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The top of the glory hole, 2017. Monticello Dam is a 304-foot (93 m) high concrete arch dam in Napa County, California, United States, constructed between 1953 and 1957.The dam impounded Putah Creek to create Lake Berryessa in the Vaca Mountains.
Lake Berryessa is the largest lake in Napa County, California, United States. This reservoir in the Vaca Mountains was formed following the construction of the Monticello Dam on Putah Creek in the 1950s.
The name Berreyesa comes from the Basque name Berreiarza or Berreyarza, and was changed in California to several alternate spellings including Berelleza, Berrellesa and Berryessa. Lake Berryessa is the largest geographical feature named for the family.
Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument is a national monument of the United States comprising 344,476 acres (139,404 ha) of the California Coast Ranges in Napa, Yolo, Solano, Lake, Colusa, Glenn and Mendocino counties in northern California. [1]
Today, Berryessa is distinguished as a fast-growing bedroom community of San Jose. It is served by VTA light rail and (in 2019 [3]), an extension of the Bay Area Rapid Transit BART system. The old Berryessa Elementary School building, built in 1927, is a Spanish Colonial Revival style, designed by noted Northern California architect W.H. Weeks. [4]
The flows in this picture are approximately 5000 cfs above Lake Berryessa. Aerial view of Putah Creek flowing into Lake Berryessa. Putah Creek (Patwin: Liwaito [3]) is a major stream in Northern California, a tributary of the Yolo Bypass, and ultimately, the Sacramento River.
The $2.3-billion second phase, known as BART Silicon Valley Phase I or the Berryessa Extension, includes two new stations, Milpitas and Berryessa/North San José. Construction began in 2012, [5] [6] and the extension and its two new stations were inaugurated on June 12, 2020, while service for the public began on the next day.
See photos of Lake Berryessa's Glory Hole . Commonly called the "Glory Hole" by residents and tourists in the area, the spillway is officially called the "Monticello Dam Morning Glory Spillway."