Lake Bellevue, also called Lake Sturtevant, is a small

lake A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from ...

inside the city limits of

Bellevue, Washington Bellevue ( ) is a city in the Eastside (King County, Washington), Eastside region of King County, Washington, United States, located across Lake Washington from Seattle. It is the third-largest city in the Seattle metropolitan area, and the f ...

. Along with

Phantom Lake Phantom Lake is a small lake inside the city limits of Bellevue, Washington, east of Seattle. A pedestrian trail circles the lake, and according to the city government, Bellevue's oldest and largest trees are there. Located about a mile (1.6&nb ...

and

Larsen Lake Larsen Lake, also known as Blueberry Lake is a small lake inside the city limits of Bellevue, Washington, east of Seattle. A blueberry farm surrounds the lake. Larsen Lake is the headwaters of Kelsey Creek. History Historically, Phantom Lake dr ...

, it is one of three small lakes inside the city, which also borders

Lake Washington Lake Washington () is a large freshwater lake adjacent to the city of Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the largest lake in King County, Washington, King County and the second largest natural lake in the state of Washington (state), Was ...

and

Lake Sammamish Lake Sammamish is a freshwater lake east of Seattle in King County, Washington, United States. The lake is long and wide, with a maximum depth of and a surface area of . It lies east of Lake Washington and west of the Sammamish Plateau, a ...

. , a tributary of Kelsey Creek, has its origin at Lake Bellevue and contains

Chinook Chinook may refer to: Chinook peoples The name derives from a settlement of Indigenous people in Oregon and Washington State. * Chinookan peoples, several groups of Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest ** Chinook Indian Nation, an organiza ...

(an endangered species),

Sockeye The sockeye salmon (''Oncorhynchus nerka''), also called red salmon, kokanee salmon, blueback salmon, or simply sockeye, is an anadromous species of salmon found in the Pacific Ocean, Northern Pacific Ocean and rivers discharging into it. This ...

and

Coho COHO, short for Coherent Oscillator, is a technique used with radar systems based on the cavity magnetron to allow them to implement a moving target indicator display. Because the signals are only coherent when received, not transmitted, the concept ...

salmon. In the creek basin, 71% of the land has an

impervious surface Impervious surfaces are mainly artificial structures—such as pavements (roads, sidewalks, driveways and parking lots, as well as industrial areas such as airports, ports and logistics and distribution centres, all of which use considerable ...

(roads and parking lots). The lake is named for settler , a United States Civil War veteran who homesteaded there in 1872. Tracks for the

Northern Pacific Railroad The Northern Pacific Railway was an important American transcontinental railroad that operated across the northern tier of the Western United States, from Minnesota to the Pacific Northwest between 1864 and 1970. It was approved and chartered b ...

passing near the lake were laid in 1904.

Sound Transit Sound Transit (ST), officially the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, is a public transit agency serving the Seattle metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington. It manages the Link light rail system in Se ...

acquired part of the railroad's right of way for East Link Extension, a light rail project. Construction of the Wilburton station, near the west side of the lake, began in 2017. The

Spring District The Spring District is a transit-oriented development and neighborhood that is under construction in Bellevue, Washington. The 16-block, development is centered around the Spring District station on the East Link Extension (Sound Transit), East ...

development and its separate light rail station are near the northeastern shore of the lake, about one half mile (one kilometer) away.

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* Lakes of King County, Washington Geography of Bellevue, Washington {{kingCountyWA-geo-stub

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