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Sapphire Lake (right) and Cove Lake (left) from Calkens Peak
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Location	Custer County, Idaho
Coordinates	44°06′11″N 114°36′54″W / 44.102962°N 114.614970°W / 44.102962; -114.614970
Type	Glacial
Primary outflows	Big Boulder Creek to East Fork Salmon River
Basin countries	United States
Max. length	500 m (1,600 ft)
Max. width	300 m (980 ft)
Surface elevation	3,020 m (9,910 ft)

Sapphire Lake is an alpine lake in Custer County, Idaho, United States, located in the White Cloud Mountains in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. No trails lead to the lake, but it can be most easily accessed from Sawtooth National Forest trail 601.

Sapphire Lake is east of D. O. Lee Peak in the Big Boulder Lakes Basin along with Cove, Hook, and Cirque Lakes.