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Washington Park Lagoon Lake

Cook County, IllinoisView mapDirections

No nutrient or algae sampling on record from Illinois EPA for this lake.

  • Public access
  • Limited data

Washington Park Lagoon Lake in Cook County, Illinois has water-quality measurements published by Illinois EPA, shown here as reported.

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Washington Park Lagoon Lake is a lake in Cook County, Illinois. Limited fish-species data available. Public access is available with 1 public boat landing.

Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, Illinois EPA, last sampled 2023-05-08. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

Washington Park Lagoon Lake has one public boat landing. For a place on the water, look through cabin and lake-house rentals near Washington Park Lagoon Lake on Vrbo. For a hotel or motel room, Booking.com and Expedia both search around the lake.

What Washington Park Lagoon Lake is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

  • Boat launch1 documented ramp

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.

Whether Washington Park Lagoon Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.

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Water quality measurements for Washington Park Lagoon Lake

These are the measurements Illinois EPA publishes for Washington Park Lagoon Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.

No clarity data.

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Recreation & Access

1
Boat Landings
Yes
Public Access
  • Washingtion Park Lagoon Boat DockPublic

Named access points in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory, within about 3 miles. More lakes with boat ramps

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Frequently asked questions about Washington Park Lagoon Lake

Where is Washington Park Lagoon Lake?

Washington Park Lagoon Lake is a lake in Cook County, Illinois. Its water-quality measurements are published by Illinois EPA and shown on this page as reported.

What is the water quality of Washington Park Lagoon Lake?

Washington Park Lagoon Lake in Cook County, Illinois has water-quality measurements published by Illinois EPA, shown here as reported.

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Is Washington Park Lagoon Lake safe to swim in?

Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.

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Are there boat ramps on Washington Park Lagoon Lake?

Washington Park Lagoon Lake has 1 documented boat landing in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory. Named access points include Washingtion Park Lagoon Boat Dock. Public access is listed as yes.

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Can I fish at Washington Park Lagoon Lake?

Washington Park Lagoon Lake has 1 documented boat landing in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory. Seasons, size and bag limits, and whether you need a license are set by Illinois's fish and wildlife agency, so check its current regulations before you go.

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Planning a trip around Indiana Dunes?

Washington Park Lagoon Lake is about 29 miles from Indiana Dunes National Park. Crowds there swing hard by season, so the month you pick changes both how busy the park is and what lodging costs.

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Where this data comes from

1 measurement from 1 monitoring station, 2023. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.

Collected and reported by

  • USGS Illinois Water Science CenterUSGS-IL1 sample · 2023

Analytical methods

  • Secchi disk method
Monitoring station identifiers (1)

EPA condition classes from the National Lakes Assessment (EPA 841-R-24-006, Table 6-3), applied by ecoregion. See where the data comes from and data sources.

Other records on this page

Named boat-access points from the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory