Caples Lake, CA Forest Service Topo Map (FSTopo)
by Forest Service FSTopo Quads (public domain), US
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About the Caples Lake quad
The Caples Lake quadrangle is a Forest Service FSTopo 7.5-minute map at 1:24,000 covering about 8.5 × 10 mi of Alpine, Amador and El Dorado counties, California. It overlaps Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit and Eldorado National Forest. The GeoPDF is 2.5 MB.
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What you get
- Your GPS position on the map. A blue dot on this official sheet shows where you are.
- Works with no signal. Download it once; the map and your GPS position keep working with no cell signal.
- Tracks, placemarks and photos. Record where you go, drop pins, and export GPX, KML or GeoJSON.
- Free updates. When a new edition is published here, it’s yours at no cost.
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- 2Open the Cartahaven app on your phone and sign in.
- 3Tap “Get my maps”. It’s on your phone, ready offline.
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Where this map covers
Named places on this map
53 named features inside the Caples Lake — Forest Service FSTopo 7.5-minute quad sheet, from the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Each one links to every map that shows it.
Peaks and ridges
Lakes, springs and falls
- Caples Lake · reservoir
- Corrie Lochan · lake
- Dardanelles Lake · lake
- Devils Hole Lake · lake
- Emigrant Lake · lake
- Four Lakes · lake
- Fourth of July Lake · lake
- Frog Lake · lake
- Granite Lake · lake
- Grouse Lake · lake
- Hidden Lake · lake
- Kirkwood Lake · lake
- Lake Margaret · lake
- Meiss Lake · lake
- Oyster Lake · lake
- Round Lake · lake
- Round Top Lake · lake
- Scout Carson Lake · lake
- Showers Lake · lake
- Silver Lake · reservoir
- Summit Meadow Lake · lake
- Twin Lakes Reservoir · reservoir
- Winnemucca Lake · lake
- Woods Lake · lake
Gaps, arches and other landforms
- Carson Pass · gap
- Cody Meadow · flat
- Convict Meadow · flat
- Devils Corral · basin
- Emigrant Valley · flat
- Ferguson Point · cape
- Hay Flat · flat
- Kirkwood Meadows · flat
- Machado Postpiles · cliff
- Martell Flat · flat
- Martin Meadow · flat
- Porthole Gap · gap
- Treasure Island · island
Elevations are the USGS 3DEP ground elevation at the named point, rounded; a summit's surveyed height can differ a little.
More maps of Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit and Eldorado National Forest.
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Version history
Version 1 · Nov 8, 2026 · 2.5 MB