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Los Padres means "the Fathers", referring to the Catholic missionary priests of the Spanish missions who proselytized in and around the area in the 18th and 19th centuries. [18] Los Padres was named Santa Barbara National Forest until December 3, 1936, and was assembled from a number of smaller National Forests, including: [19]
The river travels southeast from its headwaters in the Santa Lucia Range in the Los Padres National Forest and into Lake San Antonio. This is a reservoir behind the San Antonio Dam , an earth-fill dam on the river that forms the largest lake in the county.
English: A locator map showing Monterey County in California. David Benbennick made this map. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps .
Los Padres Reservoir: Los Padres Dam Carmel River: Monterey: California American Water Company: 1949 Earth 148 45 1,775 [8] 2,189 Los Vaqueros Reservoir (expanded) Los Vaqueros Dam: off stream reservoir storing Delta diversions: Contra Costa: Contra Costa Water District: 2012 [9] Earth: 218: 70: 160,000: 200,000 Lower Bear River Reservoir ...
Pages in category "Monterey Ranger District, Los Padres National Forest" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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Reservoirs in Monterey County, California (1 P) Pages in category "Protected areas of Monterey County, California" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total.
The most productive habitat for steelhead trout is the 6.2 miles (10.0 km) upstream of Los Padres Dam because of the excellent spawning gravels there. [27] The Los Padres Reservoir is steadily filling with sediment, as the pervasively fractured granitic and metamorphic rock underlying the Carmel River watershed are easily eroded.