Lake Carlton (Illinois)

Lake Carlton
Lake Carlton
	Lake Carlton Lake Carlton
Location	Whiteside County, Illinois
Coordinates	41°50′42″N89°57′56″W / 41.84500°N 89.96556°W
Type	reservoir
Basin countries	United States
Surface area	78 acres (32 ha)
Average depth	12 ft (3.7 m)
Max. depth	27 ft (8.2 m)
Shore length1	2.9 mi (4.7 km)
Surface elevation	659 ft (201 m)
References
	1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Last updated July 16, 2025

Lake Carlton is a reservoir in the Morrison-Rockwood State Park in Whiteside County in northern Illinois.

The lake is managed for sport fishing, including largemouth and rock bass, black crappie, channel catfish, redear sunfish, bluegill, muskie and walleye.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 Illinois Department of Natural Resources: Morrison-Rockwood State park Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine
↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lake Carlton

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[DNR-1] 1 2 3 4 Illinois Department of Natural Resources: Morrison-Rockwood State park Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine

[2] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lake Carlton

[1]

[2]

Lake Carlton
Lake Carlton Show map of Illinois Lake Carlton Show map of the United States
Location	Whiteside County, Illinois
Coordinates	41°50′42″N89°57′56″W / 41.84500°N 89.96556°W / 41.84500; -89.96556
Type	reservoir
Basin countries	United States

Surface area	78 acres (32 ha)
Average depth	12 ft (3.7 m)^[1]
Max. depth	27 ft (8.2 m)^[1]
Shore length¹	2.9 mi (4.7 km)^[1]
Surface elevation	659 ft (201 m)

References	^[2]
¹ Shore length is not a well-defined measure.