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Grays Lake (Illinois)

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Basin countries
  
Max. depth
  
18 feet (5.5 m)

Type
  
Surface area
  
80 acres (32 ha)

Grays Lake (Illinois)

Grays Lake is a 80-acre (32 ha) kettle lake located in the Village of Grayslake in Lake County, Illinois.

Contents

Map of Grayslake, IL 60030, USA

Local regulations

Motorized watercraft are generally not allowed on the lake. Largemouth bass must be 15 inches long or longer to keep while northern pike must be 24 inches long or longer to keep. 2 line limit

Statistics

Grays Lake contains approximately 112 million gallons of water covering approximately 80 acres (320,000 m2). Water depth is approximately 18 feet (5.5 m) at its deepest point and averages 4 feet deep. The lake is nearly 0.3 miles (0.48 km) wide and 0.53 miles (0.85 km) long with about 2 miles (3.2 km) of lake shore.

Watershed

Grays Lake lies at the top of and drains into the Mill Creek, watershed. The Mill Creek watershed lies in the Des Plaines River watershed, which lies in the Illinois River watershed, which lies in the Mississippi River watershed, which drains into the Gulf of Mexico and eventually into the Atlantic Ocean.

Fauna

Fish Largemouth bass, crappie, northern pike, sunfish, carp and catfish.

Mammals Fox, coyote, gray squirrel, chipmunk, raccoon, bat

Amphibians Frog

Birds Turkey vulture, American robin, American goldfinch, blue heron, mallard duck, swan, dark-eyed junco, red-tailed hawk

Reptiles Common snapping turtle

Flora

Pickerel rush

Jones Island

At the west end of the lake is a peninsula called Jones Island. This area, previously a marsh, was filled in to improve recreational opportunities.

References

Grays Lake (Illinois) Wikipedia


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