CountiesFresno County
CaliforniaReservoirFresno County
Huntington Lake
Huntington Lake covers about 1,441 acres of the Big Creek in California. You will find it in Fresno County. USFS Sierra NF / SCE manages it. This guide maps 2 named swimming spots around its shoreline.
Coordinates37.2400, -119.2000
Surface area1,441 acres
RiverBig Creek
Completed1913
Managed byUSFS Sierra NF / SCE
Swimming beaches on Huntington Lake
2 named swimming spots and shoreline access points, from USGS GNIS, Recreation.gov and the Forest Service. None is staffed by a lifeguard unless the operating agency posts one.
Huntington Lake on the map
Lake center, swimming spots and access points.
Weather and water temperature
Air temperature and wind from Open-Meteo. Water temperature only when the lake has a public sensor.
Weather data by Open-Meteo
About Huntington Lake
The center of the lake is at 37.2400, -119.2000. Releases go downstream into the Big Creek. It was completed in 1913.
If the water looks like pea soup or paint, stay out and report it to the managing agency. Swimming season in California runs through the warm months, and day-use areas set their own opening dates. There is no water temperature sensor here, so only air conditions are shown.
This page shows no water level for Huntington Lake because no agency publishes one that can be read automatically. We check the public feeds daily, so this page will fill in if one appears.
The shoreline of Huntington Lake has 2 named swimming spots in the datasets we read. These come from Recreation.gov (RIDB). Among them are Huntington Boat Ramp & Launching Site and Huntington Lake Recreation Area. Unless the operating agency says otherwise, treat these as unsupervised swimming.
If Huntington Lake is busy, the nearest alternatives here are Courtright Reservoir (California, 16 mi), Bass Lake (California, 20 mi) and Millerton Lake (California, 28 mi). In all, 86 lakes in California are covered here.
Questions about Huntington Lake
Can you swim in Huntington Lake?
Yes. This guide maps 2 named swimming spots around the lake, including Huntington Boat Ramp & Launching Site and Huntington Lake Recreation Area. None is staffed by a lifeguard unless the operating agency posts one.
How big is Huntington Lake?
About 1,441 acres.
What other lakes are near Huntington Lake?
The closest in this guide is Courtright Reservoir, about 16 miles away in California.
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Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these public sources.