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Crescent Lake, WA

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Lake Size: 5,127 Acres
Deepest Depth: 624 feet
Latitude: 48.06
Longitude: -123.83
Lake Level Above Sea Level: 580 feet
Counties: Clallam County
Cities: Piedmount

Information: In the 19th century the lake was known variously as Lake Everett, Big Lake, and Lake Crescent. In 1890 the Port Crescent Improvement Company was promoting its townsite near the lake. M.J. Carrigan started the Port Crescent Leader for town boosterism. He wrote of the beautiful lake, which he called Lake Crescent. This name soon became well established. Lake Crescent' is a 12 mile long body of water 17 miles west of Port Angeles, Wa on Hwy 101. It is a popular recreational area withinOlympic National Park and is home to a number of trails, including the Spruce Railroad, Pyramid Peak (Washington), and the Barnes Creek trail leading up to the beautiful Marymere Falls. The Spruce Railroad Trail follows the grade of what was once the tracks of a logging railroad. Following this trail on the North side of the lake, one can find the entrance to an old railroad tunnel as well as a popular swimming and diving area known as The Devils Punch Bowl.
  
  • Miscellaneous Info
In the early 1960’s, the U.S. Navy did a survey of the lake using a Furuno Depth Sounder. They were not able to verify the maximum depth on their equipment. During a 1970 depth survey conducted by the students of the fisheries program at Peninsula College in Port Angeles, students used instruments that would not record measurements beyond a depth 624 ft. This then became the 'official' depth of the lake as recorded by the Park Service. However, when power cable was being layed in the lake, instruments showed depths in excess of 1000 ft-the max range of the equipment used. The maximum depth of lake Crescent is not known.
 



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