Paddling is a fabulous way to discover Echo Lakes and escape from the typical day-to-day grind and savor a little peace and tranquility. These beautiful lakes offer a diversity of scenery and plentiful sheltered inlets to explore. The lake’s rugged and rocky shoreline provide only limited pullout access locations.

A wide range of outdoor recreational activities can be enjoyed at Echo Lakes, which in turn makes it a popular summer destination. Echo Lakes is truly a premier paddler’s wonderland for a summer day of enjoyment, and it’s easy to see why. These natural lakes are situated just south of Lake Tahoe among granite mountain peaks covered with fir and pine that reach to the water’s edge. The lakes are one of the most picturesque natural lakes found in the high Sierra’s. The paddle distance of both the Lower and Upper Echo Lakes is about four-and-a-half miles round trip.

Echo Lakes is a kayak wonderland, complete with outstanding scenery, wildlife sightings, and superb panoramas. Echo Lake is so far from everything that you know, yet so close to everything that you want in a paddling destination.

Map of Echo Lakes

  
 
 
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