Visited on 3/29/2019 during a weekend camping trip with Jeff and our two Chocolate labs, Summer and Skye. We camped at Coyote Lake – Harvey Bear Ranch County Park, Campsite #35 in the Lakeview Campground. The Lake is located in the hills just east of Gilroy, California where we decided to enjoy a nice warm spring weekend exploring the landscape. Coyote Lake is a 635 surface area reservoir located 7 miles east of Gilroy, California at an elevation of 744 feet above sea level. Many geographic features in California were named directly or indirectly after the coyote. The Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza named the river Arroyo del Coyote after coyotes seen during his journey. The Coyote Reservoir is located on the former Rancho San Ysidro, a cattle ranch that belonged to Ygnacio Ortega in the early 1800s. Coyote Dam and Reservoir is one of original six reservoirs approved for construction by voters in May 1934. The reservoir is impounded by Coyote Dam, a 140-foot high, 980-foot long, earth and rock dam built in 1936.
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