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Wyoming
Cook Lake
1.9 mi
Distance
8 ft
Gain
38 min
Time
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What we do know
Inside Black Hills National Forest
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
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Cook Lake
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 1.9 mi
- Elevation gain
- 8 ft
- Highest point
- 4,760 ft
- Lowest point
- 4,738 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Bikes
- yes
About this trail
Cook Lake is a short out-and-back trail in Wyoming managed by the Forest Service. The trail is 1.90 miles round-trip with 8 feet of elevation gain.
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