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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.
Vehicles in Stehekin are barged up Lake Chelan. [10] [15] The Stehekin State Airport is noted by the Washington State Department of Transportation as being one of the state's most challenging. [16] While only 1,230 ft (370 m) in elevation, there are mountains on the sides and trees at each end of the 2,630 ft (800 m) runway.
The boat-in-only resort town of Stehekin went under an urgent evacuation notice Sunday morning as wildfires crept up scenic Lake Chelan, but residents may be hunkering in.
It continued northwestward along Lake Chelan and approached Stehekin, a settlement at the north end of the lake with 80 year-round residents and no road access to the rest of the state. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] A Level 3 immediate evacuation notice for Stehekin was issued on July 28 after the Pioneer Fire had crossed a key drainage area and moved uphill ...
Stehekin is a tight-knit community on the bank of Lake Chelan, a deep, 50-mile lake that curls through the North Cascade mountains — among the most rugged landscapes in the U.S. No roads connect ...
The Golden West Visitor Center is located at the southeast unit of North Cascades National Park Complex in the Lake Chelan National Recreation Area. [1] It sits at the southern end of the small town of Stehekin, Washington and is the only National Park Service visitor center in the southeast unit
The waterfall is located inside the Lake Chelan National Recreation Area in the North Cascades National Park, and is near Stehekin. The falls drops 392 feet (119.5 m) in two tiers. The uppermost tier falls 312 feet (95.1 m) to a basin. [2]
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]