Mushroom Lake facts for kids

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Location	Custer County, Idaho
Coordinates	43°59′24″N 114°57′50″W / 43.989919°N 114.963872°W / 43.989919; -114.963872
Type	Glacial
Primary inflows	Hell Roaring Creek
Primary outflows	Hell Roaring Creek to Salmon River
Basin countries	United States
Max. length	0.13 mi (0.21 km)
Max. width	0.12 mi (0.19 km)
Surface elevation	8,560 ft (2,610 m)

Mushroom Lake is a small alpine lake in Custer County, Idaho, United States, located in the Sawtooth Mountains in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. There are no trails leading to the lake, although it is most easily accessed from Sawtooth National Forest trail 092.

Mushroom Lake is in the Sawtooth Wilderness, and a wilderness permit can be obtained at a registration box at trailheads or wilderness boundaries. Hell Roaring Lake and Imogene Lake are downstream of Mushroom Lake.