Elizabeth Lake is a lake located in Los Angeles County, California. It is inside Angeles National Forest. It is west of Palmdale. There is another lake near Elizabeth Lake, Lake Hughes. The two have a common ancestry. Both lakes are located in the San Andreas Fault and are actually sink holes. Elizabeth Lake Road is the main road that connects the suburbs of Palmdale, Lake Hughes, and Leona Valley and Elizabeth Lake. A man-made lake in Keukenhof, Netherlands A lake is a body of water or other liquid of considerable size surrounded by land. ... Map of California showing Los Angeles County. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... The San Gabriel Mountains, part of the Angeles National Forest. ... City nickname:Aerospace Capital of America County Los Angeles County, California Area  - Total  - Water 272. ... Lake Hughes is a census-designated place located in Los Angeles County, California. ... View of the San Andreas Fault on the Carrizo Plain in central California, 35°07N, 119°39W The San Andreas Fault is a geological fault that runs a length of roughly 800 miles (1300 kilometres) through western and southern California in the United States. ... A special type of sinkhole - formed by rainwater leaking through the pavement and carrying dirt into a ruptured sewer pipe Sinkholes, also known as sinks, dolines (in Slavic languages dolina means valley), and cenotes, are formed by the collapse of cave roofs and are a feature of landscapes that are...

Elizabeth Lake is one of the beautiful spots in the Antelope Valley. It once straddled the boundary of the Tataviam and Kittanemuk tribes. The Tataviam may have called the lake Kivarum.

In 1780, Father Junipero Serra named the lake La Laguna de Diablo. The lake earned the name La Laguna de Diablo because all those who lived by it believed it to contain the devil's pet, also known as the Elizabeth Lake Monster. Some still believe it to exist. Sometime after 1834, it was named Rabbitt for a very short time. Then it became La Laguna de Chico Lopez.

In 1849, Elizabeth Wingfield was camping with her family beside the lake. They walked down a log which extended into the water to fill buckets for cooking and drinking. Elizabeth slipped off the log and fell into the lake. Although she wasn't injured, several other families also vacationing, witnessed her stumble. In fun they began calling the lake Elizabeth's Lake. The name caught on and locals started calling it Elizabeth Lake. The name didn't become official until much later.

In 1924, Judge Hughes separated the western part of Elizabeth Lake to create a recreation resort area. This part of Elizabeth Lake was renamed Lake Hughes.

See also

• Lake Hughes