Phantom Lake is a small lake inside the city limits of Bellevue, Washington, east of Seattle. A 2.6-mile (4.2 km) pedestrian trail circles the lake, and according to the city government, Bellevue's oldest and largest trees are there.[1] Located about a mile (1.6 km) north of Interstate 90 and west of nearby Lake Sammamish, its surface elevation is approximately 250 feet (76 m) above sea level.

Phantom Lake
View east from Phantom Lake Park in 2017
Phantom Lake Show map of Washington (state) Phantom Lake Show map of the United States
Location	Bellevue, Washington
Coordinates	47°35′36″N 122°07′30″W
Basin countries	United States
Surface area	63 acres (25 ha)
Max. depth	45 ft (14 m)
Shore length1	2.6 miles (4.2 km)
Surface elevation	250 ft (76 m)
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Historically, Phantom Lake once drained to the north through the Kelsey Creek basin. Nineteenth-century farmer Henry Thode redirected the Phantom Lake outlet to Lake Sammamish, creating Weowna Creek in the process.[2] Today, Phantom Lake has a surface area of 63 acres (0.25 km²) and a maximum depth of 45 feet (14 m).[3]

Bellevue Airfield, closed in 1983, was nearby to the southwest; the approach to runway 20 was along the lake's southeastern shore.

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Phantom Lake (Bellevue, Washington).

• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Phantom Lake
• Phantom Lake at Bellevue Parks and Community Services
• 1894 photo of Phantom Lake School
• 1939 photo of Phantom Lake

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