Lakes / California / Sutter County / Sutter By-Pass
Sutter By-Pass, California
74 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - California
39.04 degrees N, 121.75 degrees W - Sutter 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 Sutter By-Pass Stacks Up
- Larger than 46% of the 1,147 lakes counted in California.
- The largest lake in Sutter County among those counted.
- About 35 miles from Sacramento, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Lake | Sutter | 6.8 mi | 45 acres |
| Hiatt Lake | Yolo | 11 mi | 26 acres |
| Ellis Lake | Yuba | 11 mi | 30 acres |
| Powell Slough | Colusa | 18 mi | 27 acres |
| Miller Lake | Yuba | 21 mi | 43 acres |
| Camp Far West Reservoir | Yuba | 24 mi | 1,472 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 129660616). Verified October 30, 2026.