The two first or lower lakes are the largest and the deepest.

It is their flow which makes Five Lakes Creek.

The three upper lakes are smaller and shallower.

It is said that a divide used to separate the two lower from the three upper lakes, and the flow from the latter descended through Bear Creek, past Deer Park, into the Truckee River and thence into far-away Pyramid Lake in Nevada.
From this point the trail is clear and well defined, being traveled constantly during the season by guests of Deer Park Springs.

Passing through a fine nursery of beautiful and exquisite red firs we drop into the canyon of Bear Creek.