Turbid Lake

This article is about the lake in Wyoming. For the one in Minnesota, see Turbid Lake (Minnesota).

Turbid Lake is a lake in Park County, Wyoming, in the United States.^[1] Turbid Lake was so named on account of its muddy water.^[2]

Turbid Lake
Turbid Lake
Location	Park County, Wyoming
Coordinates	44.549906°N 110.260925°W / 44.549906; -110.260925
Type	lake

The lake is believed to have formed in the crater of a hydrothermal explosion some time around 1300 BC, which created a 4,200 by 5,000 by 100 ft (1,280 by 1,524 by 30 m) crater, the floor of which eventually filled up to form the lake.