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Angel
Lake
Lake
Elevation:
8,378 feet
Wells
Elevation: 5,658 feet
East
Humboldt Range
Humboldt
National Forest
Elko County, Nevada
Elko
County has two recognized
scenic byways. One is the Lamoille
Canyon road in the Ruby Mountains and the road to Angel Lake is the
other. As any traveler to the back-roads of Elko County can tell you -
there are many more. They just are remote and not as well known.
So this page focuses on both the road from Wells to the lake and the alpine
lake. If you wish to add more ...
just
let me know.
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According
to the general geology site of Nevada:
The rocks at Angel lake are a gneiss (metamorphic origin). These
"rocks are as old as Archean, about 2.5 billion years old. These
are the oldest known rocks exposed at the surface in Nevada. The wall
and lake are glacial features." |
USGS
Topographic Map of Angel Lake (1991)
USGS
Aerial Photograph of Angel Lake (1994)
Click on photos to see original high clarity digital
photographs
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road to Angel Lake, begins at Wells, Nevada. In the center of
the photo looking at the distant snow clad East Humboldt Range - at
the sky-line is a
rock spire called Chimney Rock. Angel Lake is to the right of
this spire. |
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| In
the foothills of the East Humboldt Range look toward Chimney
Rock. Angel Lake is north of this spire. |
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| On
switchbacks of road to Angel Lake - looking southeast toward Clover
Valley. |
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| Don't
miss this turn! |
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| Looking
north. |
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| Wells,
Nv is in the very center of the photo followed by a close-up photo. |
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| Angel
Lake and waterfalls. |
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| Fish'n
off the dam. |
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| "AUG
1920" - date scratched in concrete on dam. |
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| Overflow
from dam. |
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| sunlight
reflecting on lake water |
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| June
16th and there was still snow on the path around the lake. |
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| One
of many wildflowers around the lake. |
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Additional Information: Northeastern
Nevada Museum
© 2002 - Elko Rose Garden Association
Recent Photos by Dan Turner,
6/16/02
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