Buckeye Lake (Oregon)

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| location = Douglas County, Oregon, United States

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| coordinates = {{coord|43|03|47|N|122|31|19|W|region:US-OR_type:waterbody|display =inline,title}}{{cite web|title=Buckeye Lake|work=Geographic Names Information System|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=November 28, 1980|url={{Gnis3|1138847}}|access-date=April 10, 2019}}

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| area = {{convert|10.8|acre}}

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| elevation = {{convert|4193|ft}}

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Buckeye Lake is a high-elevation lake in the Rogue–Umpqua Divide Wilderness in southern Oregon in the United States. It is about {{convert|35|mi}} east of Tiller in Douglas County.{{cite book|last= Sheehan|first=Madelynne Diness|title=Fishing in Oregon: The Complete Oregon Fishing Guide|pages=60–61|edition=10th|publisher=Flying Pencil Publications|location=Scappoose, Oregon|year=2005|isbn=0-916473-15-5}}

The lake, which covers about {{convert|11|acre}},{{cite web|title=Buckeye Lake (Douglas)|work=Atlas of Oregon Lakes|url= https://aol.research.pdx.edu/lakes/17100302001315|publisher=Portland State University|year=1985–2019|access-date=April 11, 2019}} supports a population of brook trout up to {{convert|18|in}} long. The lake is reachable by forest trail. Ice fishing here is possible in February and March for hikers willing to approach the lake by snowshoe.

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