Visited on 6/10/2018
on our way back from Springfield, Oregon to visit family and to attend Jeff’s
niece, Hannah’s High School graduation ceremony. We stopped on the way back to check out this nice
remote lake with wild horses and cattle grazing around the beautiful peaceful
lake. Big Sage Reservoir rests at an
elevation of 4,400 feet on a sage and juniper covered plateau. This 5,400 acre is located 8 miles north of
the City of Alturas. The water edge was
difficult to navigate in our truck camper on the unpaved trail that led down to
the lake. We hiked down to the lake by
navigating near grazing cattle and some wild horses. The dogs played in the water to cool off as
we kept one eye on the nearby cattle with calves to make sure they didn’t
charge us! On our way up to the lake we
passed Devil’s Garden Conservation Camp built and maintained by the California
Department of Fire and the California Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation. They help fight forest
fires and maintain the roads in the area.
A bucket list of mine is to travel, document & photograph nearly 750 of the largest lakes in the State of California with a minimum of 50 surface acres. My husband, Jeff, our two water loving Chocolate Labradors, Summer & Skye joined me on several of these trips. This blog includes pictures I have taken & information I have gathered: size, elevation and any other unique facts. Enjoy and feel free to leave a comment along the journey & watch my blog for new lakes I have visited.
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