Visited 7/29/2017 - Jeff and I loaded up our two chocolate Labradors, Summer and Skye and set out in our Jeep Wrangler for a full day of capturing the beauty of several California Lakes. Kinney Lake is one of Jeff and my favorite lakes in one of my favorite counties in California. It is so absolutely beautiful and is so peaceful and a lot of great hiking and unrestricted camping in the area. It is located near Ebbetts Pass along Highway 4 northeast of Markleeville, California. At an elevation of 8,533 feet above sea level this lake is a popular fishing spot for brook, rainbow, and cutthroat trout, as well as providing spectacular views from the trails connecting the reservoir, lakes, and Ebbetts Pass. History of this area runs deep.... The lakes are depicted as Silver Lakes on an 1864 map of the Silver Mountain Mining District, with the Mountain Oaks Mine located between them. In the 1890s, the Alpine Land & Reservoir Company, an organization of East Fork Carson River farmers in Douglas County, Nevada, dammed a tributary of Silver Creek to create Upper and Lower Kinney Lakes, as well as Kinney Reservoir. Utilized for irrigation purposes in the Carson Valley, by 1912 the agriculturalists had constructed half a dozen reservoirs in Alpine County. Lower Kinney Lake Dam was completed in 1926, and Upper Kinney Lake Dam in 1990.
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