Named places of Oregon and Washington, from the federal register

Snow Lakes

Snow Lakes is a lake in Klamath County, Oregon, recorded in the federal Geographic Names Information System as feature 1158491. It sits at 1979.9 metres above sea level.

Federal profile, 2026

Everything below is the federal record for this place, with each value's source named.

NameSnow Lakes
GNIS feature ID1158491
Kind of placeLake
StateOregon
CountyKlamath
Latitude42.62796
Longitude-122.21048
USGS topographic mapDevils Peak
USGS sheetDevils Peak
First recorded11/28/1980
Elevationcalculated1979.9 mUSGS EPQS point lookup at the primary coordinate
Elevation (feet)calculated6496 ftelevation_m * 3.28084

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Questions

Where is Snow Lakes?

In Klamath County, Oregon, at 42.62796, -122.21048. The USGS records it on the Devils Peak topographic map.

How high is Snow Lakes?

1979.9 metres (6496 feet), read from the USGS 3D Elevation Program at the recorded coordinate.

What kind of place is Snow Lakes?

The U.S. Geological Survey classifies it as a lake in the Geographic Names Information System.

Where does this information come from?

The Geographic Names Information System, published by the U.S. Geological Survey, with elevation from the USGS 3D Elevation Program. Both are works of the United States government and are not subject to copyright in the United States.

Method and sources

The name, class, county and coordinates come from the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System, the federal register of place names. Elevation is read from the USGS 3D Elevation Program at the recorded coordinate. Values shown as calculated are arithmetic over those fields and are not separate measurements. Nothing on this page describes what the place is like to visit: no one writing it has been there, and the federal record does not say.

  • USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Domestic Names, 2026
  • USGS 3DEP Elevation Point Query Service