This list of lakes in the San Francisco Bay Area groups lakes, ponds, and reservoirs by county. Numbers in parentheses are

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Alameda County Alameda County ( ) is a List of counties in California, county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 1,682,353, making it the 7th-most populous county in the state and List ...

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* Almond Reservoir () * Berryman Reservoir () *

Bethany Reservoir The Bethany Reservoir is located northeast of Livermore, California, USA, on the California Aqueduct. It serves as the forebay for the South Bay Pumping Plant that feeds the South Bay Aqueduct. Characteristics * Gross capacity: See also * Li ...

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Calaveras Reservoir Calaveras Reservoir is located primarily in Santa Clara County, California, with a small portion and its dam in Alameda County, California. In Spanish, Calaveras means "skulls". The reservoir is fed mainly by Arroyo Hondo and Calaveras Cree ...

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Lake Chabot Lake Chabot is a man-made lake covering in Alameda County, California, United States. Part of the lake lies within Oakland city limits, but most of it lies in unincorporated Castro Valley, just east of San Leandro. It was formed by the damming o ...

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Lake Del Valle Lake Del Valle is a storage reservoir located southeast of Livermore, in Alameda County, California. It is within Del Valle Regional Park. Lake description It is on Arroyo Valle (Spanish for "creek of the valley") in the Diablo Range. The lake ...

() * Dingee Reservoir () * Don Castro Reservoir () * Lake Elizabeth () * Frick Lake () * Frog Pond () * Heron Pond () * Jordan Pond () * The Lagoon () *

Lake Merritt Lake Merritt is a large tidal lagoon in the center of Oakland, California, just east of Downtown Oakland, Downtown. It is surrounded by parkland and city neighborhoods. It is historically significant as the United States' first official wildlife ...

() * Middlefield Reservoir () * Mission Reservoir () * Newt Pond () * Niles Reservoir () * Patterson Reservoir () * Reservoir Number One () * Reservoir Number Two () *

San Antonio Reservoir San Antonio Reservoir is located in Alameda County, California, about three miles east-southeast of Sunol. It was built in 1964 by the City and County of San Francisco. Formed by the James H. Turner Dam across San Antonio Creek not far above whe ...

() * Seneca Reservoir () * South Reservoir () * Swimming Lagoon () *

Lake Temescal Lake Temescal is a small reservoir in the Oakland hills, in northeastern Oakland, California. It is the centerpiece of Temescal Regional Recreation Area, also known as Temescal Regional Park (and originally, Lake Temescal Regional Park). It is a p ...

() * Thirtyninth Avenue Reservoir () * Tule Pond () * Tyson Lake () * Upper San Leandro Reservoir () - partly in Contra Costa County. *

Whitfield Reservoir Whitfield may refer to: Places Australia * Whitfield, Queensland, a suburb of Cairns * Whitfield, Victoria, an agricultural township England * Whitfield, Derbyshire, a hamlet and former parish * Whitfield, Gloucestershire, a hamlet * Whitf ...

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* Lake Alhambra () * Antioch Municipal Reservoir () *

Lake Anza Lake Anza is a recreational swimming reservoir, located within the Tilden Regional Park, in the Berkeley Hills above Berkeley, California. History The lake was created by the construction of the C L Tilden Park Dam in 1938. It was named by the ...

() * Black Hills Reservoir () * Brickyard Cove Pond *

Briones Reservoir Briones Reservoir is an open cut terminal water storage reservoir located in western Contra Costa County, in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, California. It is owned and operated by the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD ...

() * Brookwood Reservoir () * Lake Cascade () * Chase Pond () *

Clifton Court Forebay Clifton Court Forebay is a reservoir in the San Joaquin River Delta region of eastern Contra Costa County, California, southwest of Stockton, California, Stockton. The estuary region the forebay is located in is only 1m to 3m above mean sea lev ...

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Lake El Toyonal Lake El Toyonal ( es, Lago El Toyonal) is a small lake in Contra Costa County, California in an unincorporated area of parklands between Orinda and Berkeley. See also * List of lakes in California * List of lakes in the San Francisco Bay Area ...

