Visited on 8/11/2018, Jeff and I loaded up our two chocolate Labradors and went for a day drive to Marin County to visit several lakes. Laguna Lake is a shallow natural lake at the head of the Chileno Valley. Although Laguna Lake is officially classified as a vernal pool, it retains some water year round. The 350 acre lake is 0.5 miles wide and 2 miles long, straddling the Sonoma-Marin county line in northern California, United States. It is the source of Chileno Creek which flows 10 6.2 miles west to Walker Creek. Laguna Lake was included in the Rancho Laguna de San Antonio Mexican land grant, which was given to Bartolomé Bojorquez in 1845. Laguna Lake is used extensively for migrating and breeding waterfowl, including whistling swans in winter.
Laguna Lake located at an elevation of 741 feet above sea level actually straddles two California Counties, Marin on the south and Sonoma to the north. This intermittent natural lake is located about 45 miles north of San Francisco. In this area of the State, the countryside is dotted with oak trees on rolling hills and surprisingly plenty of dairy farms. This Holstein cow didn't mind me including her in my photo of this nice lake! When we drove down the country backroad and arrived at the lake we noticed about 50 large white birds on the lake. Come to find out they were whistling swans, and they breed them and encourage them to migrate to this lake.....interesting.
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