Jenks Lake is a lake in the
San Bernardino National Forest
The San Bernardino National Forest is a United States national forest in Southern California encompassing of which are federal. The forest is made up of two main divisions, the eastern portion of the San Gabriel Mountains and the San Bernar ...
near
Angelus Oaks in
San Bernardino County, California
San Bernardino County ( ), officially the County of San Bernardino and sometimes abbreviated as S.B. County, is a County (United States), county located in the Southern California, southern portion of the U.S. state of California, and is locat ...
. The lake offers several fish species including bass, catfish, bluegill, and rainbow trout. Trout season usually runs from April to October.
Although the lake is man-made, it receives water diverted from the
Santa Ana River
The Santa Ana River is the largest river entirely within Southern California in the United States. It rises in the San Bernardino Mountains and flows for most of its length through San Bernardino County, California, San Bernardino and Riversid ...
via a
flume
A flume is a human-made channel for water, in the form of an open declined gravity chute whose walls are raised above the surrounding terrain, in contrast to a trench or ditch. Flumes are not to be confused with aqueducts, which are built to t ...
, visible from the popular South Fork Trail.
Area lakes and rivers
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Green Valley Lake
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Big Bear Lake
Big Bear Lake is a reservoir in the Western United States, western United States, located in the San Bernardino Mountains in San Bernardino County, California, San Bernardino County, California. It is a snow and rain-fed lake, having no other m ...
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Arrowbear Lake
Arrowbear Lake is an unincorporated community in San Bernardino County, California, United States. Its altitude is in the San Bernardino Mountains. It is located east of Running Springs along Highway 18 in the San Bernardino National Forest
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Santa Ana River
The Santa Ana River is the largest river entirely within Southern California in the United States. It rises in the San Bernardino Mountains and flows for most of its length through San Bernardino County, California, San Bernardino and Riversid ...
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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Lakes of San Bernardino County, California
Lakes of California
Lakes of Southern California