The south and west sides border the Cedar-Isles-Dean neighborhood, while the east shore flanks the Kenwood residential area.

On the north is the Cedar Lake Trail and the BNSF Railway, and the south Bryn Mawr neighborhood.

Cedar Lake has an area of 169 acres (0.68 km2) and a maximum depth of 51 feet (16 m).

[1] The lake contains black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, bowfin, carp, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, tiger muskellunge, walleye, white sucker, and yellow perch.

[2] Some fish consumption guideline restrictions have been placed on the lake's bluegill, carp, crappie, largemouth bass, northern pike, and walleye due to mercury and/or PFOS contamination.