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Aerial view from the west (looking east), of French Meadows Reservoir (near) and Hell Hole Reservoir (far), with Lake Tahoe in the background. French Meadows Reservoir is a manmade lake 36 miles (58 km) northeast of Foresthill, California, United States on the Middle Fork of the American River. The reservoir is 2.9 miles (4.7 km) long, 0.6-mile ...
Meadow Lake lies within the Tahoe National Forest. The Ranger Station is located in Sierraville, California. Remaining are several mining sites, foundations, the cemetery, and the dam. A campground is located near the lake shore. [49] Not too far from the old townsite are several rocks covered with petroglyphs attributed to the Martis people.
One point of interest along California State Route 89 includes the Pony Express remount station in Woodfords, the Lake Tahoe Outlet Gates in Tahoe City (control of these gates was the source of the two-decade "Tahoe Water War" between lakeshore owners and downstream Truckee River water users), Plumas-Eureka State Park (containing Johnsville, a ...
Blackwood Creek is the third largest stream (by area and discharge) of the 63 Tahoe Basin watersheds flowing into Lake Tahoe. The Blackwood Creek watershed drains an area of 7,166 acres (2,900 ha) and the creek mainstem has Middle Fork and North Fork tributaries. [6] The creek mainstem is paralleled by Barker Pass Road.
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]
Silver Lake is a reservoir in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. [1] It is located within Amador County. It is about 20 mi (32 km) south of South Lake Tahoe and about 8 miles (13 km) west of Carson Pass. [2] The lake surface is 525 acres (212 ha) at full capacity and is at an elevation of 7,200 feet (2,200 m). [3]
Lake Mary is a freshwater lake and the largest of the Mammoth Lakes in Mono County, California. Lake Mary has a campground on its northwest end and can be used for rainbow trout, brook, and brown trout fishing. [2] The lake also features two marinas with motorboat and kayak rental. [3]
Camp David near Inverness, a clothing-optional campground catered to gay men [139] Sold. Now a textile family camp. Casa Alegra Clothing Optional B&B [140] in Sarasota County is part of Clothing Optional Home Network and is an AANR Participating Business. [81] Eden RV Resort (formally, Gulf Coast Resort) in Hudson [141]