Horse Lake between Upper Salmon and Deer Lake

Horse Lake is a small lake with surrounding wetland patches in the northern Sierra Nevada, located at an elevation around 7000 feet between Upper Salmon Lake and Deer Lake, California. Tiger lilies, as the one seen in front of the water, like the damp shores of this lake, which otherwise is surrounded by pine forest.

Getting there
See directions for Upper Salmon Lake Trail. Alternately, the Horse Lake can be reached via Deer Lake Trail, starting at Packer Lake Road (off Gold Lake Road), just before the northeastern end of Packer Lake.