Elk Lake, Northern Cascade Range, Skamania County, Washington     Custom Search User input for Elk Lake, Northern Cascade Range, Skamania County, Washington: Be the first to submit input for Elk Lake. Help improve this web site with your great input. Submit Input: Your Name: Write or Paste Input here: Upload picture:      Review Guidelines       What a nice lake Elk Lake is. Whohoo, so much cool stuff in one place! The Northern Cascade Range is unbeatable! Have a good hiking adventure along the Falls Creek Trail, and paddling on Lewis River - North Fork is so much fun. The peak of Bird Mountain can be spotted from Elk Lake, and dry warm beds await you at Skamania Lodge. This lake is so wonderful. Take a hike on the Ridge Trail, and if you need a place to stay Best Western Columbia River Inn is a perfect       choice. All the water falling down from the sky makes Elk Lake a wet spot; most of the rain falls during December, and the driest month is July. So much entertaining stuff to do here at Elk Lake, too glorious to be true. Lakes are such peaceful sites, why not pop by Bear Lake close to Elk Lake, and you can stay the night at Cultus Creek Campground. Through the warm days of summer at Elk Lake temperatures are regularly in the 70's while overnight lows                  are commonly in the 50's. The cold days of the winter come with highs in the 40's, and after the sun is down through the wintertime temperatures at Elk Lake sink into the 30's. There's so much to do here at Elk Lake that you need to camp here for a while, Forlorn Lakes Campground is a wonderful place for that, and why not take a refreshing hike along the East Crater Trail. This lake is so wonderful. There are other sites here than Elk Lake, for example Acker Lake, and Rush Creek has a pleasant whitewater paddling spot nearby. This lake is located in the wonderful Northern Cascade Range. You just can't envision the amount of outdoors exciting things the Northern Cascade Range has to offer. You must unquestionably dedicate some time to Indian Heaven since you're here at Elk Lake, and no need to travel far to go to out of the ordinary stuff like East Crater.   Skamania Lodge, Stevenson 18 miles away Skamania Lodge is located in the beautiful Columbia River Gorge just 45 minutes from Portland International Airport. Discover all the luxuries of this Pacific Northwest style resort, including 18-hole... Best Western Columbia River Inn, Cascade Locks 19 miles away Enjoy the spectacular scenery of the Columbia River Gorge at this Cascade Locks hotel. The Best Western Columbia River Inn is a fully non-smoking property located only 45 miles from Portland, Oregon ... Current weather conditions at Elk Lake, Northern Cascade Range, Skamania County, Washington Local climate location: COUGAR 22 miles away   Coordinates: Latitude: 46.02167 Longitude: -121.7942 Northern Cascade Range Lakes Complete list of all the lakes in the Northern Cascade Range. Northern Cascade Range Outdoors Info Complete outdoors info for the Northern Cascade Range. Washington Lakes Complete list of all lakes in Washington Skamania County Lakes Complete list of all lakes in Skamania County Books about Elk Lake List of books available on Amazon.com about Elk Lake, Northern Cascade Range, Skamania County, Washington. Outdoors Recreation Near Hood River, Oregon Very comprehensive list of a variety of outdoors recreation in the vicinity of Hood River, Oregon, the metro area neareast to Elk Lake. Find info on campgrounds, hiking trails, ski resorts, lakes, beaches, parks, whitewater and more. Washington Outdoors Index This is a very comprehensive index of outdoors activities in the great state of Washington.     These outdoors activities are available near Elk Lake.   Hotels Near Elk Lake: Skamania Lodge, Stevenson, 18 miles away Best Western Columbia River Inn, Cascade Locks, 19 miles away Bonneville Hot Springs Resort, North Bonneville, 22 miles away Comfort Suites Hood River, Hood River, 23 miles away Best Western Hood River Inn, Hood River, 25 miles away   Camp Grounds Near Elk Lake: Cultus Creek Campground, Skamania County, 3 miles away Forlorn Lakes Campground, Skamania County, 4 miles away Cold Spring Campground, Skamania County, 4 miles away South Campground, Skamania County, 5 miles away   Hiking Trails Near Elk Lake: East Crater Trail, Skamania County, 3 miles away        11.2 hiking miles, 1609 feet elevation difference Ridge Trail, Skamania County, 6 miles away       3 hiking miles, 773 feet elevation difference Falls Creek Trail, Skamania County, 8 miles away       9.1 hiking miles, 2402 feet elevation difference   Whitewater Near Elk Lake: Rush Creek, Skamania CountyCounty, 7 miles away       Class V+ - 5 miles long (Meadow Creek to FR 90) Lewis River - North Fork, -blank- CountyCounty, 8 miles away       Class IV - 3.4 miles long (FR 88 to Quartz Creek) Quartz Creek, Skamania CountyCounty, 9 miles away       Class IV-V+ - 5 miles long (Snaggletooth Creek to Lewis River)   National Parks Near Elk Lake: Mount Rainier National Park, Ashford - WA, 37 miles away   Lakes Near Elk Lake: Acker Lake, Skamania CountyCounty, 0 miles away Bear Lake, Skamania CountyCounty, 0 miles away