Visited on 9/13/2018,
during a visit to the San Diego area proctoring Drinking Water Operator
Certification examinations in the evening after the exams I explored several
lakes in the area. Loveland Reservoir,
near Alpine, is a 454 surface acre foot holding reservoir at an elevation of 1,355
feet above sea level. It’s dam is 203 feet high and 765 feet wide, and was
completed in 1945. Loveland Reservoir serves as a holding area for water which
is released to Sweetwater Dam.
Loveland Lake and Dam
is a true hidden gem in the backcountry about a 40 minute drive from downtown
San Diego off I-8 East, just south of the City of Alpine. The trailhead can be
easily missed if you blink once while driving down on Japatul Road toward the
Carveacre Wind Caves and Gaskill Peak, which are the two most popular hiking
trails in Alpine.The good news about not being a popular spot is that it is almost deserted, and you can experience raw wilderness at its finest. The bad news about not being a popular spot is that… it is almost deserted — which means poor cell phone connection, light traffic on the main road and nobody to hear you screaming for help if you need to scream for help. Although the hike down to the water doesn’t seem very strenuous and my only vantage point to take a picture of the reservoir was from the road (ok, two miles down), but it came out pretty good from a distance.
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