Langdon Lake is

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located in the

Umatilla National Forest The Umatilla National Forest, in the Blue Mountains (Oregon), Blue Mountains of northeast Oregon and southeast Washington (U.S. state), Washington, covers an area of 1.4 million acres (5,700 km2). In descending order of land area the forest ...

of Northeastern Oregon,

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. It is an impoundment of Morning Creek, and the source of Lookingglass Creek, a tributary of the

Grande Ronde River The Grande Ronde River ( or, less commonly, ) is a long tributary of the Snake River, flowing through northeast Oregon and southeast Washington in the United States. Its watershed is situated in the eastern Columbia Plateau, bounded by the ...

. Surrounding the lake is the small community of

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. The lake is privately owned but a campground is nearby.

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{{authority control Reservoirs in Oregon Lakes of Umatilla County, Oregon Protected areas of Umatilla County, Oregon Umatilla National Forest

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