Lakes / California / Mendocino County / Lake Mendocino
Lake Mendocino, California
1,684 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - California
39.22 degrees N, 123.17 degrees W - Mendocino County. State and county outlines drawn from Census boundary data; the lake marker is placed by its USGS National Hydrography Dataset coordinates, not by eye. Schematic - not a survey map.
How Lake Mendocino Stacks Up
- Larger than 93% of the 1,147 lakes counted in California.
- The largest lake in Mendocino County among those counted.
- About 100 miles from Sacramento, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Lakes | Lake | 8.9 mi | 106 acres |
| Lower Blue Lake | Lake | 10 mi | 52 acres |
| Morris Dam | Mendocino | 12 mi | 31 acres |
| Lake Pillsbury | Lake | 19 mi | 1,947 acres |
| Clear Lake | Lake | 23 mi | 39,651 acres |
| Highland Springs Reservoir | Lake | 24 mi | 50 acres |
Straight-line distance between lake centers.
Facts and Figures
Largest Lakes in California
| # | Lake | County | Surface Area | Max Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salton Sea | Imperial | 233,096 acres | - |
| 2 | Lake Tahoe | Placer | 122,975 acres | - |
| 3 | Goose Lake | Modoc | 93,048 acres | - |
| 4 | Honey Lake | Lassen | 59,917 acres | - |
| 5 | Mono Lake | Mono | 45,124 acres | - |
All 1,147 California lakes ranked by surface area
Sources: USGS NHD (The National Map NHD MapServer layer 12) named waterbodies FTYPE 390/436; counties via Census point-in-polygon lake data (ID 109416831). Verified October 30, 2026.