Echo Lake, California
38°50′02″N 120°02′30″W / 38.83389°N 120.04167°W / 38.83389; -120.04167
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Echo Lake (formerly, Echo)[2] is a small unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California, United States, along U.S. Route 50 in the mountains of the Sierra Nevada. It is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north-northwest of Echo Summit.[2] Echo Lake's nearest neighboring town is Little Norway. The ZIP code is 95721. The community is inside area code 530. The elevation of Echo Lake is 7539 feet (2298 m).[1] The average snowpack per year is 10.5 feet, with over 15 feet of snow depositing in certain areas. Precipitation and accumulation at Echo Lake can be found in California Data Exchange Center stations located at Echo Peak (EP5) and Echo Summit (ECS).
Echo post office operated from 1888 to 1913, with a closure from 1910 to 1911.[2] Echo Lake post office operated from 1926 to 1973.[2]
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Echo Lake, California
- ^ a b c d Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 480. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
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communities
- Camp Richardson
- Clarksville
- Cool
- Echo Lake
- El Dorado
- Fair Play
- Fallen Leaf
- Frenchtown
- Fresh Pond
- Garden Valley
- Gold Hill
- Greenwood
- Kelsey
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- Latrobe
- Little Norway
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- Meeks Bay
- Mount Aukum
- Nashville
- Newtown
- Omo Ranch
- Outingdale
- Pacific
- Phillips
- Pilot Hill
- Pino Grande
- Pleasant Valley
- Quintette
- Rescue
- Riverton
- Sciots Camp
- Sierra Springs
- Sly Park
- Smithflat
- Somerset
- Strawberry
- Twin Bridges
- Volcanoville
- White Hall
settlements
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