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Tin Cup Lake
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Location of Tin Cup Lake in Idaho, USA.
Location of Tin Cup Lake in Idaho, USA.
Tin Cup Lake
Location in Idaho
Location of Tin Cup Lake in Idaho, USA.
Location of Tin Cup Lake in Idaho, USA.
Tin Cup Lake
Location in the United States
Location Custer County, Idaho
Coordinates 44°07′22″N 114°36′35″W / 44.122704°N 114.609613°W / 44.122704; -114.609613
Type Glacial
Primary outflows Gunsight Creek to Big Boulder Creek to East Fork Salmon River
Basin countries United States
Max. length 305 m (1,001 ft)
Max. width 235 m (771 ft)
Surface elevation 3,050 m (10,010 ft)
Calkins Peak, White Cloud Peaks ID
Tin Cup Lake at middle-left of photo with Gunsight lake and Calkins Peak

Tin Cup Lake is an alpine lake in Custer County, Idaho, United States, located in the White Cloud Mountains in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. No trails lead to lake but it can be accessed from Sawtooth National Forest trail 680.

Tin Cup Lake is just southeast of the Chinese Wall, northeast of Calkins Peak, and in the same basin as Dike, Quartzite, and Gunsight Lakes.

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