What is your favorite Lake?

[maxiep]

I don't live near there anymore, but Lake Cazenovia in upstate NY is a favorite of mine.

 

[MickZagger]

Lake Titicocka

 

[ABM]

Cougar Reservoir? Is that a nickname for Lake Oswego?

Bingo! (hall)

 

[The_Lillard_King]

Blue lake trivia....

Used to be a privately owned park with a huge dance hall that burned down.

Salmon used to spawn in blue lake and fairview lake as they were originally part of the sandy river delta... Along with the Columbia slough. That was before we started fucking around with the wetlands.

Our family had a lot of picnics there too, and I remember the paddle boats, and the swim area with the concrete docks and big diving platform.

Best fishing lake?

 

[jlprk]

Why doesn't the government sell naming rights, to break the deficit?

Joe's Fish & Grill Lake, Best Cod in the State

 

[theprunetang]

While I have plenty of lakes I have been to and camped at, my all time favorite is Fish Lake in the Rogue-Umpqua Divide Wilderness Area. Since it is a wilderness area, there are no roads to it. It is a backpacker's paradise in southern Oregon. The trail is a bit steap, but once you are up there, you have three lakes all to yourself. There is Fish lake, where I usually set up base camp, and then triangle lake and cliff lake all within a couple of miles. And, you are pretty much always alone in beautiful wilderness. Plus, In the fall, the area around fish lake has a tone of Matsutake mushrooms.....and they are delicious as fuck.

 

[Eastoff]

Wobegon, where all the kids are above average!

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Living so close to the ocean I haven't been to a lake in years.

 

[Boob-No-More]

moraine lake alberta

Definitely one of the most beautiful mountain lakes in the world. I'd also add Maroon Lake in Colorado and Swiftcurrent Lake in Glacier National Park to that list. In Oregon, my favorites are Lost Lake for the classic view of Mount Hood, Russell Lake for the view of Mount Jefferson, Crater Lake for the incredible shades of blue and Wallowa Lake.

But, my all time favorite lake is a tiny little pond known as Gnome Tarn in the Enchantments in Central Washington near Leavenworth. On a calm morning in early October, when the larch needles are gold and back lit at sunrise, the reflection of Prusik Peak is sublime.

BNM

 

[maxiep]

I would also add Nambe Lake just outside of Santa Fe. It's a hell of a hike to get there, but it's so worth it.

 

[PapaG]

While I have plenty of lakes I have been to and camped at, my all time favorite is Fish Lake in the Rogue-Umpqua Divide Wilderness Area. Since it is a wilderness area, there are no roads to it. It is a backpacker's paradise in southern Oregon. The trail is a bit steap, but once you are up there, you have three lakes all to yourself. There is Fish lake, where I usually set up base camp, and then triangle lake and cliff lake all within a couple of miles. And, you are pretty much always alone in beautiful wilderness. Plus, In the fall, the area around fish lake has a tone of Matsutake mushrooms.....and they are delicious as fuck.

I bike in the summer and snowmobile in the winter from Lake of the Woods to Fish Lake and Brown Mountain.

 

[TehChad]

Cougar Reservoir? Is that a nickname for Lake Oswego?

Hah. You live there & know of it, so you tell me!

 

[theprunetang]

I bike in the summer and snowmobile in the winter from Lake of the Woods to Fish Lake and Brown Mountain.

You might be talking about a different "Fish Lake". There is the one I mentioned in the Rogue-Umpqua Divide Wilderness and one south in the Sky Lakes Wilderness. The second one is close to Lake of the Woods, so I am assuming that is what you are talking about. I have been to both though, and they are both beautiful!

Also, someone mentioned fishing earlier. The best Oregon lake that I have had the joy of fishing at is split two ways. Over by MARIS's home is the Newberry Crater. Inside of the old extinct volcano are two lakes, Paulina and East Lake. They are full of HUUUUUUGE trout. Trust me on that.

 

[maxiep]

Hah. You live there & know of it, so you tell me!

Most definitely.