Indian Valley Reservoir

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Bartlett Springs Road near Indian Valley Reservoir. January 2016.

Indian Valley Reservoir is a human-made lake in Lake County, California, Script error: No such module "convert". west of Williams, United States, near State Route 20.

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Recreation area

The reservoir is in the Bureau of Land Management's Walker Ridge Recreation Area. All types of recreation are allowed, including boating, camping, fishing, hunting, hiking, bicycling and horseback riding.

There are two primitive boat/hike-in campgrounds, Blue Oaks and Kowalski.

The area's flora and fauna include manzanita, oak and pine trees, blacktail deer, black bear, and wild turkey. Rare plants such as the Indian Valley Brodiaea and Adobe lily grow here.

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Fluctuations in water level vary by year as seen at the boat ramp at the northern end of the lake.

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