Contents INTRODUCTION 1 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 8 Section 1: San Diego & Imperial County 10 Section 2: Riverside & San Bernardino County 28 Section 3: Orange & Los Angeles County 38 Section 4: Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo Ventura and Kern County 54 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 168 Section 13: Yolo, Marin, Solano & Sonoma County 171 Section 14: Sacramento, Napa, Colusa, Glenn, & Mendocino County 180 Section 15: Placer & El Dorado County 190 Section 16: Sierra & Nevada County 214 Section 17: Butte, Yuba & Sutter County 231 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA 67 Section 5: Santa Clara, San Benito, Santa Cruz & Monterey County 70 Section 6: San Mateo, Contra Coast, Alameda, & San Francisco County 80 Section 7: Fresno, Kings & Tulare County 88 Section 8: Tuolumne, Mariposa, Madera & County 103 Section 9: Merced & Stanislaus County 116 Section 18: Plumas & Lassen County 239 Section 19: Modoc & Siskiyou County 254 Section 20: Del Norte, Humboldt & Trinity County 268 Section 21: Tehama & Shasta County 280 QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE 293 INDEX OF LAKES 322 ABOUT THE AUTHOR 336 Section 10: Inyo County 125 Section 11: Alpine & Mono County 131 Section 12: San Joaquin. Calaveras & Amador County 157
Southern California Area Map # Page Section 1: San Diego & Imperial County San Diego County Oceanside Harbor 1 9 Hodges 2 10 Wohlford 3 11 Aqua Hedionda Lagoon 4 12 Sutherland 5 13 Cuyamaca 6 14 Miramar 7 15 San Vicente Reservoir 8 16 El Capitan 9 17 Mission Bay 10 18 Murray 11 19 San Diego Harbor 12 20 Lower Otay 13 21 Barrett 14 22 Morena 15 23 Imperial County Salton Sea 16 24 Section 2: Riverside & San Bernardino County Riverside County Skinner 17 27 Elsinore 18 28 Hemet 19 29 Perris 20 30 Diamond Valley 21 31 San Bernardino County Green Valley 33 32 Silverwood 23 33 Big Bear 24 34 6 Kayaking California s Flat Waters Section 3: Los Angeles & Orange County Orange County Area Map # Page Irvine 25 37 Dana Point Harbor 26 38 Newport Harbor 27 39 Huntington Harbor 28 40 Los Angeles County Alamitos Bay 29 41 Cabrillo Beach 30 42 Marina del Rey 31 43 King Harbor 32 44 Puddingstone Reservoir 33 45 Castaic 34 46 Castaic Afterbay Lagoon 35 47 Huges 36 48 Elizabeth 37 49 Pyramid 38 50 Section 4 San Luis Obispo, Kern, Santa Barbara, Ventura County Ventura County Piru 39 53 Casitas 40 54 Ventura Harbor 41 55 Channel Island Harbor 42 56 Santa Barbara County Santa Barbara Harbor 43 57 Lopez Reservoir 44 58 Santa Margarita 45 59 Morro Bay 46 60 Naciemento 47 61 Kern County Evans / Webb 48 62 Isabella 49 63
Central California Area Map # Page Area Map # Page Section 5: County Monterey County Santa Clara, San Benito, Monterey & Santa Cruz San Antonio 50 69 San Benito County San Justo Reservoir 51 70 Santa Cruz County Santa Cruz Harbor 52 71 Loch Lomond 53 72 Santa Clara County Calero Reservoir 54 73 Coyote 55 74 Anderson 56 75 Calaveras Reservoir 57 76 Section 6: San Mateo (no lakes), Contra Costa, Alameda & San Francisco County Alameda County Del Valle 58 79 Bethany Reservoir 59 80 Chabot 60 81 Contra Costa County Lafayette Reservoir 61 82 San Pablo Reservoir 62 83 San Francisco