| Title: | Wahtum Lake |
| Area: | Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness |
| Size: | 62 Acres |
| Depth: | 184 Feet |
| Elevation: | 3732 Feet |
| Elevation_Gain: | -468 |
| Snow_Free: | May 11 |
| Camp_Sites: | 5 |
| Trail: | Wahtum Lake Trail |
| Misc: | The Columbia Wilderness, created in 1984, has been renamed the the Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness. |
| Notes: | Although the lake is in the Wilderness, its campground sits just out of the wilderness in the Mt Hood National Forest. Then to add futher confusion to the area, the Pacific Crest Trail circles right past the lake. |
| Trail_Number: | 406 |
| Route: | from Dee south of Hood River take #13 to #1310 to Wahtum Lake Campground |
| TH_Access: | May 27 |
| TH_elevation: | 4200 |
| Distance: | 0.3 |
| Features: | fishing |
| USGS_15: | Bonneville Dam |
| USGS_75: | Wahtum Lake |
| Reference: | Fishing in Oregon by Sheehan / Lakes of Oregon Vol #3 / Atlas of Oregon Lakes OSU Press / Oregon's Quiet Waters by McLean & Brown / Oregon Geographic Names by McArthur / 100 Hikes Northwest Oregon by Sullivan |
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| Type: | Lake |
| Fishing: | yes |
