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Sheep Lake
Location of Sheep Lake in Idaho, USA.
Location of Sheep Lake in Idaho, USA.
Sheep Lake
Location in Idaho
Location of Sheep Lake in Idaho, USA.
Location of Sheep Lake in Idaho, USA.
Sheep Lake
Location in the United States
Location Custer County, Idaho
Coordinates 44°06′49″N 114°36′35″W / 44.113590°N 114.609613°W / 44.113590; -114.609613
Type Glacial
Primary outflows Bighorn Creek to Big Boulder Creek to East Fork Salmon River
Basin countries United States
Max. length 290 m (950 ft)
Max. width 200 m (660 ft)
Surface elevation 3,015 m (9,892 ft)

Sheep Lake is an alpine lake in Custer County, Idaho, United States, located in the White Cloud Mountains in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. The lake can be accessed from Sawtooth National Forest trail 601.

Sheep Lake is just south of Calkins Peak, northeast of D. O. Lee Peak, and downstream of Slide and Neck Lakes.

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