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Clear Lake State Park is on the shores of California’s
largest freshwater lake. The area is popular for all kinds of water recreation,
including swimming, fishing, boating and water-skiing.
Anglers can catch large mouth bass, crappie, bluegill and channel catfish.
The park is the nesting place for waterfowl.
Hikers enjoy the Indian Nature Trail, a self-guided trail that shows how the
Pomo people, who lived in the area for centuries, utilized the area’s resources.
The trail passes through the site of what was once a Pomo village.
The park visitor center features displays about the area’s natural and
cultural history.
Location - Directions
The entrance to the park is 3.5 miles northeast of
Kelseyville on Soda Bay Road, north of Calistoga in the wine country.
Latitude/Longitude: 39.0094 / -122.8106 More about
the park
Several thousand years ago, a landslide blocked natural
drainage from a valley into the Russian River. The water rose until it found an
outlet through Cache Creek into the Sacramento River to form Clear Lake, the
largest natural lake entirely within California. Most of the water comes from
runoff. Some comes from springs in Soda Bay.
Fishing
The bass fishing is so good that the professional bass
fishing organizations, such as U.S. Bass, Cal Bass, Western Bass, have
designated Clear Lake as the number one bass lake in the nation, based on
numbers of fish caught. There are also catfish, blackfish, Sacramento perch,
hitch, crappie and bluegill. Telephone:
707-279-4293
Operating Hours:
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