'''Cedar Lake''' is a largely forgotten brackish body of occasional shallow water in isolated northeastern Gaines County in West [[Texas]]. Adjacent to [[New Mexico]] and named for area [[cedar]] scrubs, the lake is the largest alkali body of water in the region. A ''playa'' or dry lake, it is located on the Llano Estacado (Staked Plains) and has nearly sixty miles of shoreline. The lake is hidden away and unknown to the current generation.<ref name=caprock>{{cite web|url=https://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20200207/caprock-chronicles-cedar-lake---largest-playa-on-llano-estacado|title=Caprock Chronicles: Cedar Lake - the largest playa on the Llano Estacado|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=February 78, 2020|accessdate=February 10, 2020|author=[[Paul H. Carlson]]}}</ref> | '''Cedar Lake''' is a largely forgotten brackish body of occasional shallow water in isolated northeastern Gaines County in West [[Texas]]. Adjacent to [[New Mexico]] and named for area [[cedar]] scrubs, the lake is the largest alkali body of water in the region. A ''playa'' or dry lake, it is located on the Llano Estacado (Staked Plains) and has nearly sixty miles of shoreline. The lake is hidden away and unknown to the current generation.<ref name=caprock>{{cite web|url=https://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20200207/caprock-chronicles-cedar-lake---largest-playa-on-llano-estacado|title=Caprock Chronicles: Cedar Lake - the largest playa on the Llano Estacado|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=February 78, 2020|accessdate=February 10, 2020|author=[[Paul H. Carlson]]}}</ref> |