Lower Bead Lake is a small alpine lake in Boise County, Idaho, United States, located in the Sawtooth Mountains in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. There are no trails leading to the lake or the Goat Creek drainage.^[1]

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Lower Bead Lake
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Location	Boise County, Idaho
Coordinates	44°04′19″N 115°03′10″W
Type	Glacial
Primary inflows	Goat Creek
Primary outflows	Goat Creek to South Fork Payette River
Basin countries	United States
Max. length	0.10 mi (0.16 km)
Max. width	0.06 mi (0.097 km)
Surface elevation	8,556 ft (2,608 m)

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Lower Bead Lake is in the Sawtooth Wilderness, and a wilderness permit can be obtained at a registration box at trailheads or wilderness boundaries. The lake is downstream of Upper Bead Lake.