Big Lake is an intermittent dry lake located one-mile (1.6 km) south and southwest of the city of Big Lake in Reagan County,

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. Covering approximately , the playa lies in a floodplain and is fed primarily by Big Lake Draw and a number of other, unnamed smaller draws. Scrub brush,

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, grasses, and water-tolerant hardwoods grow around the lake.

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* Lakes of Texas Bodies of water of Reagan County, Texas {{ReaganCountyTX-geo-stub