IllinoisReservoirSangamon County

Lake Springfield

Lake Springfield covers about 3,965 acres of the Sugar Creek in Illinois. Its shoreline falls inside Sangamon County. Management is in the hands of City Water, Light, and Power (CWLP).

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CountiesSangamon County

Coordinates39.7594, -89.6003

Surface area3,965 acres

Max depth27 ft

RiverSugar Creek

Managed byCity Water, Light, and Power (CWLP)

Swimming beaches on Lake Springfield

No named swimming beach is mapped yet for this lake. Access is through agency day-use areas and boat ramps listed below. We add beach pages only when we can confirm a name, coordinates and an operating agency.

Lake Springfield on the map

Lake center, swimming spots and access points.

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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

Planning a day at Lake Springfield

Its coordinates are 39.7594, -89.6003. The deepest point on record is about 27 feet. It lies at roughly 560 feet of elevation. Water leaves through the Sugar Creek.

The closest lakes in this guide are Lake Decatur (Illinois, 36 mi), Lake Shelbyville (Illinois, 51 mi) and Lake Mattoon (Illinois, 66 mi). Illinois has 9 lakes on this site in total.

Freshwater advisories are issued locally, so check the state health department before you swim. There is no water temperature sensor here, so only air conditions are shown. Swimming season in Illinois runs through the warm months, and day-use areas set their own opening dates.

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

Public datasets record no beach at Lake Springfield, so treat any shoreline access as unmarked and unsupervised. Shoreline access on lakes like this one is often informal and unsigned.