It's a winding, 3-mile drive off Route 180 to get here, but Hume Lake certainly is worth a side trip. It's a campground area that has some sleeping facilities, a restaurant, and a gas station that is attached to the general store.
Based on this picture, Hume Lake is a great place to sit for a while and watch the world go by. Boats with a motor are not allowed on the lake. Just keep in mind that there are a lot of bears in the neighborhood, and they love tourists ... so to speak.
Hume Lake is a reservoir, and a dam was built in 1908 to hold it in place. That dam was the world's first conrcrete-reinforced multiple-arch structure of its type in the world.
Here's the view from above:
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