Island Lake, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest

Name: Island Lake
Address: Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, United States

#5 among attractions in Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Island Lake is a glacial tarn in the Ruby Mountains of Elko County, Nevada, United States. It is within the Ruby Mountains Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. The lake is a hanging valley at the end of a 2-mile trail that begins at a parking lot at the end of Lamoille Canyon Road. The lake surface is 9,665 feet above sea level, about 910 feet above the parking lot. ()

Alternative names: Maximum depth: 22 ftElevation: 9672 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 40°36'54"N, 115°22'52"W

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Day trips

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

Nearby attractions include: Ruby Crest National Recreation Trail, Liberty Lake, Dollar Lakes, Lamoille Lake.

4.8 miS
Hiking, Hiking trail
Ruby Crest National Recreation Trail, Ruby Mountains Wilderness
123 min walk • The Ruby Crest National Recreation Trail is a National Recreation Trail in the upper elevations of the central Ruby Mountains, in Elko County, Nevada, United States.
2.4 miS
Natural attraction, Lake
Liberty Lake, Ruby Mountains Wilderness
62 min walk • Liberty Lake is a glacial tarn in the Ruby Mountains of Elko County, Nevada, United States. It is within the Ruby Mountains Wilderness, which is administered by the Ruby Mountains Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.
1.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Dollar Lakes, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
41 min walk • Dollar Lakes are a group of three glacial tarns in the Ruby Mountains of Elko County, Nevada, United States. They are within the Ruby Mountains Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.
1.7 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lamoille Lake, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
44 min walk • Lamoille Lake is a glacial tarn in the Ruby Mountains of Elko County, Nevada, United States. It is within the Ruby Mountains Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.
3 miS
Natural attraction, Lake
Favre Lake, Ruby Mountains Wilderness
76 min walk • Favre Lake is a glacial tarn in the Ruby Mountains of Elko County, Nevada, United States. It is within the Ruby Mountains Wilderness, which is administered by the Ruby Mountains Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.
4.9 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Ruby Dome, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
127 min walk • Ruby Dome is the highest mountain in both the Ruby Mountains and Elko County, in Nevada, United States. It is the twenty-seventh-highest mountain in the state, and also ranks as the thirteenth-most topographically prominent peak in the state.
1.1 miSW
Natural attraction, Mountain
Snow Lake Peak, Ruby Mountains Wilderness
28 min walk • Snow Lake Peak is the fifth-highest named mountain of the Ruby Mountains and the seventh-highest in Elko County, in Nevada, United States. It is the forty-second-highest mountain in the state.
2.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Verdi Lake, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
70 min walk • Verdi Lake is a glacial tarn in the Ruby Mountains of Elko County, Nevada, United States. It is within the Ruby Mountains Wilderness, which is administered by the Ruby Mountains Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.
3.5 miW
Natural attraction, Lake
Echo Lake, Ruby Mountains Wilderness
89 min walk • Echo Lake is a glacial tarn in the Ruby Mountains, in Elko County in the northeastern part of the state of Nevada. It is located at the head of remote Echo Canyon at approximately 40°36.7′N 115°26.8′W, and at an elevation of 9830 feet.
3.2 miNW
Natural attraction, Canyon
Right Fork Canyon, Ruby Mountains Wilderness
83 min walk • Right Fork Canyon is a major branch of Lamoille Canyon, located in the Ruby Mountains of Elko County, in the northeastern section of the state of Nevada in the western United States.
2.4 miNE
Natural attraction, Mountain
Verdi Peak, Ruby Mountains Wilderness
61 min walk • The Verdi Peaks, officially just Verdi Peak, are a group of three mountain peaks in the Ruby Mountains of Elko County, Nevada, United States. The highest peak is the fiftieth-highest in the state.