Maharana Pratap Sagar is a reservoir located in the Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh. The lake is named in memory of the great warrior Maharana Pratap. Earlier it was known as the Pong Dam Reservoir. Geographically, the lake is situated at a height of 450 metres above mean sea level between 32° North latitude and 76° East longitudes. The lake is situated at a distance of 170 kilometers from Chandigarh and 110 kilometers from Dharamshala, the district headquarters.

The closest railway station near the lake are the Mukerian Railway station at a distance of 30 kilometers and the Pathankot Railway station at a distance of 32 kilometers. The closest airport is Gaggal at a distance of forty kilometers. The Lake is also well connected by a good network of roads.

In the 1970`s the Sagar was made a reservoir with the construction of a dam in a wetland zone of the Siwalik Hills at an average elevation of 350 to 500 metres. Rocky ridges and small mountain streams encircle the reservoir. In 1983, the Sagar was declared a Bird Sanctuary where two hundred and twenty species of bird belonging to fifty-four families visit the waters of the lake. Some of the common species found here are black-headed gulls, plovers, northern pintail, Black stork, Goose, terns, ducks, waterfowl and egrets. Nearly twenty-seven species and sub species of fish belonging to six families live in the Sagar`s water. Through out the year various activities like swimming, water skiing, surfing, rowing and sailing are carried in the waters of the lake.