Bitter Lake (Seattle)
Bitter Lake is a small lake in north central
Seattle, Washington (USA).
The lake covers 19 acres (77,000 m²), with a mean depth of 16 feet (5 m) and a maximum depth of 31 feet (9 m). Until
1913, a
sawmill was located at its southwest corner.
Tannic acid from logs dumped into the lake gave its water a bitter taste and the lake itself a name. The Seattle-to-
Everett Interurban streetcar reached the lake in
1906, and the
Bitter Lake neighborhood was annexed by Seattle in
1954.
The lake itself is situated between Greenwood Avenue N. to the west, Linden Avenue N. to the east, N. 137th Street to the north, and N. 130th Street to the south ().
