idaho, USA.
Heart Lake
Location in Idaho
Location of Heart Lake in Idaho, USA.
Location of Heart Lake in Idaho, USA.
Heart Lake
Location in the United States
Location Custer County, Idaho
Coordinates 44°01′45″N 114°40′41″W / 44.029222°N 114.677952°W / 44.029222; -114.677952
Lake type Glacial
Primary outflows Fourth of July Creek to Salmon River
Basin countries United States
Max. length 396 m (1,299 ft)
Max. width 182 m (597 ft)
Surface elevation 2,705 m (8,875 ft)

Heart Lake is an alpine lake in Custer County, Idaho, United States, located in the White Cloud Mountains in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. No trail lead to the lake, but it is most easily accessed from Sawtooth National Forest road 209.

Heart Lake is north of Washington Peak and downhill of the Six Lakes Basin

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