Snow Lake (King County, Washington)
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Snow Lake | |
Location | King County, Washington |
Coordinates | 47°28′1″N 121°27′20″W / 47.46694°N 121.45556°WCoordinates: 47°28′1″N 121°27′20″W / 47.46694°N 121.45556°W |
Primary inflows | Rock Creek (from ) |
Primary outflows | Rock Creek |
Basin countries | United States |
Surface area | 152.9 acres (61.9 ha) |
Surface elevation | 4,019 ft (1,225 m) |
Islands | 0 |
Snow Lake is located in King County, Washington. The lake is the "most visited lake in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness."[1] The lake is also stocked with rainbow trout for fishing.[2]
Climate[]
Snow Lake has a hemiboreal climate.[3] The average temperature is 3° C. The warmest month is August, with an average temperature of 15° C, and the coldest month is January, at an average of −6° C.[4] The average rainfall is 1,687 millimeters per year. The wettest month is December, with 247 millimeters of rain, and the least in July, with 33 millimeters of rain.
Gallery[]
Snow Lake Trail map
View from the trail on the way to the lake
The lake in July 2020
References[]
- ^ Snow Lake Trail at Washington Trails Association.
- ^ Fish Stocking for Snow Lake at Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife site.
- ^ Peel, M C; Finlayson, B L. "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification". Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 11: 1639–1640. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
External links[]
Categories:
- Lakes of King County, Washington
- King County, Washington geography stubs