Lake Webb - Kern County, California

Jeff and I took a nice trip to Southern California for a Rodeo weekend in Banning, California outside of Palm Springs for the weekend.  We were camping with our two chocolate Labradors, Summer and Skye.  While on our camping adventure we set out to several lakes and reservoirs over the long weekend.

I visited Lake Webb on my way down to meet Jeff for camping at Lake Isabellar on my way down on 05/02/2019.   Lake Webb is an 873 acre manmade recreational lake located approximately 25 miles southwest of Bakersfield in the lower central valley of California.  It along with Lake Evans is one of two lakes that are part of the Buena Vista Aquatic Recreation Area southwest of Bakersfield.  At an elevation of 350 feet above sea level this lake was built in 1973.  It is primarily a motorboat, jet skiing, and waterskiing lake. The lake is located on the lakebed of the former Buena Vista Lake.  When the site was completed in April 1973, it took 43 days to fill both Lake Evans and the much larger Lake Webb with over 2,300,000,000 gallons (or 6,800 acre feet) of water.

Lake Webb is an elongated shape of 873 acres available for boating, jet‐skiing and fishing, as well as an additional 125 acres for jet‐skiing (maximum speed 45 mph). Projecting midway into the lake, a horseshoe‐shaped spit of land contains 112 campsites in a double row. To maintain the landscaping through the dry season, a sprinkler system operates, requiring campers to place their things in designated spots.

Lots of Oil Wells are out in the fields around Lake Webb and Lake Evans in the Bakersfield area.  This is one of the oil rigs in action.