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Pyramid and Castaic lakes act as the upper and lower reservoirs for the Castaic Power Plant, a 1,495 megawatt pumped storage hydroelectric plant located at Castaic Lake. [3] The plant generates electricity from the water that flows down from Pyramid Lake to Castaic Lake, and can store energy by pumping water in the reverse direction when desired.
Castaic Lake was the starting point for The Amazing Race 26 on November 12, 2014. NBC's Fear Factor was also shot there. [8] Musician Baby Keem's debut album The Melodic Blue's album cover photo was taken at Castaic Lake. The lake also served as the main filming location for the music video of Sabrina Carpenter's 2024 hit single "Espresso".
Castaic Lake State Recreation Area: State recreation area Los Angeles: 4,224 1,709 1965 Features 29 miles (47 km) of shoreline on Castaic Lake. [48] Castle Crags State Park: State park Shasta: 3,905 1,580 1934 Provides access to the Castle Crags Wilderness, with its 6,000-foot-tall (1,800 m) rock crags. [49] Castle Rock State Park: State park
Residents at the Castaic Lake RV Park spray down their homes as the Hughes fire burns in the distance. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times)
A vehicle drives by as smoke and flames rise in the back while firefighters battle the Hughes Fire near Castaic Lake, north of Santa Clarita, California on Jan. 22, 2025.
Smoke and flames rise as firefighters and aircraft battle the Hughes Fire near Castaic Lake, north of Santa Clarita in Los Angeles County on Jan. 22, 2025.
Map of California's interconnected water system, including all eleven reservoirs over 1,000,000 acre-feet (1.2 km 3) as well as selected smaller ones.. This is a list of the largest reservoirs, or man-made lakes, in the U.S. state of California.
Castaic is an earth-fill dam with its surfaces covered with boulders and cobble-sized rocks to prevent erosion.The dam is 340 feet (100 m) high above the streambed, 425 feet (130 m) above the foundations, and 5,200 feet (1,600 m) long, containing 44 million cubic yards (34,000,000 m 3) of material. [1]