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.
- Lake
- …has a surface elevation of 6,381 feet (1,945 metres)
- Description: lake in California, United States of America
- Also known as“Loon Lake Reservoir”“Pleasant Lake”
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Latitude
38.99986° or 38° 59′ 60″ north
Longitude
-120.30958° or 120° 18′ 35″ west
Open location code
84CXXMXR+W5
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = water
OpenStreetMap feature
water = lake
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Japanese—“Loon Lake” goes by many names.
Loon LakeCebuano
بحيرة لونEgyptian Arabic
بحيرة لون (كاليفورنيا)Egyptian Arabic
ルーン湖Japanese
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