* Fay Hill Reservoir () * Frog Pond () * Hidden Pond () *

Hilltop Lake Hilltop Lake is a lagoon in Richmond, California.Rheem Creek Watershed Map

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Jewel Lake Jewel Lake is a former reservoir and artificial lake along Wildcat Creek, a small stream in Northern California in Tilden Regional Park.
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Lafayette Reservoir The Lafayette Reservoir is an open-cut human-made terminal water storage reservoir owned and operated by the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD). Completed in 1933, it was intended solely as a standby water supply for EBMUD customers. EBM ...
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Los Vaqueros Reservoir The Los Vaqueros Reservoir and watershed is located in the northern Diablo Range, within northeastern Contra Costa County, northern California. It was completed by the Contra Costa Water District (CCWD) in to improve the quality of drinking water ...
* Mallard Reservoir () * Maloney Reservoir () * Marsh Creek Reservoir () * Martinez Reservoir () *
Miller/Knox Lagoon Miller/Knox Lagoon is a lake in Richmond, California.Wildcat Creek Watershed ...
* Moraga Reservoir () * North Reservoir () *
Point Potrero Pond Potrero Hills Pond is a small lake in Richmond, California. It was formed from quarrying of hills near Potrero Hills at the Blake Brothers Quarry.
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San Pablo Reservoir The San Pablo Reservoir is an open cut terminal water storage reservoir owned and operated by the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD). It is located in the valley of San Pablo Creek, north of Orinda, California, United States, and south of ...
() * Selby Reservoir () * Sindicich Lagoons () * Sobrante Reservoir () * Summit Reservoir () * Upper San Leandro Reservoir () - partly in Alameda County. * Willow Lake ()

Marin County Marin County is a county located in the northwestern part of the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 262,231. Its county seat and largest city is San Rafael. Marin County is acros ...
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Abbotts Lagoon Abbotts Lagoon is a lagoon on the northwestern coast of the Point Reyes National Seashore, southwest of Tomales Point, in California, United States. The inland portion of the lagoon receives freshwater runoff, but the lagoon may be brackish fr ...
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Alpine Lake Alpine lakes are classified as lakes at high altitudes in mountainous zones, usually near or above the tree line, with extended periods of ice cover. These lakes are commonly formed from glacial activity (either current or in the past) but can al ...
() * Arroyo Sausal Reservoir () * Bass Lake () *
Belvedere Lagoon __NOTOC__ Belvedere Lagoon is an artificial lagoon on San Francisco Bay in Belvedere in Marin County, California. Narrow strips of land separate it from Richardson Bay (to the northwest) and Raccoon Strait. The lagoon is owned and maintained by ...
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Bon Tempe Lake Bon Tempe Lake is a reservoir in Marin County, California, managed by the Marin Municipal Water District. It is the widest lake in the Mount Tamalpais watershed, and on Lagunitas Creek. Beneath its dam is Alpine Lake. Lake Lagunitas is immediately ...
() * Civic Center Lagoon * Crystal Lake () * Forbes Hill Reservoir () * Hagmaier Pond North () * Hagmaier Pond South () * Haypress Pond () *
Kent Lake Kent Lake is a reservoir in western Marin County, California formed by the construction of Peters Dam across Lagunitas Creek. Built in 1954, the lake is the most recent lake of the Marin Municipal Water District, as well as the largest. It lies ...
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Lake Lagunitas Lake Lagunitas is a reservoir on Lagunitas Creek in Marin County, California. Nearby lakes Lake Lagunitas is one of seven reservoirs providing potable water to the Marin Municipal Water District. It is the oldest and smallest lake in the Mount Ta ...
() * Lily Lake () * Mill Pond () * Mill Valley Reservoir () * Mud Lake () *
Nicasio Reservoir Nicasio Reservoir is a shallow, artificial reservoir in the Nicasio Valley region of Marin County, California, United States. It covers and sits in a drainage basin. It was created by the construction of Seeger Dam on the Nicasio Creek in 196 ...
() * Ocean Lake () * Pelican Lake () * Phoenix Lake () *
Rodeo Lagoon Rodeo Lagoon is a coastal lagoon located in the Marin Headlands division of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, which is in southern Marin County, California. This brackish water body is separated from the Pacific Ocean by a sand bar that ...
() * Scottsdale Pond () * Soulajule Reservoir () * Stafford Lake () * Tamarancho Lake * Wildcat Lake ()

Napa County Napa County () is a county north of San Pablo Bay located in the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 138,019. The county seat is the City of Napa. Napa County was one of the original co ...
* Alfalfa Patch Reservoir () * Bell Canyon Reservoir () *
Lake Berryessa Lake Berryessa is the largest lake in Napa County, California. This reservoir in the Vaca Mountains was formed following the construction of the Monticello Dam on Putah Creek in the 1950s. Since the early 1960s, this reservoir has provided water ...
() * Lake Camille () * Cooksley Lake () * Lake Curry () * Crystal Lake () * Deer Lake () * Doe Lake () * Duvall Lake () * East Napa Reservoir () * East Side Reservoir () * Lake Ellen (, ) * Fawn Lake () * Fiege Reservoir () * Granite Lake () * Lake Henne () * Lake Hennessey () * Lake Hinman () * Horse Pond () * Leoma Lakes () * Lake Madigan () - partly in Solano County. * Lake Marie () * Milliken Reservoir () * Moskowitz Reservoir () * Mud Lake () * Lake Newton () * Lake Orville () * Rector Reservoir () * Red Lake () * Weeks Lake () * Lake Whitehead () * Wild Lake () * West Napa Reservoir ()

