Crazy Lake

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Crazy Lake
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Crazy Lake
Location Fresno County, California
Coordinates 37°18′08″N118°53′55″W / 37.3021°N 118.8987°W / 37.3021; -118.8987 Coordinates: 37°18′08″N118°53′55″W / 37.3021°N 118.8987°W / 37.3021; -118.8987
Type Lake
Basin  countries United States

Crazy Lake is a lake in Fresno County, California, in the United States. [1]

Crazy Lake was so named by a biologist who, noting the lack of scenery, wrote "anyone visiting this lake is crazy". [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Crazy Lake
  2. Browning, Peter (2011). Sierra Nevada Place Names: From Abbot to Zumwalt. Great West Books. p. 56. ISBN   978-0-944220-23-8.