Lake Hughes, California

Lake Hughes, California
Unincorporated community Census designated place
Hughes Lake
Location in Los Angeles County, California
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Coordinates: 34°40′37″N 118°26′42″W / 34.677°N 118.445°W / 34.677; -118.445
Country	United States
State	California
County	Los Angeles
Settled	1873
Area [1]
• Total	10.687 sq mi (27.680 km2)
• Land	10.623 sq mi (27.514 km2)
• Water	0.064 sq mi (0.166 km2)  0.60%
Elevation [2]	3,228 ft (984 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• Total	544
• Density	51/sq mi (20/km2)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP codes	93532
Area code	661
FIPS code	06-39556
GNIS feature IDs	1660877, 2583050
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lake Hughes, California; U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lake Hughes, California

Lake Hughes is an unincorporated community in northern Los Angeles County, California. It is in the Sierra Pelona Mountains, northwest of Palmdale and north of the Santa Clarita Valley, in the Angeles National Forest. It is on the sag pond waters of Lake Hughes and Elizabeth Lake. The community is rural in character, with a population of 649 in 2010, but also has a strong recreational element centered on the three lakes in the vicinity. The community of Elizabeth Lake is located just east of Lake Hughes, sharing the same ZIP code.