Shoshone Lake
Top 5 in Top 12 Largest Lakes in Wyoming
In the southwest corner of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, Shoshone Lake is a 33 km2 backcountry lake in the United States that is located at an elevation of 2,376 m. It is located in the Lewis River's headwaters, which is a tributary of the Snake River. Shoshone Lake, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is the biggest wilderness lake in the lower 48 states that is not accessible by road. The lake contains the Yellowstone Caldera.
Since the early 19th century, when fur trappers first noticed Shoshone Lake, it has gone by a variety of names. The lake may have been visited by Jim Bridger in 1833, but he undoubtedly returned in 1846. In 1839, trapper Osborne Russell went to the lake. The lake was known as Snake Lake at the time. The lake was designated as DeSmet's Lake on a map made in 1851 by Father Pierre-Jean De Smet. When he traveled through the region in 1863, Walter DeLacy, a Montanan mapmaker, gave the lake the name DeLacy's Lake.
Surface area: 8,050 acres (32.6 km2)
Location: Yellowstone National Park, Teton County, Wyoming, U.S.
