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Welcome to Williams Lake Resort ...

Williams Lake Resort is located in Lemhi County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Williams Lake Resort: Williams Lk. Resort

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Williams Lake Resort for more information about variations on the name of Williams Lake Resort.

Williams Lake Resort is 5,390 feet [1,643 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Williams Lake Resort is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Williams Lake Resort lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Williams Lake Resort: 208 & 986<3>

Communities near Williams Lake Resort ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Williams Lake Resort.

  • Salmon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Cobalt
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Carmen
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Leesburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Leesburg is located in Lemhi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
  • Tendoy
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Lemhi
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Ellis
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • North Fork
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • May
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Shoup
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Williams Lake Resort. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Williams Lake Resort.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Williams Lake Resort. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Williams Lake Resort.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Williams Lake Resort ...

Looking for more information about Williams Lake Resort? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Williams Lake Resort, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Williams Lake Resort.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Idaho's counties, including Lemhi, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Williams Lake Resort - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 208 code has been Overlayed with the 986 area code. New phone numbers in the Williams Lake Resort area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Williams Lake Resort area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.