Lochloosa Lake

Lochloosa Lake is a lake about in area in Alachua County, Florida, near Hawthorne, and is up to deep. It is drained by Cross Creek into Orange Lake. It is largely surrounded by the Lochloosa Wildlife Management Area and is a Fish Management Area. Lochloosa Creek is its largest tributary. The lake is noted for bass and crappie fishing.
The lake has become choked with weeds such as hydrilla. The water level in the lake varies by up to. The variation in water level is healthy for the lake, and the Orange Creek Basin Advisory Council decided to not try to force a stable water level.