County San Francisco Bay 63 84 Fresno County Pineflat 66 89 Millerton 67 90 San Joaquin River 68 91 Wishon Reservoir 69 92 Courtright Reservoir 70 93 Shaver 71 94 Huntington 72 95 Florence 73 96 Thomas Edison 74 97 Ward 75 98 Mammoth Pool Reservoir 76 99 Section 8: Tuolumne, Mariposa & Madera County Madera County Kerckhoff Reservoir 77 102 Redinger 78 103 Manzanita 79 104 Bass 80 105 Eastman 81 106 Hensley 82 107 Mariposa County Merced River 83 108 McSwain 84 109 McClure 85 110 Section 7: Fresno, Tulare, & Kings (no s) County Tuolumne County Tulare County Success 64 87 Don Pedro Reservoir 86 111 Cherry 87 112 Kaweah 65 88 Kayaking California s Flat Waters 65
Central California Area Map # Page Area Map # Page Section 9: Merced and Stanislaus County Merced County Los Banos Reservoir 88 115 O Neill Forebay 89 116 San Luis Reservoir 90 117 Yosemite 91 118 Stanislaus County Turlock 92 119 Modesto Reservoir 93 120 Woodward Reservoir 94 121 Section 10: Inyo County Inyo County North 95 124 South 96 125 Sabrina 97 126 Rock Creek 98 127 Section 11: Alpine and Mono County Mono County Convict 99 130 Crowley 100 131 George 101 132 Mamie 102 133 Mary 103 134 Twin s Mammoth 104 135 June 105 136 Gull 106 137 Silver 107 138 Grant 108 139 Mono County con. Mono 109 140 Lundy 110 141 Virginia 111 142 Bridgeport Reservoir 112 143 Twin s - (Bidgeport) 113 144 Alpine County Highland s 114 145 Indian Creek Reservoir 115 146 Blue s Carson Pass 116 147 Red 117 148 Woods 118 149 Caples 119 150 Union Reservoir 120 151 Utica Reservoir 121 152 Alpine 122 153 Section 12: San Joaquin (no lakes), Calaveras and Amador County Amador County Spicer Meadows Reservoir 123 156 Silver - Carson Area 124 157 Lower Bear River Reservoir 125 158 Camanche Reservoir 126 159 Pardee Reservoir 127 160 Amador 128 161 Calaveras County New Hogan 129 162 New Melones Reservoir 130 163 Tulloch Reservoir 131 164 66 Kayaking California s Flat Waters
Northern California Idlewild Fort Dick Earl Talawa Crescent City DEL NORTE COUNTY - SECTION #20 Clear Creek Hamburg Iron Gate Res. Yreka Montague Copco Lower Klamath Alturas Shastina SISKIYOU COUNTY - SECTION # 19 Weed Likely MODOC COUNTY - SECTION # 19 Orick Blue Siskiyou Stone Lagoon West Valley Reservoir Dunsmuir Castle Big Lagoon Castolia Trinity Center McCloud Medicine Trinidad Hoopa Britton Big Iron Canyon Trinity Reservoir Fall River LASSEN COUNTY - SECTION # 18 Montgomery Creek Burney Baum Shasta Arcata Arcata Crystal Bay Eureka Lewiston Keswick Reservoir X Humboldt Bay Loleta Helena SHASTA COUNTY - SECTION # 21 Eagle TRINITY COUNTY - SECTION # 20 Redding Whiskeytown HUMBOLDT COUNTY - SECTION # 20 Hayfork Juniper Susanville Weott Mad RIver Mountain Meadow Res. Chester Janesville Westwood Miranda Ruth TEHAMA COUNTY - SECTION # 21 Red Bluff Benbow X Almanor Butt Valley Antelope Reservoir Round Valley Res. Proberta PLUMAS COUNTY - SECTION # 18 Silver Gerber Lower Smith Quincy Piercy Bucks Davis Snake Frenchman Benbow X Corning Bucks Leggetti BUTTE COUNTY - SECTION # 17 Portola Little Grass Valley Res. Newville Blairsden Orland Rockport Black Butte Gibsonville Laytonville Reservoir Elk Creek Sly Creek Gold Snag Reservoir SIERRA COUNTY SECTION # 16 Lower Salmon GLENN COUNTY - SECTION # 14 Oroville Forbestown Packer Sardine s Stony Gorge Willows Glenn Jackson Stampede Res. Reservoir Oroville Meadow Fort Bragg Pillsbury Butte City New Bullards Reservoir Prosser Boca Res. Natoma Bar Res. Creek Res. MENDOCINO COUNTY - SECTION # 14 NEVADA COUNTY - SECTION # 16 Donner Potter Stonyford East Park Collins Spaulding Truckee Valley Reservoir Kidd Serene Englebright Scotts Flat Res. Maxwell Kelly Res. Valley Cascade Marysville Big Res. Res. Mendocino Colus Nevada City Blue s YUBA COUNTY- PLACER COUNTY - SECTION # 15 Nice Sugar Elk Indian SECTION # 17 Rollins French Pine Res. Ukiah Valley Camp Far Reservoir Meadows Reservoir COLUSA COUNTY - SECTION # 14 Res. Hell Hole Res. port SUTTER Foresthill Tahoe Sheridan Loon Clear COUNTY - Emerald Bay Baldwin Clementine Auburn Clear Beach Stumpy Point Arena Union Valley Fallen SECTION # 17 Meadows Res. Leaf Folsom Res. Wrights Echo Rockland Dunnigan Georgetown Icehouse Res. Roseville Placerville Cloverdale LAKE COUNTY Pollock Pines - SECTION # 14 Natoma Riverton Berryessa Jenkinson YOLO COUNTY - SECTION # 13 Sonoma El Dorado Hills Kirkwood Woodland Citrus Heights Healdsburg EL DORADO COUNTY - SECTION # 15 NAPA COUNTY Fair Oaks Shingle Springs SONOMA COUNTY - SECTION # 13 - SECTION # 13 Davis Sacramento Jenner Guernville Hennessey Dixon Santa Rosa SOLANO COUNTY Elk Grove Napa - SECTION # 113 SACRAMENTO COUNTY Vacaville - SECTION # 13 Sonoma Fairfield Tomales Bay Rio Vista Benicia Suisun Bay Sacramento MARIN COUNTY River - SECTION # 13 San Pablo Bay San Rafael Salisalito Clear Tulelake Goose West Res. Olivehurst Goose Haven Kayaking California s Flat Waters 165
Northern California Area Map # Page Section 13: Marin, Solano, Sonoma, Yolo & Sacramento County Marin County Tomales Bay 132 171 San Pablo Bay 133 172 Solano County Suisun Bay 134 173 Sacramento River 135 174 Sonoma County Sonoma 136 175 Napa County Berryessa 137 176 Hennessey 138 177 Section 14: Colusa, Glenn, & Mendocino County County Clear 139 180 Indian Valley Reservoir 140 181 Pillsbury 141 182 Blue s 142 183 Mendocino County Mendocino 143 184 Colusa County East Park Reservoir 144 185 Glenn County Black Butte 145 186 Stony Gorge Reservoir 146 187 Stumpy Meadows Reservoir 149 192 Jenkinson 150 193 Ice House Reservoir 151 194 Wrights 152 195 Union Valley Reservoir 153 196 Loon 154 197 Tahoe 155 198 Fallen Leaf 156 199 Echo s 157 200 Kirkwood 158 201 Placer County Hell Hole Reservoir 159 202 French Meadows Reservoir 160 203 Serene 161 204 Kidd 162 205 Cascade s 163 206 Kelly 164 207 Big Reservoir - (Morning Star) 165 208 Valley Reservoir 166 209 Sugar Pine Reservoir 167 210 Clementine 168 211 Section 16: Sierra & Nevada County Photo Nevada County Rollins Reservoir 169 214 Scotts Flat Reservoir 170 215 Spaulding 171 216 Donner 172 217 Section 15: Placer & El Dorado County Boca Reservoir 173 218 El Dorado County Folsom 147 190 Natoma 148 191 166 Kayaking California s Flat Waters Prosser Creek Reservoir 174 219 Jackson Meadows Reservoir 175 220 Sierra County Stampede Reservoir 176 221
