Echo Park Lake

Echo Park Lake
Echo Park Lake and the Downtown Los Angeles skyline in 2016
Location of Echo Park Lake in California, USA.
Location of Echo Park Lake in California, USA.
Echo Park Lake
Location of Echo Park Lake in California, USA.
Location of Echo Park Lake in California, USA.
Echo Park Lake
Location of Echo Park Lake in California, USA.
Location of Echo Park Lake in California, USA.
Echo Park Lake
LocationEcho Park, Los Angeles, California
Coordinates34°04′21″N 118°15′39″W / 34.07250°N 118.26083°W / 34.07250; -118.26083
TypeLake
Basin countriesUnited States
Surface area14.1 acres (5.7 ha)
Max. depth28 ft (8.5 m)
Water volume70.5 acre⋅ft (87,000 m3)

The Echo Park Lake is a lake and urban park in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Originally built in the 1860s as a reservoir for drinking water, today Echo Park Lake is a Los Angeles icon that functions primarily as a detention basin in the city's storm drain system, while providing recreational benefits and wildlife habitat. Echo Park Lake also hosts community events, such as the annual Lotus Festival every July.[1] A major renovation was completed in 2013. Beginning in 2019, a homeless encampment developed the shores of the lake that became a "flashpoint in L.A's homelessness crisis."[2]

  1. ^ "Echo Park Lake in Los Angeles". We Like LA. August 30, 2014. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
  2. ^ "How a commune-like encampment in Echo Park became a flashpoint in L.A.'s homelessness crisis". Los Angeles Times. March 13, 2021.