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Boulder Lake
Location of Boulder Lake in Idaho, USA.
Location of Boulder Lake in Idaho, USA.
Boulder Lake
Location in Idaho
Location of Boulder Lake in Idaho, USA.
Location of Boulder Lake in Idaho, USA.
Boulder Lake
Location in the United States
Location Custer County, Idaho
Coordinates 44°05′53″N 114°36′51″W / 44.098166°N 114.61403°W / 44.098166; -114.61403
Lake type Glacial
Primary outflows Big Boulder Creek to East Fork Salmon River
Basin countries United States
Max. length 200 m (660 ft)
Max. width 85 m (279 ft)
Surface elevation 3,065 m (10,056 ft)

Boulder Lake is an alpine lake in Custer County, Idaho, United States, located in the White Cloud Mountains in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. The lake is in the Big Boulder Lakes Basin, and is accessed from Sawtooth National Forest trails 601 and 680.

Boulder Lake is just east of D. O. Lee Peak and near several other lakes including Cove, Gentian, Snow Lakes.

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