Lake Hefner
Lake Hefner is a reservoir in northwestern Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It was built in the 1940s to expand the water supply for the city of Oklahoma City, It is named after Robert A.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: reservoir
- Also known as: “Bluff Creek Reservoir”, “Bluff Creek Water Supply”, “Hefner (Oklahoma : jezero)”, and “Lake Helfner”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Northwest Oklahoma City and The Village.
Northwest Oklahoma City
Photo: Urbanative, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Northwest district of Oklahoma City is along and on both sides of the Northwest Expressway and includes the Lake Hefner area.
The Village
Village
The Village is a city in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States, and a part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. The population was 9,538 at the 2020 Census.
Nichols Hills
Photo: Popsiclecrawfish, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nichols Hills is an upscale older suburb in Oklahoma City. You will find some of the largest homes and most affluent living in this area. It is surrounded by Oklahoma City and The Village to the north.
Lake Hefner
- Category: body of water
- Location: Oklahoma, Great Plains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.56234° or 35° 33′ 44″ northLongitude
-97.5956° or 97° 35′ 44″ westElevation
1,201 feet (366 metres)Open location code
8674HC63+WQOpenStreetMap ID
way 61924408OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirGeoNames ID
4540513Wikidata ID
Q81295
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Satellite Map
Discover Lake Hefner from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Lake Hefner” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lake Hefner”
- Chinese: “赫夫纳湖”
- Czech: “Hefner (Oklahoma : jezero)”
- German: “Hefner (Oklahoma : jezero)”
- Japanese: “ヘフナー湖”
- Korean: “헤프너호”
- Welsh: “Llyn Hefner”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Warr Acres and Britton.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Practice and Hefner Dam.
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