Green Lake (Seattle)

Green Lake
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Looking southwest toward Woodland Park
Location of Green Lake in Washington, USA.
Location of Green Lake in Washington, USA.
Green Lake
Location of Green Lake in Washington, USA.
Location of Green Lake in Washington, USA.
Green Lake
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Map of Green Lake
LocationSeattle, Washington
Coordinates47°40′41″N 122°20′13″W / 47.678°N 122.337°W / 47.678; -122.337
Basin countriesUnited States
Surface area259 acres (1.05 km2)
Average depth13 ft (4.0 m)
Max. depth30 ft (9 m)
Shore length12.8 mi (4.5 km)
Surface elevation160 ft (49 m)
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Green Lake (Lushootseed: dxʷƛ̕əš) is a freshwater lake in north central Seattle, Washington, within Green Lake Park. The park is surrounded by the Green Lake neighborhood to the north and east, the Wallingford neighborhood to the south, the Phinney Ridge neighborhood to the west, and Woodland Park to the southwest. It is a glacial lake, its basin having been dug 50,000 years ago by the Vashon glacier, which also created Lake Washington, Union, Bitter and Haller Lakes.