OregonReservoirHarney County
Photo: Sword Fern · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
CountiesHarney County
Coordinates43.0013, -119.2627
Surface area1,220 acres
Managed byUSACE Portland District

Swimming beaches on Foster Lake

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.

Foster Lake 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

Visiting Foster Lake

If Foster Lake is busy, the nearest alternatives here are Warm Springs Reservoir (Oregon, 67 mi), Beulah Reservoir (Oregon, 85 mi) and Prineville Reservoir (Oregon, 108 mi). In all, 48 lakes in Oregon are covered here.

Public datasets record no beach at Foster Lake, so treat any shoreline access as unmarked and unsupervised. Absence from these datasets does not mean the water is closed, only that no agency lists a beach.

There is no live level reading for Foster Lake. The agencies that run this water do not publish one openly, and we do not estimate what has not been measured. We check the public feeds daily, so this page will fill in if one appears.

There is no water temperature sensor here, so only air conditions are shown. Water quality is monitored unevenly on inland lakes, so posted notices are the most reliable guide. Season dates vary by park; the operating agency publishes them each spring.

Questions about Foster Lake

Is there a beach at Foster Lake?

No named swimming beach appears in the federal and state datasets this guide reads. Check the operating agency for day-use areas on the ground.

How big is Foster Lake?

About 1,220 acres.

What other lakes are near Foster Lake?

The closest in this guide is Warm Springs Reservoir, about 67 miles away in Oregon.

Lakes near Foster Lake

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