Lakes / Arizona / Santa Cruz County / Patagonia Lake
Patagonia Lake, Arizona
188 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Arizona
31.50 degrees N, 110.86 degrees W - Santa Cruz 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 Patagonia Lake Stacks Up
- Larger than 74% of the 198 lakes counted in Arizona.
- The largest lake in Santa Cruz County among those counted.
- About 50 miles from Tucson, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peña Blanca Lake | Santa Cruz | 15 mi | 41 acres |
| Arivaca Lake | Pima | 23 mi | 73 acres |
| Parker Lake | Cochise | 24 mi | 108 acres |
| Aguirre Lake | Pima | 39 mi | 54 acres |
| Mormon Lake | Pima | 39 mi | 30 acres |
Straight-line distance between lake centers.
Facts and Figures
Largest Lakes in Arizona
| # | Lake | County | Surface Area | Max Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake Mohave | Mohave | 27,571 acres | - |
| 2 | Lake Havasu | Mohave | 18,560 acres | - |
| 3 | San Carlos Reservoir | Gila | 13,059 acres | - |
| 4 | Lake Pleasant | Yavapai | 9,186 acres | - |
| 5 | Theodore Roosevelt Lake | Gila | 9,075 acres | - |
All 198 Arizona 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 126260782). Verified October 30, 2026.