San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...
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Laguna Honda Reservoir Laguna Honda is a reservoir on the southwest shoulder of Mount Sutro in San Francisco, California, U.S.A. History In 1865, the Spring Valley Water Works built a long redwood pipeline to transport drinking water from Pilarcitos Canyon to this ...
() * Lily Pond () * Lloyd Lake () * Lombard Street Reservoir () * Mallard Lake () * McNab Lake () *
Lake Merced Lake Merced ( es, Laguna de Merced) is a freshwater lake in the southwest corner of San Francisco, in the U.S. state of California. It is surrounded by three golf courses (the private Olympic Club and San Francisco Golf Club, and the public TPC Har ...
() * Metson Lake () * Middle Lake () * Mountain Lake () * North Basin () * North Lake () * Pine Lake () * South Basin () * South Lake () *
Spreckels Lake The Spreckels Lake Model Yacht Facility, commonly referred to as "Spreckels Lake", is an artificial reservoir behind an earthen dam and adjoining clubhouse situated on the northern side of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Completed in mid-Marc ...
() * Stow Lake () * Sunset Reservoir () * Sutro Reservoir () * Twin Peaks Reservoir (, )

San Mateo County San Mateo County ( ), officially the County of San Mateo, is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 764,442. Redwood City is the county seat, and the third most populated city following Daly ...
* Bean Hollow Lake () * Bear Gulch Reservoir () * Big Lagoon () * Central Lake () * Reservoir de los Frijoles (, ) * Knuedler Lake () * Laguna Salada () * Little Lagoon () * Lower Crystal Springs Reservoir () * Lower Emerald Lake () * Lake Lucerne () * Mindego Lake () * Pearsons Pond () * Pilarcitos Lake () * Pomponio Reservoir () * Reflection Lake () *
San Andreas Lake San Andreas Lake is a reservoir adjacent to the San Francisco Peninsula cities of Millbrae and San Bruno in San Mateo County, California. It is situated directly on the San Andreas Fault, which is named after the valley it is in. History Afte ...
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Searsville Lake Searsville Dam is a masonry dam in San Mateo County, California that was completed in 1892, one year after the founding of Stanford University, and impounds Corte Madera Creek (San Mateo County, California), Corte Madera Creek (in the San Francisq ...
() * Spencer Lake () * Stone Dam Reservoir () * Upper Crystal Springs Reservoir () * Upper Emerald Lake () * Water Dog Lake ()

Santa Clara County Santa Clara County, officially the County of Santa Clara, is the sixth-most populous county in the U.S. state of California, with a population of 1,936,259, as of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Santa Clara County and neighboring Sa ...
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Almaden Reservoir Almaden Reservoir is an artificial lake in the hills south of San Jose, California in the United States. It borders on the Almaden Quicksilver County Park, which provides limited fishing ("catch-and-release"), picnicking, hiking, and horseback r ...
() * Anderson Lake () * Borondo Lake () * Bulhead Reservoir () *
Calaveras Reservoir Calaveras Reservoir is located primarily in Santa Clara County, California, with a small portion and its dam in Alameda County, California. In Spanish, Calaveras means "skulls". The reservoir is fed mainly by Arroyo Hondo and Calaveras Cree ...
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Calero Reservoir Calero Reservoir, also called Calero Lake, is a reservoir in San Jose, California, located in the Calero neighborhood of Almaden Valley in South San Jose. It is the site of Calero County Park, which also includes a large area covering the lake a ...
() * Cherry Flat Reservoir () *
Chesbro Reservoir Chesbro Reservoir is an artificial lake located three miles (5 km) west of Morgan Hill, California, in the United States. A county park surrounds the reservoir and provides limited fishing ("catch-and-release"), picnicking, and hiking act ...
() * Lake Couzzens () * Coyote Lake () *
Lake Cunningham __NOTOC__ Lake Cunningham is an artificial lake in Lake Cunningham Park, in East San Jose, California, near the Eastridge Center, Eastridge Mall and Eastridge Transit Center. It is not a geological feature recognized in the Geographic Names Infor ...
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Lake Elsman Lake Elsman is a reservoir, created by an earthen dam called Austrian Dam on Los Gatos Creek in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California. At several points it is over 140' deep and its normal surface area is 96 acres. It provides 12% of San Jose ...
() * Felt Lake () * Guadalupe Reservoir () * Halls Valley Lake () * Hoover Lake () * Howell Reservoir (, ) * Lagunita () * Laguna Seca () *
Lexington Reservoir Lexington Reservoir is an artificial lake on the Los Gatos Creek near Los Gatos, California. The James J. Lenihan Dam, a high, thick earthen dam, forms the third-largest reservoir in Santa Clara County. Background The reservoir is in ...
() * Lone Lake () * Los Alamitos Percolation Ponds () * Lake McKenzie () * Mud Lake () * Oak Springs Reservoir () * Pacheco Reservoir () * Lake Ranch Reservoir () * Sandy Wool Lake () * Shaeirn Lake () * Shoreline Lake () * Sprig Lake (, ) *
Stevens Creek Reservoir Stevens Creek Reservoir is an artificial lake located in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains near Cupertino, California. A county park surrounds the reservoir and provides limited fishing ("catch and release"), picnicking, hiking, and hor ...
() * Tisdale Reservoir () * Tule Lake () *
Uvas Reservoir Uvas Reservoir is an artificial lake located west of Morgan Hill, California in the United States. The reservoir is surrounded by a park managed by the Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department. The park provides limited fishing ("catc ...
() * Vasona Reservoir () * Williams Reservoir ()

