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| Location | Douglas County, Oregon |
| Coordinates | Script error: The function "coordinsert" does not exist. |
| Type | Landslide-dammed lake, oligotrophic |
| Primary inflows | Lake Creek |
| Primary outflows | Mill Creek |
| Catchment area | 89 sq mi (231 km2) |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Max. length | 2 mi (3 km) |
| Max. width | 0.4 mi (0.6 km) |
| Surface area | 294 acres (119 ha) |
| Average depth | 53 ft (16 m) |
| Max. depth | 105 ft (32 m) |
| Water volume | 15,700 acre⋅ft (19,400,000 m3) |
| Residence time | 1 month |
| Shore length1 | 6.1 mi (9.8 km) |
| Surface elevation | 392 ft (119 m) |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Loon Lake is a 294-acre (119 ha) lake in Douglas County in the Oregon Coast Range of the United States, 15 miles (24 km) east-southeast of Reedsport, Oregon, at an elevation of 392 feet (119 m). The lake is about 2 miles (3 km) long with a maximum width of about 0.4 miles (0.6 km), and is over 100 feet (30 m) deep in some places.
The lake is "a classic example of a landslide lake", dammed by a slide of sandstone blocks which fell into the Lake Creek valley about 1,400 years ago. The lake was discovered in 1852 and named for the loons found on its waters.