{{Infobox lake |name = Leigh Lake |image = Leigh Lake Grand Teton National Park.jpg |caption = Leigh Lake |image_bathymetry = |caption_bathymetry = |location = Grand Teton National Park, Teton County, Wyoming, US |coords = {{coord|43|48|43|N|110|43|56|W|type:waterbody_region:US|display=inline,title}}<ref name=gnis>{{cite gnis|id=1604412|name=Leigh Lake|accessdate=2011-10-08}}</ref> |type = Glacial Lake |inflow = Several creeks |outflow = String Lake |pushpin_map=Wyoming |catchment = |basin_countries = United States |length = {{convert|2.8|mi|abbr=on}} |width = {{convert|2.4|mi|abbr=on}} |area = {{convert|1792|acre|abbr=on}} |depth = |max-depth = {{convert|250|ft|abbr=on}} |volume = |residence_time = |shore = |elevation = {{convert|6877|ft|abbr=on}} |islands = 2 |cities = }} '''Leigh Lake''' is located in Grand Teton National Park, in the U. S. state of Wyoming. The glacially formed lake is {{convert|2.4|mi}} wide and {{convert|2.8|mi}} long from north to south. Situated just southeast of Mount Moran, the lake is at the terminus of both Paintbrush and Leigh Canyons.<ref>{{Cite map|publisher=Topoquest (USGS Quads)|title=Jenny Lake, WY|url=http://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=43.81362&lon=-110.73048&datum=nad83&zoom=8&map=auto&coord=d&mode=zoomout&size=m|accessdate=2011-10-08}}</ref> The lake can be accessed from the Leigh Lake Trail which follows the eastern shores of String Lake a distance of one mile (1.6 km) and is an easy hike over level terrain.<ref>{{cite web|title=Day Hikes|url=http://www.nps.gov/grte/planyourvisit/upload/Dayhikes10.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528202656/http://www.nps.gov/grte/planyourvisit/upload/Dayhikes10.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 28, 2010|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=2011-10-08|format=pdf|date=March 2010}}</ref> The Leigh Lake Ranger Patrol Cabin is located on the northeast shore of the lake and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
The lake was named for Richard "Beaver Dick" Leigh, a mountain guide.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gannett|first=Henry|title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ|year=1905|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n183 184]}}</ref>
<gallery mode=packed> Aerial image of Mount Moran and Mount Woodring (view from the east).jpg|Leigh Lake (bottom left) with Paintbrush Canyon, Mount Woodring, Leigh Canyon, and Mount Moran above (from left to right) Leigh Lake and Mount Moran Grand Teton National Park.jpg|Leigh Lake </gallery>
==See also== *Geology of the Grand Teton area
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Category:Lakes of Grand Teton National Park
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