List of lakes of the San Francisco Bay Area

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This list of lakes in the San Francisco Bay Area groups lakes, ponds, and reservoirs by county. Numbers in parentheses are Geographic Names Information System feature ids.

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Alameda County

Calaveras Reservoir Calaveras-Reservoir-2006-03-26.jpg
Calaveras Reservoir
Lake Merritt Lake Merritt Oakland California panorama.jpg
Lake Merritt
Lake Temescal Temescal 24.jpg
Lake Temescal

Contra Costa County

Lafayette Reservoir Lafayette Reservoir.JPG
Lafayette Reservoir
San Pablo Reservoir San Pablo Reservoir 2.jpg
San Pablo Reservoir

Marin County

Abbotts_Lagoon Abbotts Lagoon, October 2012.jpg
Abbotts_Lagoon
Bon Tempe Lake Bon Tempe lake (294925189).jpg
Bon Tempe Lake
Lake Lagunitas Lake Lagunitas.jpg
Lake Lagunitas
Stafford Lake StaffordLake1.jpg
Stafford Lake

Napa County

Aerial view of Weeks Lake, Pope Valley, California Weeks Lake.jpg
Aerial view of Weeks Lake, Pope Valley, California

San Francisco

Lloyd Lake Lloyd Lake (San Francisco) DH000025 (644498663).jpg
Lloyd Lake
Lake Merced Lake Merced 2.JPG
Lake Merced

San Mateo County

San Andreas Lake SanAndreas.jpg
San Andreas Lake

Santa Clara County

Calaveras Reservoir CalaverasReservoir003.jpg
Calaveras Reservoir
Lake Cunningham Lake Cunningham.jpg
Lake Cunningham
Guadalupe Reservoir Guadalupe Reservoir Dam.jpg
Guadalupe Reservoir
Stevens Creek Reservoir StevensCreekReservoir.jpg
Stevens Creek Reservoir

Solano County

Sonoma County

Fountaingrove Lake Fountaingrovelakelead.jpg
Fountaingrove Lake
Roberts Lake RobertsLake3248.jpg
Roberts Lake
Lake Sonoma Sonoma Lake aerial view.jpg
Lake Sonoma
Tolay Lake Tolaylakefromthesouth.jpg
Tolay Lake

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sonoma County, California</span> County in California, United States

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Arroyo Hondo (Santa Clara County)</span> River in California, United States

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Coyote Creek (Santa Clara County)</span> Creek in California, United States

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lagunitas Creek</span> Stream in California, United States

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alameda Creek</span> River in California, United States

Alameda Creek is a large perennial stream in the San Francisco Bay Area. The creek runs for 45 miles (72 km) from a lake northeast of Packard Ridge to the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay by way of Niles Canyon and a flood control channel. Along its course, Alameda Creek provides wildlife habitat, water supply, a conduit for flood waters, opportunities for recreation, and a host of aesthetic and environmental values. The creek and three major reservoirs in the watershed are used as water supply by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, Alameda County Water District and Zone 7 Water Agency. Within the watershed can be found some of the highest peaks and tallest waterfall in the East Bay, over a dozen regional parks, and notable natural landmarks such as the cascades at Little Yosemite and the wildflower-strewn grasslands and oak savannahs of the Sunol Regional Wilderness.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sonoma Creek</span> Stream in California

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Crystal Springs Reservoir</span> Northern California Lakes atop the San Andreas Fault

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">San Andreas Lake</span> Reservoir in San Mateo County, California

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">San Francisquito Creek</span> River in California, United States

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">San Leandro Creek</span> River in California, United States

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">San Mateo Creek (San Francisco Bay Area)</span> River in California, United States

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tolay Lake</span> Lake in Sonoma County, California

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 2005, Sonoma County acquired the entirety of the lake and virtually its whole drainage basin from the Cardoza family for the sum of $18 million; the county's intention is to utilize the property as Tolay Lake Regional Park for ecological and archaeological preservation, as well as public use and enjoyment. Tolay Lake and its immediate drainage area is home to several nesting pairs of golden eagles, Aquila chrysaetos, and a number of rare, threatened or endangered species including the California red-legged frog, Rana draytonii; Western pond turtle, Actinemys marmorata; and Western burrowing owl, Athene cunicularia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lake El Estero</span> Lake in Monterey, California

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hydrography of the San Francisco Bay Area</span> Waterways and watersheds draining into the bay or Pacific Ocean

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Laguna Creek (San Mateo County)</span> River in California, United States

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San Felipe Creek is a 14 miles (23 km) stream that originates in the western Diablo Range in Santa Clara County, California. It flows south by southeast through two historic ranchos, Rancho Los Huecos and Rancho Cañada de San Felipe y Las Animas before it joins Las Animas Creek just above Anderson Reservoir. One of the nine major tributaries of Coyote Creek, the creek's waters pass through the Santa Clara Valley and San Jose on the way to San Francisco Bay.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Laguna Creek watershed</span> River in California, United States

The Laguna Creek watershed consists of 25.1 square miles (100 km2) of land within northern California's Alameda County. The watershed drains the foothills of the Diablo Range south of Niles Canyon. To the southeast, the area of Mission Peak Regional Preserve around Mission Peak is included. Agua Caliente, Canada del Aliso, Mission, Morrison, Sabercat, Vargas, and Washington creeks drain the area of the watershed. They drain into Laguna Creek and eventually Mud Slough.

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