Lake Lagunita

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.

This article is about the lake in Santa Clara county, CA. For the lake in Marin county, CA, see Lake Lagunitas.
Lake Lagunita
Lake Lagunita in the winter
Lake Lagunita
LocationStanford, California
Coordinates37.4232°N 122.1760°W / 37.4232; -122.1760
TypeDry lake
Basin countriesUnited States
Surface elevation131 ft (40 m)
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