Billy Jones Lake, Eagle Cap Wilderness

#19 among attractions in Eagle Cap Wilderness

Natural attraction, Lake

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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. It is the second highest lake in the Eagle Cap Wilderness at 8,400 ft, though some claim it to be slightly higher at 8,419 ft or 8,435 ft. The only lake in the Eagle Cap Wilderness that is higher than Billy Jones Lake is Legore Lake at 8,950 ft located 4 miles from Billy Jones Lake. ()

Length: 951 ftWidth: 378 ftElevation: 8438 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 45°14'59"N, 117°20'53"W

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Billy Jones Lake – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Maxwell Lake, Ice Lake, Sacajawea Peak, Mirror Lake.

3.2 miW
Natural attraction, Lake
Maxwell Lake, Eagle Cap Wilderness
81 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.
3.9 miE
Natural attraction, Lake
Ice Lake, Eagle Cap Wilderness
100 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.
2.6 miE
Natural attraction, Mountain
Sacajawea Peak, Eagle Cap Wilderness
66 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.
5.3 miS
Natural attraction, Lake
Mirror Lake, Eagle Cap Wilderness
135 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.
4.7 miS
Natural attraction, Lake
Minam Lake, Eagle Cap Wilderness
120 min walk • 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.
4.1 miN
Natural attraction, Lake
Legore Lake, Eagle Cap Wilderness
106 min walk • LeGore Lake is a tarn located in the Eagle Cap Wilderness of northeastern Oregon, United States. It is the highest true lake in Oregon at 8,950 feet elevation.
2.9 miSW
Natural attraction, Mountain
Elkhorn Peak, Eagle Cap Wilderness
75 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.
3.7 miN
Natural attraction, Mountain
Twin Peaks, Eagle Cap Wilderness
96 min walk • Twin Peaks is a 9,609-foot double 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.
2.7 miE
Natural attraction, Natural feature
Wallowa Mountains, Eagle Cap Wilderness
69 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.