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Fish Lake is a high alpine
Alpine climate

Alpine climate is the average weather for a region above the tree line. The climate becomes colder at high elevations—this characteristic is described by the adiabatic lapse rate of air: air tends to get colder as it rises, since it expands....
 lake
Lake

A lake is a terrain feature , a body of liquid on the surface of a world that is localized to the bottom of basin and moves slowly if it moves at all....
 (elevation approximately ) located in the Fishlake/ Southern Wasatch Plateau region of south-central Utah
Utah

The State of Utah is a western United States U.S. state of the United States. It was the List of U.S. states by date of statehood admitted to the United States on January 4, 1896....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. It lies within and is the namesake of the Fishlake National Forest
Fishlake National Forest

Fishlake National Forest is located in south central Utah, USA. It is named for the largest lake in the forest area and was founded in 1899. The forest covers 1.4 million acres and is split into four districts....
. The lake, five miles (8 km) long by one and a half miles wide at its widest point (8 by 2.5 km), lies in a geologic structure known as a graben
Graben

A graben is a depression block of land bordered by parallel Fault s. Graben is German language for ditch.A graben is the result of a block of land being downthrown producing a valley with a distinct Escarpment on each side....
 valley. It is bounded by the Mytoge Mountains on the south-east shore which rise sharply to over 1,000 feet (300 m) above the lake level.






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Fish Lake is a high alpine
Alpine climate

Alpine climate is the average weather for a region above the tree line. The climate becomes colder at high elevations—this characteristic is described by the adiabatic lapse rate of air: air tends to get colder as it rises, since it expands....
 lake
Lake

A lake is a terrain feature , a body of liquid on the surface of a world that is localized to the bottom of basin and moves slowly if it moves at all....
 (elevation approximately ) located in the Fishlake/ Southern Wasatch Plateau region of south-central Utah
Utah

The State of Utah is a western United States U.S. state of the United States. It was the List of U.S. states by date of statehood admitted to the United States on January 4, 1896....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. It lies within and is the namesake of the Fishlake National Forest
Fishlake National Forest

Fishlake National Forest is located in south central Utah, USA. It is named for the largest lake in the forest area and was founded in 1899. The forest covers 1.4 million acres and is split into four districts....
. The lake, five miles (8 km) long by one and a half miles wide at its widest point (8 by 2.5 km), lies in a geologic structure known as a graben
Graben

A graben is a depression block of land bordered by parallel Fault s. Graben is German language for ditch.A graben is the result of a block of land being downthrown producing a valley with a distinct Escarpment on each side....
 valley. It is bounded by the Mytoge Mountains on the south-east shore which rise sharply to over 1,000 feet (300 m) above the lake level. Along the north-west shore, the lake is bounded by Fish Lake Hightop Plateau (elev. ~11,600 ft / ~3,500 m). Based on recent research the lake has an average depth in summer of about 100 ft (30 m) and has been found to be 127 feet (39 m) deep in its deepest known location.

The lake is best known for its sport fishing — particularly its large lake trout
Lake trout

Lake trout is a freshwater Salvelinus living mainly in lakes in northern North America. Other names for it include mackinaw, lake char , touladi, togue, and grey trout....
 (also known as mackinaw). Fish are caught every summer upwards of 25 lb (10 kg). The region sees heavy snowfall in the winter, with snowfall occurring as late as June in any given year. For this reason tourist activity is at its peak in the summer months. Two-room lodges and RV spots are available for rental next to the lake.

The nearest town is Koosharem
Koosharem, Utah

Koosharem is a town in Sevier County, Utah, Utah, United States. The population was 276 at the United States Census, 2000....
, approximately 12 to 15 miles away (19–24 km). Larger cities within a one hour drive are Loa
Loa, Utah

Loa is a town in and the county seat of Wayne County, Utah, Utah, United States, along Utah State Route 24. The population was 525 at the United States Census, 2000....
 and Richfield
Richfield, Utah

Richfield is a city in and the county seat of Sevier County, Utah, Utah, in the United States, and is the largest city in southern-central Utah....
. The lake is stocked by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources fish hatchery
Fish hatchery

Fish hatcheries are used to cultivate and breed a large number of fish in an enclosed environment,Fish hatcheries typically involve a lot of manual labour....
 in Glenwood
Glenwood, Utah

Glenwood is a town in Sevier County, Utah, Utah, United States. The population was 437 at the United States Census, 2000....
.

Pando
Pando (tree)

Pando is a clonal colony of a single male Populus tremuloides tree located in the U.S. state of Utah, all determined to be part of a single living organism by identical genetic markers and one massive underground root....
, a quaking aspen
Aspen

Aspens are trees of the Salicaceae family and comprise a section of the poplar genus, Populus sect. Populus. There are six species in the section, one of them atypical, and one hybrid:...
 that, according to some sources, is the largest organism on Earth, is located close to Fish Lake.

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