Lake Lagunita

Lake Lagunita
Lake Lagunita in the winter
Lake Lagunita is located in California
Lake Lagunita
Lake Lagunita
LocationStanford, California
Coordinates37°25′24″N 122°10′34″W / 37.4232°N 122.1760°W / 37.4232; -122.1760[1]
TypeDry lake
Basin countriesUnited States
Surface elevation131 ft (40 m)

Lake Lagunita, informally referred to as Lake Lag, is an artificial dry lake in Stanford University, California, located on the western side of the Stanford campus near the Lagunita residences. It was created in c. 1870 to provide irrigation for Palo Alto Stock Farm.[2][3]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lagunita
  2. ^ University, Stanford (2020-02-26). "When Stanford's Lake Lagunita had water". Stanford News. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  3. ^ Stanford 125. "Lake Lagunita". Stanford 125. Retrieved 2020-06-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)