Sparks Lake

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{{Infobox body of water

| name = Sparks Lake

| image = Sparks Lake (Deschutes County, Oregon scenic images) (desDB3295).jpg

| image_size = 240px

| caption = Sparks Lake and South Sister

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| location = Deschutes County, Oregon

| coords = {{coord|44.015670|-121.745311|format=dms|region:US-OR_type:waterbody|display=inline,title}}

| type = Natural, oligotrophic, with dam

| inflow = Goose, Fall, and Soda creeks

| outflow =

| catchment = {{convert|37|mi2|km2}}

| basin_countries = United States

| length =

| width =

| area = {{convert|779|acre|ha|lk=on}}

| depth = {{convert|1|ft|m|1}}

| max-depth = {{convert|7|ft|m|0}}

| volume = {{convert|1000|acre feet|m3|lk=in}}

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| shore = {{convert|10|mi|km}}

| elevation = {{convert|5433|ft|m}}

| cities = Bend

| pushpin_map = Oregon#USA

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| pushpin_map_alt = Location of Sparks Lake in Oregon, USA.

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| reference={{cite book|last=Johnson|first=Daniel M.|author2=Petersen, Richard R. |author3=Lycan, D. Richard |author4=Sweet, James W. |author5= Neuhaus, Mark E., and Schaedel, Andrew L. | title=Atlas of Oregon Lakes|publisher=Oregon State University Press|location=Corvallis|year=1985|page=265|isbn=0-87071-343-4}}{{cite web|title=Atlas of Oregon Lakes: Sparks Lake (Deschutes County) |url=http://aol.research.pdx.edu/?q=lake/511|publisher=Portland State University|year=1985–2012|accessdate=January 2, 2013}}{{cite web | url ={{gnis3|1150104}} | title = Sparks Lake | work=Geographic Names Information System|publisher = United States Geological Survey|date=November 28, 1980 |accessdate = January 2, 2013}}

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Sparks Lake is a natural body of water near the crest of the central Cascade Range in Deschutes County in the U.S. state of Oregon. The lake is about {{convert|26|mi|km}} west-southwest of Bend along the Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway in Deschutes National Forest. Named for a 19th-century rancher, "Lige" Sparks,{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QeU0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=uYYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4059%2C2136438 | title=Sparks Lake named for stockman | work=The Bulletin | date=Oct 1, 1982 | accessdate=1 November 2015 | author=Hopper, Ila Grant | pages=7}} the water body is a remnant of a bigger lake that has partly filled with sediment and vegetation.

Many of the region's mountain peaks, such as Mount Bachelor, Three Sisters, and Broken Top, are visible from the lake. Other lakes in the vicinity include Todd, Elk, Hosmer, Blow, and Doris.{{cite web | author = United States Geological Survey (USGS) |title = United States Geological Survey Topographic Map | publisher = TopoQuest | url =http://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=44.01567&lon=-121.745311&datum=nad83&zoom=4 | accessdate = January 2, 2013}}