Whitefish Lake

Whitefish Lake is located northwest of the city of Whitefish, Montana, at an elevation of 2,999 feet. It lies between the southwest flank of the Whitefish Range and the northeast flank of Lion Mountain in Flathead County. This natural 5.2 square miles lake has a maximum length of 5.8 miles and width of 1.4 miles, and is 233 feet at its deepest. Whitefish Lake has a surface elevation of 2,999 feet and occupies a surface area of approximately 5.2 sq mi. Tributaries to the lake include Swift Creek, which originates in Upper Whitefish Lake, and Lazy Creek, which enter at the northwestern head of the lake, and Hellroaring Creek on the eastern shore, and Beaver Creek which begins in Beaver Lake on the western shore. The lake has approximately 15.9 miles of shoreline. The lake's outflow is the Whitefish River, which is a tributary to the Stillwater River, which flows into the Flathead River about 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Kalispell.