Langdon Lake is

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located in the

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of Northeastern Oregon,

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. It is an impoundment of Morning Creek, and the source of Lookingglass Creek, a tributary of the

Grande Ronde River The Grande Ronde River ( or, less commonly, ) is a tributary of the Snake River, long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed May 3, 2011 in northeastern Oregon and southeastern ...

. Surrounding the lake is the small community of

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. The lake is privately owned but a campground is nearby.

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{{authority control Reservoirs in Oregon Lakes of Umatilla County, Oregon Protected areas of Umatilla County, Oregon Umatilla National Forest

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