Lakes / California / Del Norte County / Lake Talawa
Lake Talawa, California
3,277 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - California
41.83 degrees N, 124.19 degrees W - Del Norte 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 Talawa Stacks Up
- Larger than 96% of the 1,147 lakes counted in California.
- About 266 miles from Sacramento, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freshwater Lagoon | Humboldt | 39 mi | 241 acres |
| Stone Lagoon | Humboldt | 41 mi | 613 acres |
| Big Lagoon | Humboldt | 45 mi | 1,424 acres |
| Ukonom Lake | Siskiyou | 46 mi | 65 acres |
| Fish Lake | Humboldt | 47 mi | 25 acres |
Straight-line distance between lake centers.
Facts and Figures
Waterbody ID{5BD604EC-8DB7-41C0-8348-E4673393E551}
CountyDel Norte
Lake TypeLake
Coordinates41.8281, -124.1947
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 {5BD604EC-8DB7-41C0-8348-E4673393E551}). Verified October 30, 2026.