Plateau Lake, Salmon River Mountains, Lemhi County, Idaho     Custom Search User input for Plateau Lake, Salmon River Mountains, Lemhi County, Idaho: Be the first to submit input for Plateau Lake. Help improve this web site with your great input. Submit Input: Your Name: Write or Paste Input here: Upload picture:      Review Guidelines       If you are in Lemhi county it's always a good idea to stop by Plateau Lake. If you adore the outdoors, you'll like Plateau Lake. On a wonderful day at Plateau Lake you can take a hike along the Waterfall Trail, and if you came for an overnight stay Yellowjacket Campground is a perfect spot to camp. The Salmon River Mountains scenery is always beautiful. Life's too short to enjoy all the exciting stuff in the Salmon River Mountains. Through the long summer       days at Plateau Lake temperatures are ordinarily in the 80's. All through the dark hours of summer temperatures plunge down into the 40's. The cold days of the winter come with highs in the 20's, and through the dark hours in the wintertime at Plateau Lake temperatures sink to the 0's. While you're here at Plateau Lake, you could also visit wonderful Paragon Lake, and Rattlesnake Creek Campground is a glorious local campground. At Plateau Lake you don’t see                  much rainfall; of all the months in a year June is the one with the most rain while February is the month with the least amount of precipitation. All year is a splendid time in the Salmon River Mountains if you like the outdoors. If you come at the right time of year, Camas Creek offers some perfect whitewater; since you're here you can take a hike along the South Fork Trail. This lake is so wonderful. Alpine Lake is a nearby lake that you could stop at; from Plateau Lake you get a great vista of Puddin Mountain. Whitewater paddling is not for everybody but if it's for you then we recommend Monumental Creek; the Ship Island Trail is a splendid hiking trail close by.   Current weather conditions at Plateau Lake, Salmon River Mountains, Lemhi County, Idaho Local climate location: COBALT 33 miles away   Coordinates: Latitude: 45.07583 Longitude: -114.6264 Salmon River Mountains Lakes Complete list of all the lakes in the Salmon River Mountains. Salmon River Mountains Outdoors Info Complete outdoors info for the Salmon River Mountains. Idaho Lakes Complete list of all lakes in Idaho Lemhi County Lakes Complete list of all lakes in Lemhi County Books about Plateau Lake List of books available on Amazon.com about Plateau Lake, Salmon River Mountains, Lemhi County, Idaho. Outdoors Recreation Near Missoula, Montana Very comprehensive list of a variety of outdoors recreation in the vicinity of Missoula, Montana, the metro area neareast to Plateau Lake. Find info on campgrounds, hiking trails, ski resorts, lakes, beaches, parks, whitewater and more. Idaho Outdoors Index This is a very comprehensive index of outdoors activities in the great state of Idaho.     These outdoors activities are available near Plateau Lake.   Camp Grounds Near Plateau Lake: Yellowjacket Campground, Lemhi County, 5 miles away Rattlesnake Creek Campground, Lemhi County, 6 miles away Middle Fork Peak Campground, Lemhi County, 6 miles away Wilson Creek Campground, Lemhi County, 6 miles away   Whitewater Near Plateau Lake: Camas Creek, Lemhi CountyCounty, 11 miles away       Class V - 13 miles long (Duck Creek to confluence with M.Fork Salmon) Monumental Creek, Valley CountyCounty, 17 miles away       Class III-IV - 60 miles long (Upper Monumental Campground to Cache Bar) Panther Creek, Lemhi CountyCounty, 19 miles away       Class III - 4 miles long (Clear Creek to Main Salmon confluence)   Trails Near Plateau Lake: South Fork Trail, Lemhi County, 2 miles away Waterfall Trail, Lemhi County, 3 miles away Ship Island Trail, Lemhi County, 4 miles away   Lakes Near Plateau Lake: Paragon Lake, Lemhi CountyCounty, 1 miles away Alpine Lake, Lemhi CountyCounty, 1 miles away