Kent Lake

Kent Lake is a reservoir in western Marin County, California formed by the construction of Peters Dam across Lagunitas Creek.[1] Built in 1954,[1] the lake is the most recent lake of the Marin Municipal Water District, as well as the largest. It lies to the west of Alpine Lake; among the five major lakes in the area it is the only one to the west of Fairfax-Bolinas Road.

For the lake in Michigan, see Kent Lake (Michigan). For the lake in Minnesota, see Kent Lake (Minnesota).
Kent Lake
Kent Lake
Kent Lake
LocationMarin County, California
Coordinates37°59′49″N 122°42′15″W
Typereservoir
Primary inflowsLagunitas and Big Carson creeks
Primary outflowsLagunitas Creek[1]
Catchment area22.1 square miles (57 km2)[1]
Basin countriesUnited States
Max. width700 ft (210 m)
Surface area431 acres (174 ha)[1]
Water volume32,900 acre feet (40,600,000 m3)[1]
Surface elevation404 ft (123 m)[2]

Geography

Of the four reservoirs on the Lagunitas Creek mainstem, Kent Lake is the lowest and northernmost.[3] Its named tributaries are Lagunitas Creek, then Little Carson Creek and Big Carson Creek, the latter two wrapping around Pine Mountain to the east.[4]

Access

Unlike the other lakes in the area, Kent Lake has almost no hiking trails around it.[5] By automobile, major access points to the area include parking to the southeast off the Bolinas Fairfax road, or from the northwest, with seasonal parking off Sir Francis Drake Blvd or in one of the pullouts along the road. Minor access points include the dam at the southwestern point of Alpine Lake on the Bolinas Fairfax road. Despite the lack of trails, Kent Lake can be traversed or accessed by foot, bike, or horse from unpaved roads such as Pine Mountain road, which runs to the highest elevation, Kent Pump road which runs from the Alpine Lake dam down to the lake at low elevation, or Continental Cove road at the north. Visitors should be prepared for the size of the area and the mountainous terrain surrounding the lake.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Dams Within the Jurisdiction of the State of California" (PDF). State of California. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
  2. "Kent Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
  3. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite, accessed December 28, 2017
  4. "Pine Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  5. TopoQuest map, USGS, retrieved July 6, 2008
  6. http://www.marinwater.org/documents/2008.08.29_VstrMap_color.pdf, MMWD, retrieved August 6, 2010


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