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Lake Chelan (/ ʃ ə ˈ l æ n / shə-LAN) is a narrow, 50.5 mi (81.3 km) long lake in Chelan County, north-central Washington state, U.S. [1] It is an overdeepened lake and resembles a fjord, with an average width of 1.3 mi (2.1 km). Near its upper end, the lake surface lies more than 6,600 ft (2,000 m) below peaks less than 3 mi (4.8 km) away.
Lake Chelan National Recreation Area is a national recreation area located about 35 miles (56 km) south of the Canada–US border in Chelan County, Washington.It encompasses an area of 61,958 acres (25,074 ha) including the northern end of Lake Chelan and the surrounding area of the Stehekin Valley and the Stehekin River.
Twenty-Five Mile Creek State Park is a public recreation area on the western side of Lake Chelan, 15 miles (24 km) northwest of the city of Chelan in Chelan County, Washington. [2] The 232-acre (94 ha) state park was a private resort that came into state ownership in 1972.
Stehekin is visited by hikers and bikers in the summer, and snowshoers and skiers in the winter, as well as photographers year-round. Sights and attractions in Stehekin include the Buckner Homestead Historic District, The Golden West Visitor Center, the Stehekin Pastry Company, the one-room Stehekin School, the 312' Rainbow Falls, Harlequin Bridge, and the CCC-constructed National Park Service ...
Coon Lake, a 15 acres (0.061 km 2) lake, and its associated 3 miles (4.8 km) stream, Coon Creek, are located in the Stehekin River Valley in Washington State’s Cascade Mountain Range. They are both within the Lake Chelan National Recreation Area , a part of both the North Cascades National Park Complex and the Stephen Mather Wilderness . [ 1 ]
Holden Village is located in the Cascade Range in Washington, in the Wenatchee National Forest. [3] [4] [5] Inaccessible by car, visitors (volunteers, guests, and through-hikers) generally take a ferry up Lake Chelan from Chelan or Fields Point Landing to Lucerne where they board a Village bus which takes them up an 11-mile (18 km) gravel road through a set of 12 switchbacks, and into Holden ...
Jun. 11—MOSES LAKE — A wildfire along the shore of Lake Chelan necessitated the evacuation of some hikers Saturday, according to a statement from the Chelan County Sheriff's Office. The fire ...
September 17, 1974 (About 11.2 miles (18.0 km) southwest of Cashmere, in Wenatchee National Forest: Cashmere: 3: Bridge Creek Cabin-Ranger Station: February 10, 1989 (In Bridge Creek Campground, southwest of Stehekin Valley Trail, about 13 miles (21 km) northwest of Stehekin, in North Cascades National Park