Thorn Lake (Lake County, Oregon) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Thorn Lake
Thorn Lake Location in Oregon Show map of Oregon Thorn Lake Location in the United States Show map of the United States
Location	Lake County, Oregon, United States
Coordinates	43°08′45″N 120°50′38″W / 43.14583°N 120.84389°W / 43.14583; -120.84389
Basin countries	United States
Surface area	319.7 acres (129.4 ha)
Shore length1	4.2 miles (6.8 km)
Surface elevation	4,301 feet (1,311 m)
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Thorn Lake is a dry high-desert lake in Lake County in the U.S. state of Oregon. The Atlas of Oregon Lakes lists its surface area at about 320 acres (130 ha) and its shoreline at about 4 miles (6.4 km) but provides no other details.

Thorn Lake has been dry for many years, Doctor E. D Cope, a scientist traveling through the area in 1889, noted that Thorn Lake was a dry playa at that time. A 2008 topographic map of Oregon indicates that Thorn Lake is dry.

The lake is about 8 miles (13 km) east of the unincorporated community of Silver Lake and about 2 miles (3.2 km) north of the intermittent lake called Silver Lake near Oregon Route 31.