Minam Lake, Eagle Cap Wilderness

#7 among attractions in Eagle Cap Wilderness

Natural attraction, Lake

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Minam Lake is a high-elevation reservoir in the Eagle Cap Wilderness of the Wallowa Mountains in the U.S. state of Oregon. The unusual reservoir, a modified natural lake, has outlets on both its north and south ends. The south outlet drains to the Minam River, and the north outlet is the source of the Lostine River. ()

Maximum depth: 28 ftElevation: 7375 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 45°10'53"N, 117°21'7"W

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Minam Lake – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Maxwell Lake, Ice Lake, Eagle Cap, Sacajawea Peak.

5.8 miNW
Natural attraction, Lake
Maxwell Lake, Eagle Cap Wilderness
148 min walk • Maxwell Lake is a tarn located in the Eagle Cap Wilderness of Northeastern Oregon. It is situated near the North Minam Meadows and is 16 aerial miles from the town of Lostine, Oregon.
5 miNE
Natural attraction, Lake
Ice Lake, Eagle Cap Wilderness
129 min walk • Ice Lake is a small freshwater lake at 7,900 feet on the south skirt of the Hurwal Divide within the Eagle Cap Wilderness region in Wallowa County, in northeastern Oregon, United States.
2.7 miSE
Natural attraction, Mountain
Eagle Cap, Eagle Cap Wilderness
70 min walk • Eagle Cap is a mountain peak located in the Wallowa Mountains, Wallowa–Whitman National Forest, in the U.S. state of Oregon. The peak is in the Eagle Cap Wilderness and the Benson Glacier is along the east flank of the summit ridge.
5.1 miNE
Natural attraction, Mountain
Sacajawea Peak, Eagle Cap Wilderness
131 min walk • Sacajawea Peak is a peak in the Wallowa Mountains, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is in the Eagle Cap Wilderness and the Wallowa–Whitman National Forest.
2.1 miE
Natural attraction, Lake
Mirror Lake, Eagle Cap Wilderness
53 min walk • Mirror Lake is a lake in Wallowa County, Oregon. It is located in Eagle Cap Wilderness about 1.1 miles north-northwest of Eagle Cap peak.
2.6 miSE
Natural attraction, Natural feature
Benson Glacier, Eagle Cap Wilderness
68 min walk • Benson Glacier is in the U.S. state of Oregon. The glacier is situated in the Wallowa Mountains at an elevation generally above 8,500 feet on the eastern slopes Glacier Peak, a subpeak of Eagle Cap. The glacier was named in honor of Frank W.
3.5 miNW
Natural attraction, Mountain
Elkhorn Peak, Eagle Cap Wilderness
89 min walk • Elkhorn Peak is an 9,238-foot summit of the Wallowa Mountains in Wallowa County, Oregon in the United States. It is located in the Eagle Cap Wilderness of the Wallowa National Forest.
5.2 miNE
Natural attraction, Natural feature
Wallowa Mountains, Eagle Cap Wilderness
134 min walk • The Wallowa Mountains are a mountain range located in the Columbia Plateau of northeastern Oregon in the United States. The range runs approximately 40 miles northwest to southeast in southwestern Wallowa County and eastern Union County between the Blue Mountains to the west and the Snake River to the east.
4.7 miN
Natural attraction, Lake
Billy Jones Lake, Eagle Cap Wilderness
120 min walk • Billy Jones Lake is a tarn located on Hurricane Divide in the Eagle Cap Wilderness of Northeastern Oregon, United States. It is situated less than one mile from Echo Lake.
4 miSW
Natural attraction, Forest
Minam National Forest, Eagle Cap Wilderness
103 min walk • Minam National Forest was first established in Oregon on July 1, 1911 with 448,330 acres from part of Wallowa National Forest. On June 20, 1920 it was transferred Whitman National Forest and the name was discontinued.