Baker Lake (Alpine Lakes Wilderness)

Baker Lake is a small freshwater lake located within the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in a valley on the northern slope of Keechelus Ridge between Keechelus Lake and Kachess Lake in Kittitas County, Washington, United States. Big Creek, a tributary to the Taylor River, exits Baker Lake into a canyon that produces Big Creek Falls. Because of its proximity to Rampart Ridge, Interstate 90 and the cirque of Keechelus Ridge a short distance to the south, the lake is a popular area for hiking, swimming, and fishing brook trout, golden trout and rainbow trout.^[1] Access to Baker Lake is provided through Keechelus Ridge off Forest Road 126. A short distance southwest is Microwave Hill, which is named because of a microwave radio tower on its summit.^[3]

Baker Lake
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Location	Kittitas County, Washington, United States
Coordinates	47.3515°N 121.30172°W / 47.3515; -121.30172
Primary outflows	Thetis Creek
Basin countries	United States
Surface area	4.7 acres (0.019 km2)[1]
Surface elevation	4,432 ft (1,351 m)[2]

See also

• List of lakes of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness

References

1. "Baker (Thetis)". Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
2. • U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Baker Lake
3. "Microwave Hill, Washington". PeakBagger. Retrieved 12 May 2021.