Applegate Lake
Jacksonville · Jackson County County · USDA Forest Service · 949 acres

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On site
Visitor amenities
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- Beachwater
Park size map
Official park boundary from GIS.
Overview
About this park
Applegate Lake is a 988-acre (400 ha) reservoir located in the Rogue River–Siskiyou National Forest about 27 miles (43 km) southwest of Medford in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is 16 miles (26 km) south of Oregon Route 238 along Applegate River Road and slightly north of the Oregon–California border. The lake is an impoundment of the Applegate River about 46 miles (74 km) from its confluence with the Rogue River.
- Location: Jackson County, Oregon
- Type: reservoir, [[Trophic state index#Mesotrophic|mesotrophic]]
- Shore length: 18.5 mi
- Surface elevation: 1985 ft|m|abbr=on}}
- Max depth: 225 ft|m|abbr=on}}
Setting
Landscape & setting
Lake facts (Wikipedia):
- Coordinates: | title = Applegate Lake Feature Detail Report | work = GNIS | publisher = USGS| accessdate = 2007-07-31}}
- Surface area: 988 acre|km2|abbr=on}}
- Inflow: Applegate River
- Outflow: Applegate River
Access
Access & hours
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applegate_Lake (Wikipedia / Wikimedia, CC BY-SA). Verify access, seasons, and regulations with the land manager before visiting.
Background
History & notes
List note: a flood-control reservoir on the Applegate River Map / bathymetry image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%7C_caption_bathymetry_%3D?width=1600
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Confidence score
76/ 100
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