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Cachuma Lake is a reservoir in the Santa Ynez Valley of central Santa Barbara County, California on the Santa Ynez River adjoining the north side of California State Route 154. The artificial lake was created by the construction of Bradbury Dam , a 201 ft (61 m) earth-fill structure built by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in 1953.
The lake area is designated as the Lake Cachuma Recreation Area. Cachuma County Park, near Tequepis Point, provides lake access. Water from the lake is diverted into the Tecolote Tunnel, which passes south under the mountains to the Santa Barbara area. Below Lake Cachuma, the Santa Ynez River continues its westward course.
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.
That was an increase of more than 450% in about six weeks. As of Jan. 17, Lake Nacimiento’s surface area covered more than 5,200 acres, and it was at about 87% capacity, according to the county ...
Lake Tahoe is the second deepest lake in the U.S. In terms of area covered, the largest lake in California is the Salton Sea, a lake formed in 1905 which is now saline.It occupies 376 square miles (970 km 2) in the southeast corner of the state, but because it is shallow it only holds about 7.5 million acre⋅ft (2.4 trillion US gal; 9.3 trillion L) of water. [2]
Rancho Bernardo Community Park (with off-leash dog area) Robb Field (athletic fields and skateboard park) Rose Canyon Open Space Park; Ruocco Park; San Diego River Park; San Dieguito River Park; San Diego Zoo (admission fee) San Diego Zoo Safari Park (admission fee) San Pasqual / Clevenger Canyon Open Space Park; SeaWorld San Diego (admission fee)
San Marcos Pass (Chumash: Mistaxiwax) [1] is a mountain pass in the Santa Ynez Mountains in southern California. It is traversed by State Route 154 . The pass crosses the Santa Ynez through a southwestern portion of Los Padres National Forest , and connects Los Olivos (and the Santa Ynez Valley ) with Santa Barbara, California along the Pacific ...
The dam at Lake Cuyamaca is the second-oldest in California still in use, and was completed in 1888. [1] It was built to supply drinking water to the city of San Diego. [1] It was originally piped down to San Diego in wooden flumes. It continues to be part of a municipal water supply system for the Helix Water District. [1]