Coyote Lake is an artificial lake in Santa Clara County, California

Santa Clara County, California

Santa Clara County is a county located at the southern end of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. As of 2010 it had a population of 1,781,642. The county seat is San Jose. The highly urbanized Santa Clara Valley within Santa Clara County is also known as Silicon Valley...

, USA, located at 37.118°N 121.55°W north of Gilroy

Gilroy, California

Gilroy is the southernmost city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. The population was 48,821 at the 2010 census. Gilroy is well-known for its garlic crop and for the annual Gilroy Garlic Festival, featuring various garlicky foods, including garlic ice cream. Gilroy also produces...

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The lake is impounded by Coyote Dam

Coyote Dam (Santa Clara County, CA)

Coyote Dam, is a high, long, earth and rock dam built in 1936 in Santa Clara County, California, USA, located at north of Gilroy. It impounds Coyote Lake . The Santa Clara Valley Water District owns the dam.-See also:...

, a 140 feet (43 m) high, 980 feet (298.7 m) long, earth and rock dam built in 1936. The Santa Clara Valley Water District

Santa Clara Valley Water District

The Santa Clara Valley Water District provides stream stewardship, wholesale water supply and flood protection for Santa Clara County, California, in the southern San Francisco Bay Area. The district encompasses all of the county’s and serves the area’s 15 cities, 1.7 million residents and more...

 owns the dam.

Coyote Lake–Harvey Bear Ranch County Park provides recreational opportunities on 4448 acres (18 km²) of land surrounding the lake.

See also

• Coyote Lake (disambiguation) for other lakes of the same name
• List of lakes in the San Francisco Bay Area
• List of reservoirs and dams in California