Loon Lake
Loon Lake is a reservoir in the Eldorado National Forest of El Dorado County, California, United States. The 76,200 acre⋅ft lake is formed by Loon Lake Dam, completed in 1963 as part of the Upper American River Project by Sacramento Municipal Utility District to conserve spring snow melt runoff for use during the summer and autumn for hydroelectric power production.
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in California, United States of America
- Also known as: “Loon Lake Reservoir” and “Pleasant Lake”
Loon Lake
- Categories: reservoir and body of water
- Location: El Dorado County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.99986° or 38° 59′ 60″ north
Longitude
-120.30958° or 120° 18′ 35″ west
Elevation
6,381 feet (1,945 metres)
Open location code
84CXXMXR+W5
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=lake
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Japanese—“Loon Lake” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Loon Lake”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيرة لون (كاليفورنيا)”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيرة لون”
- French: “Loon Lake”
- Japanese: “ルーン湖”
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