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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]
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 ...
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.
Carmel River Watershed Map with major tributaries, National Marine Fisheries Service 2013. The Carmel River watershed drains 256 square miles (660 km 2) [10] and originates at 4,120 ft (1,260 m) [5] on the south side of the peak of Miller Mountain [11] in the Ventana Wilderness of the Los Padres National Forest's Santa Lucia Mountains.
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 .
Lake Piru (/ ˈ p aɪ r uː / ⓘ) is a reservoir located in Los Padres National Forest and Topatopa Mountains of Ventura County, California, created by the construction in 1955 (70 years ago) () of the Santa Felicia Dam on Piru Creek, which is a tributary of the Santa Clara River.
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The Ventana Wilderness of Los Padres National Forest is a federally designated wilderness area located in the Santa Lucia Range along the Central Coast of California.This wilderness was established in 1969 when the Ventana Wilderness Act redesignated the 55,800-acre (22,600 ha) Ventana Primitive Area as the Ventana Wilderness and added land, totalling 98,000 acres (40,000 hectares).