Upper Crystal Springs Reservoir
Crystal Springs Reservoir is a pair of artificial lakes located in the northern Santa Cruz Mountains of San Mateo County, California operated by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission for water supply to the San Francisco peninsula.- Type: Reservoir
- Description: Northern California Lakes atop the San Andreas Fault
- Also known as: “Crystal Springs Lake”, “Crystal Springs Reservoir”, and “Laguna Grande”
Places of Interest
Highlights include San Mateo County Libraries and Filoli.
San Mateo County Libraries
Government office
Photo: David Jordan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The San Mateo County Libraries, formerly San Mateo County Library, is a public library system and Joint Powers Authority headquartered in San Mateo, California.
Filoli
Park
Photo: Sukuru, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Filoli, also known as the Bourn-Roth Estate, is a country house set in 16 acres of formal gardens surrounded by a 654-acre estate, located in Woodside, California, about 25 miles south of San Francisco, at the southern end of Crystal Springs Reservoir, on the eastern slope of the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Highlands-Baywood Park and Belmont.
Highlands-Baywood Park
Village
Highlands-Baywood Park is an unincorporated community and former census designated place in San Mateo County, California, United States. The population was 4,027 at the 2010 census.
Belmont
Photo: Kglavin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Belmont is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States. It is in the San Francisco Bay Area, on the San Francisco Peninsula about halfway between San Francisco and San Jose.
San Carlos
Photo: CityofSanCarlos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
San Carlos is on the Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area of California.
Upper Crystal Springs Reservoir
- Category: body of water
- Location: San Mateo, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.49716° or 37° 29′ 50″ northLongitude
-122.3364° or 122° 20′ 11″ westElevation
285 feet (87 metres)Open location code
849VFMW7+VCOpenStreetMap ID
way 23782143OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=reservoirOpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoir
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Spanish—“Upper Crystal Springs Reservoir” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Кристъл Спрингс”
- French: “Crystal Springs Reservoir”
- Hausa: “Ruwa na Crystal Springs”
- Spanish: “Lago Crystal Springs”
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