Crescent Bay Lake
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Crescent Bay Lake |
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Half-mile-long lake with riparian edges and steep rock walls, part of Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area. | ||
| BIRDING: | Spring and summer finds White-throated Swifts and Cliff Swallows swooping overhead. On lake in fall, view Ring-necked Ducks, Pied-billed and Western Grebes, American Wigeons, and Common Mergansers. Watch for Great Horned Owls in trees around first bend of lake. | ||
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During summer, National Park Service naturalists offer guided “birding by canoe”. Also, from parking area, hike 1.5 miles on old roads around lake. Look for Red-tailed Hawks, California Quail, Western Meadowlarks, and Black-billed Magpies. Before Grand Coulee Dam was built in 1941, the area between rock walls (now lake) was known as Rattlesnake Canyon – a favorite hideout for 1880s outlaws. | ||
| ACCESS: | From Hwy 155/Midway Ave in Grand Coulee, turn east at Crescent Bay sign. Drive past tent icon sign, bear left, then right 0.1 mile to parking area with “Non-motorized boats only” sign. | ||