Lafayette Reservoir
The Lafayette Reservoir is an open-cut human-made terminal water storage reservoir owned and operated by the East Bay Municipal Utility District. Completed in 1933, it was intended solely as a standby water supply for EBMUD customers.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Dicklyon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lafayette Library and Learning Center and Rheem Theatre.
Lafayette Library and Learning Center
Library
The Lafayette Library and Learning Center is a library and learning center in Lafayette, California that opened in 2009. The Lafayette Library and Learning Center is also home to the Glenn Seaborg Learning Consortium, a partnership with the region’s leading arts, culture, and educational institutions.
Rheem Theatre
Movie theater
The Rheem Theatre is a motion picture theater located in Moraga, California. Built in 1957 by Donald Rheem, of Rheem Manufacturing Company, it was originally a 1,000-seat single screen movie theater.
Lafayette station
Metro station
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Lafayette station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit station in Lafayette, California. The station consists of one island platform in the center median of State Route 24 just south of the Lafayette Hillside Memorial. It is served by the Yellow Line.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lafayette and Rheem.
Lafayette
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Lafayette is a city of 25,000 in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in California. It is primarily a residential town located in the hills between Berkeley and Walnut Creek, although it does offer shopping and dining, and the Lafayette Reservoir is popular with hikers.
Rheem
Neighborhood
Rheem, also known as Rheem Valley and Rheem Center, is an unincorporated community in Contra Costa County, California, United States. It is located 7.5 miles north-northwest of Danville, at an elevation of 587 feet.
Glorietta
Neighborhood
Glorietta is a former unincorporated community, now annexed to Orinda in Contra Costa County, California. It lies at an elevation of 597 feet.
Lafayette Reservoir
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: water storage reservoir in Contra Costa County, California, USA
- Category: body of water
- Location: Contra Costa, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.88156° or 37° 52′ 54″ northLongitude
-122.14125° or 122° 8′ 29″ westElevation
459 feet (140 metres)Inception
1933Open location code
849VVVJ5+JGOpenStreetMap ID
way 27877916OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoir
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“Lafayette Reservoir” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lafayette Reservoir”
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Notable Places Nearby
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