Frenchman Lake

Frenchman Lake explained

Frenchman Lake sits at 39.8939, -120.1900. The Little Last Chance Creek carries the outflow. It lies at roughly 5,587 feet of elevation. Maximum depth is around 36 feet.

No agency lists a named swimming spot at Frenchman Lake. Shoreline access here is likely informal. County parks and private resorts sometimes provide access that federal datasets never record. Stampede Reservoir - Water Recreation, on Stampede Reservoir, is the closest named beach in this guide, about 30 miles off.

Freshwater advisories are issued locally, so check the state health department before you swim. Most California day-use areas open for the summer season and close outside it. No public sensor reports water temperature at Frenchman Lake, so the panel shows air temperature and wind.

If the operating agency starts publishing a level for this lake, it will appear here. Nobody publishes a continuous level for Frenchman Lake in a form this guide can read, so the page carries access and weather instead.

The closest lakes in this guide are Lake Davis (California, 17 mi), Stampede Reservoir (California, 29 mi) and Independence Lake (California, 32 mi). In all, 86 lakes in California are covered here.