Sheep Lakes

Sheep Lakes is a road-accessible wetland and lake area at 8,508 feet in Horseshoe Park, reached from Fall River Road. The site is known for its mineral lick and bighorn sheep viewing opportunities.

This is one of the best examples in the data set of a lake stop that is about habitat, not mileage. The walking commitment is minimal, but the setting gives visitors a window into the open valley floor below the higher Mummy Range lakes.

NPS and USGS both document the 1982 Lawn Lake flood as a major hydrologic event in this drainage, which gives the quiet lake basins above Horseshoe Park an unusually visible park-history layer.

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