Lake Cachuma

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lake_name = Lake Cachuma
image_lake = Lake cachuma.jpg
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location = Santa Barbara County, California
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type = reservoir
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Lake Cachuma is an artificial lake located in central Santa Barbara County, California on the Santa Ynez River. It is formed by Bradbury Dam, a 201 foot (61 m) earth-fill dam built by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in 1953. At capacity it can hold 205,000 acre-feet (253,000,000 m³) and has a surface area of convert|3100|acre|km2. It is the site of a large campsite [http://www.sbparks.com/DOCS/Cachuma.html] administered by the Santa Barbara County Parks department [http://www.sbparks.org/] . The County Parks department offers tent, RV, yurt, and group camping and fishing, boating, hiking, lake cruises, and nature programs.

The University of California, Santa Barbara rowing team regularly practices and races at Lake Cachuma and erected a permanent boathouse there just prior to the 1982-1983 school year.

The city of Solvang, California is approximately convert|20|mi|km to the west of Lake Cachuma.

External links

* [http://www.sbparks.com/DOCS/Cachuma.html Lake Cachuma website]
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