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.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Lafayette station and Rheem Theatre.

Metro station
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is a Bay Area Rapid Transit station in . 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.

Movie theater
The is a motion picture theater located in . Built in 1957 by Donald Rheem, of Rheem Manufacturing Company, it was originally a 1,000-seat single screen movie theater.

Memorial
Photo: Falcorian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a collection of religious symbols, accompanied by a large sign, in . The memorial commemorates soldiers killed in the Iraq War and War in Afghanistan, with the sign containing a running total of the death count as recorded by the US Department of Defense.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lafayette and Rheem.

Photo: Chevy111, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a city of 25,000 in the East Bay region of the Bay Area in . It is primarily a residential town located in the hills between and , although it does offer shopping and dining, and the Reservoir is popular with hikers.

Neighborhood
, also known as Valley and Center, is an unincorporated community in , , United States. It is located 7.5 miles north-northwest of , at an elevation of 587 feet.

Neighborhood
is a former unincorporated community, now annexed to in , . It lies at an elevation of 597 feet.

Lafayette Reservoir

Latitude
37.88156° or 37° 52′ 54″ north
Longitude
-122.14125° or 122° 8′ 29″ west
Elevation
459 feet (140 metres)
Inception
1933
Open location code
849VVVJ5+JG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 27877916
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­reservoir
Geo­Names ID
5364238
Wiki­data ID
Q6471506
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Satellite Map

Discover Lafayette Reservoir from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

“Lafayette Reservoir” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Lafayette Reservoir”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lafayette Reservoir Recreation Area and Lafayette Community Garden.

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