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Reservoirs in Los Angeles County, California (1 C, 23 P) Pages in category "Lakes of Los Angeles County, California" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
Puddingstone Reservoir is a 250-acre (1 km²) artificial lake northeast of the interchange between the Orange Freeway (State Route 57) and the San Bernardino Freeway (Interstate 10) in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Activities include fishing, swimming, sailing, windsurfing, and camping.
unincorporated Los Angeles County, Glendale, Pasadena and La Cañada Flintridge; as well as the City of Los Angeles neighborhood of Sunland-Tujunga 34°13′00″N 118°17′00″W / 34.216667°N 118.283333°W / 34.216667; -118.
Nearby Elizabeth Lake, known then as La Laguna de Chico Lopez, was a watering locale on Spanish colonial and Mexican El Camino Viejo in Alta California and the Gold Rush era Stockton – Los Angeles Road. From 1858 to 1861, Lake Hughes was on the route of the Butterfield Overland Mail, between the Widow Smith's Station and Mud Spring stage
In 1780, the Spanish explorer-priest Junípero Serra named the lake La Laguna de Diablo (English: Devil's Lake), because some who lived nearby believed that within it dwelt a pet of the devil, which later came to be known as the Elizabeth Lake Monster. [5] The creature is said to resemble a dragon, with leathery wings and scaly skin.
Bouquet Reservoir is an artificial lake in the Angeles National Forest of Los Angeles County, California about 15 miles (24 km) west from Palmdale.. At elevation of 2,993 feet (912 m) in the Sierra Pelona Mountains, the reservoir capacity is 36,500 acre⋅ft (45,000,000 m 3) and is formed by Bouquet Canyon Dam on Bouquet Creek, which is a tributary of the Santa Clara River.
View north of the Whittier Narrows Dam. The Whittier Narrows Recreation Area is a 1,500-acre (6.1 km 2) multi-use facility, mostly in an unincorporated part of Los Angeles County, containing North Lake, Center Lake, and Legg Lake (where radio-controlled model speedboats may be operated), a rifle and pistol shooting range, numerous softball and soccer fields with picnic tables, a paved airstrip ...
Quail Lake in California is an artificial lake in Los Angeles County, California. Situated in the San Andreas Rift Zone [ 2 ] along the north side of State Route 138 , it is a regulatory storage body for the West Branch California Aqueduct .