Title: | Pika Lake |
Area: | Willamette National Forest |
Size: | 3 Acres |
Depth: | 14 Feet |
Elevation: | 3920 Feet |
Elevation_Gain: | 40 |
Snow_Free: | May 18 |
Camp_Sites: | 1 |
Trail: | Pika-Fir Trail |
Misc: | Has been stocked with a mix of brook, cutthrout, and rainbow trout. |
Links: | Pika Fir Trail |
Notes: | It is reported to have been named by fish planting crews for pikas that burrow in the rock slide. However, I suspect there has been a cartographer's error here, in that the rock slide is actually at the next lake, which is named Fir. |
Trail_Number: | 3489 |
Route: | From Detroit take Highway 22 to Big Meadows Rd. #2267 @ MP 76, left on #2257 past Fay Lake |
TH_Access: | May 16 |
TH_elevation: | 3880 |
Distance: | 0.5 |
Features: | fishing |
USGS_15: | Mt Jefferson |
USGS_75: | Marion Forks |
Reference: | Mt Jefferson Wilderness Guidebook by George / Fishing in Oregon by Sheehan / Oregon Geographic Names by McArthur |
Pika Lake - - - - May 24, 2004 |
Trailhead sign |
Fir Lake (L) & Pika Lake (far R) - - - September 1975 - - - courtesy ODFW |
Type: | Lake |
Fishing: | yes |