Solano County Solano County () is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 453,491. The county seat is Fairfield. Solano County comprises the Vallejo–Fairfield, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is ...
* Lake Chabot () * Lake Dalwigk () * Lake Frey () * Lake Herman () * Little Medora Lake () * Lake Madigan () - partly in Napa County. * Medora Lake () * Pine Lake () * Puddy Lake () * Suisun Reservoir () * Summit Reservoir () * Swanzy Reservoir () * Terminal Reservoir (, )

Sonoma County Sonoma County () is a county (United States), county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States Census, its population was 488,863. Its county seat and largest city is Santa Rosa, California, Santa Rosa. It is to the n ...
* Brush Creek Reservoir () * Dugans Pond () * Fern Lake () * Fountaingrove Lake () * Frog Lake () * Goose Lake () * Gravelly Lake () * Hedgpeth Lake () * Jenner Pond () * Lake Idell () *
Lake Ilsanjo Lake Ilsanjo is a man-made lake located in Annadel State Park east of Santa Rosa, California, Santa Rosa in Sonoma County, California, United States. It is a place for fishing and swimming, especially in the summer months. Entrepreneur Joe Coney or ...
() * Lake Josephine () * Laguna Lake () - partly in Marin County. * Lee Lake () * Lake Lower () * Lytton Lake () * Merlo Lake () * Moonshine Pond () * Lake Oliver () * Onion Pond () * Lake Orth () * Petaluma Reservoir () * Pine Creek Reservoir () * Preston Lake () * Lake Ralphine () * Matanzas Creek Reservoir () * Redwood Lake () * Roberts Lake () * Santa Rosa Creek Reservoir () *
Lake Sonoma Lake Sonoma is a reservoir west of Cloverdale in northern Sonoma County, California, created by the construction of Warm Springs Dam. Access from U.S. Route 101 is by way of Canyon Road (from the south) from Geyserville, or Dutcher Creek Road (fr ...
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Lake Suttonfield Lake Suttonfield (or Suttonfield Lake) is a reservoir about southeast of Glen Ellen in the Sonoma Valley of Sonoma County, California, United States. It is situated between the Sonoma Valley Regional Park and the Sonoma Developmental Center. ...
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Tolay Lake Tolay Lake is a shallow freshwater lake in southern Sonoma County, California, United States. The lake, nestled within the southern vestiges of the Sonoma Mountains, is the site of significant Native American prehistoric seasonal settlement. In ...
* Toole Pond () * Vineyard Lake ()

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Hydrography of the San Francisco Bay Area The Hydrography of the San Francisco Bay Area is a complex network of watersheds, marshes, rivers, creeks, reservoirs, and bays predominantly draining into the San Francisco Bay and Pacific Ocean. Bays The largest bodies of water in the Bay Ar ...
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List of lakes in California There are more than 3,000 named lakes, reservoirs, and dry lakes in the U.S. state of California. Largest lakes 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 ...
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List of reservoirs and dams in California Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in California in a sortable table. There are over 1,400 named dams and 1,300 named reservoirs in the state of California. Dams in service :''Please add to this list from the below sources.'' Former ...
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List of watercourses in the San Francisco Bay Area These watercourses (rivers, creeks, sloughs, etc.) in the San Francisco Bay Area are grouped according to the bodies of water they flow into. Tributaries are listed under the watercourses they feed, sorted by the elevation of the confluence so tha ...

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San Francisco Bay Area The San Francisco Bay Area, often referred to as simply the Bay Area, is a populous region surrounding the San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun Bay estuaries in Northern California. The Bay Area is defined by the Association of Bay Area Go ...

Lakes A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger ...

Lakes A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger ...
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