Hilltop Lake is a lagoon in
Richmond, California
Richmond is a city in western Contra Costa County, California, United States. The city was municipal corporation, incorporated on August 3, 1905, and has a Richmond, California, City Council, city council. .
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, Museum of California, access date 12-02-2009
Overview
The lake is fed by
Garrity Creek, a small river originating from many springs in the hills east of the
Hilltop Green neighborhood in the
Hilltop neighborhood.
The pond is located within
Hilltop Lake Park and is very close to
Hilltop Mall. The lake is in the middle of the flow of the creek and the water flows to the marshlands and shoreline of
San Pablo Bay
San Pablo Bay is a tidal estuary that forms the northern extension of the San Francisco Bay in the East Bay and North Bay regions of the San Francisco Bay Area in northern California.
Most of the Bay is shallow; however, there is a deep wate ...
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The water body is sometimes confused with
Temporary Pond; however, this lagoon lies to the northwest and is fed by a different watershed entirely.
See also
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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 occup ...
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List of lakes in the San Francisco Bay Area
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.
Alameda County, California, Alameda County
* Almond Reservoir ()
* Berr ...
References
External links
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Lakes of Contra Costa County, California
Bodies of water of Richmond, California
Lakes of California
Lakes of Northern California
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