Lake Agnes is an alpine lake in the Colorado State Forest State Park occurring within the Never Summer Mountain Range. The lake lies within glacial tarn surrounded by a cirque consisting of Nokhu Crags, Static Peak, Mount Richthofen, Mount Mahler, and Braddock Peak. It is the deepest lake in the Colorado State Forest State Park. Lake Agnes is named after Agnes Zimmerman, the daughter of John Zimmerman, a homesteader in the area and the proprietor of the Keystone Hotel in Home, Colorado.[1]
| Lake Agnes | |
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.jpg) Lake Agnes and Mount Mahler | |
  Lake Agnes  Lake Agnes | |
| Location | State Forest State Park, Jackson County, Colorado, Colorado, United States |
| Coordinates | 40°28′54″N 105°54′11″W / 40.481681°N 105.903176°W |
| Primary outflows | Michigan River |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Surface elevation | 10,666 ft (3,251 m) |
| Islands | 1 |
Further reading
edit- Colorado Lakes and Reservoirs: Fishing and Boating Guide, P 53
- Ralph Lee Hopkins, Lindy Birkel Hopkins, Hiking Colorado's Geology, PP 52–55
References
edit- ^ Watrous, Ansel (1911). History of Larimer County Colorado. Fort Collins, Colorado: The Courier Printing & Publishing Company. p. 155.
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