Northern California Area Map # Page Sierra County con. Gold 177 222 Goose 178 223 Haven 179 224 Lower Salmon 180 225 Packer 181 226 Sardine 182 227 Snag 183 228 Section 17: Sutter (no s) & Yuba County Yuba County New Bullards Bar Reservoir 184 231 Englebright Reservoir 185 232 Collins 186 233 Camp Far West 187 234 Butte County Oroville 188 235 Sly Creek Reservoir 189 236 Section 18: Pluma & Lassen County Plumas County Little Grass Valley Reservoir 190 239 Bucks 191 240 Silver Bucks Area 192 241 Snake 193 242 Smith 194 243 Davis 195 244 Frenchman 196 245 Antelope 197 246 Round Valley Reservoir 198 247 Almanor 199 248 Butt Valley Reservoir 200 249 Lassen County Area Map # Page Mountain Meadows Reservoir 201 250 Eagle 202 251 Butte 203 252 Blue 204 253 Section 19: Modoc County Modoc & Sisikiyou County West Valley Reservoir 205 256 Goose Modoc County 206 257 Clear Modoc County 207 258 Siskiyou County Lower Klammoth 208 259 Medicine 209 260 Copco 210 261 Iron Gate Reservoir 211 262 Shastina 212 263 Siskiyou 213 264 Castle 214 265 Section 20: Del Norte County Del Norte, Humboldt & Trinity County Earl 215 268 Talawa 216 269 Humboldt County Big Lagoon 217 270 Stone Lagoon 218 271 Arcata Bay 219 272 Humboldt Bay 220 273 Benbow 221 274 Trinity County Lewiston 222 275 Ruth 223 276 Trinity 224 277 Kayaking California s Flat Waters 167
Northern California Area Map # Page Top Twenty List A star indicates a Top Twenty Destination. Area Map # Page 1.) Courtright Reservoir 70 93 Section 21: Shasta & Tehama (no s) County Map 2.) Wishon Reservoir 69 92 Shasta County Shasta 225 280 Whiskeytown 226 281 Keswick Reservoir 227 282 McCloud 228 283 Iron Canyon Reservoir 229 284 Britton 230 285 Baum 231 286 Crystal 232 287 Fall River 233 288 Big 234 289 Juniper 235 290 Personal Effect Check List Soap, shampoo & conditioner Deodorant, lotion, Vaseline & lip balm Sun screen, insect repellent & first-aid kit Tooth brush, tooth paste, brush & comb Wash cloth, towel & mirror Razor, aftershave & make-up Aspirins, vitamins, medications & athletic tape Socks, underwear, pajamas & bathing suit Pants, shorts, long & short sleeve shirts Jacket, sweat suit & wind suit Hat, visor, rain gear, knapsack & sunglasses Shoes, sandals & hiking boots Camera, film, video camera & waterproof watch Money, maps, compass & reservations slips Books, cards, note pad & pen Radio, cell phone, cassettes & CD s 168 Kayaking California s Flat Waters 3.) Mammoth Pool Reservoir 76 99 4.) Twin s - Bridgeport 113 144 5.) Sly Creek Reservoir 189 236 6.) Round Valley 196 247 7.) Iron Canyon Reservoir 279 284 8.) McCloud 228 283 9.) Lewiston 222 275 10.) Millerton 67 90 11.) Florence 73 96 12.) McSwain 84 109 13.) South 78 99 14.) June 105 136 15.) Mary 103 134 16.) Caples 119 150 17.) Lower Bear Reservoir 125 158 18.) Spaulding 171 216 19.) Loon 154 197 20.) Ruth 223 276 Camping Equipment Check List Sleeping bag, cot, pad, air mattress & pump Tent, stakes, hammer, rope & poles Folding chairs & attachable umbrella Flashlight, batteries, lantern & fuel Duck tape, knife, ax, tools & shovel Flares, fire extinguisher, lock & chain Matches, lighter, charcoal & starter fluid Grill, stove, pans, pot holder, & cooking utensils Ice chest, ice, water, jug & water filter Waterproof dry bags, trash bags & zip lock bags Cups, plates, napkins, eating utensils & can opener Dish soap, wash bucket, clothesline & pins