Lake Bellevue, also called Lake Sturtevant, is a small lake inside the city limits of Bellevue, Washington. Along with Phantom Lake and Larsen Lake, it is one of three small lakes inside the city, which also borders

Lake Washington Lake Washington is a large freshwater lake adjacent to the city of Seattle. It is the largest lake in King County and the second largest natural lake in the state of Washington, after Lake Chelan. It borders the cities of Seattle on the west, ...

and Lake Sammamish. , a tributary of Kelsey Creek (Washington), Kelsey Creek, has its origin at Lake Bellevue and contains chinook salmon, Chinook (an endangered species), sockeye salmon, Sockeye and coho salmon, Coho salmon. In the creek basin, 71% of the land has an impervious surface (roads and parking lots). The lake is named for settler , a United States Civil War veteran who homesteaded there in 1872. Tracks for the Northern Pacific Railroad passing near the lake were laid in 1904. Sound Transit acquired part of the right of way for East Link Extension (Sound Transit), East Link Extension light rail. The Wilburton station (Sound Transit), Wilburton station, under construction in 2017, will be near the west side of the lake. The Spring District development and its separate Spring District/120th station, light rail station about one half mile (one kilometer) away will be near the northeastern shore of the lake.

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* Lakes of King County, Washington Geography of Bellevue, Washington {{kingCountyWA-geo-stub

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