Lakes / Oregon / Josephine County / Lake Selmac
Lake Selmac, Oregon
138 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Oregon
42.26 degrees N, 123.58 degrees W - Josephine 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 Selmac Stacks Up
- Larger than 66% of the 642 lakes counted in Oregon.
- About 36 miles from Medford, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applegate Lake | Jackson | 28 mi | 950 acres |
| Acorn Woman Lakes | Jackson | 32 mi | 55 acres |
| Gold Ray Reservoir | Jackson | 33 mi | 79 acres |
| Kendall Slough | Jackson | 34 mi | 26 acres |
| Sams Valley Reservoir | Jackson | 35 mi | 41 acres |
| Medco Number 3 Pond | Jackson | 37 mi | 39 acres |
Straight-line distance between lake centers.
Facts and Figures
Largest Lakes in Oregon
| # | Lake | County | Surface Area | Max Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Klamath Lake | Klamath | 62,095 acres | - |
| 2 | Lake Umatilla | Morrow | 50,042 acres | - |
| 3 | Lake Abert | Lake | 37,137 acres | - |
| 4 | Summer Lake | Lake | 31,602 acres | - |
| 5 | Harney Lake | Harney | 31,290 acres | - |
All 642 Oregon 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 139856371). Verified October 30, 2026.