Hilltop Lake
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Overview
The lake is fed by Garrity CreekGarrity Creek
Garrity Creek is a creek in Richmond, California's Hilltop neighborhood. It runs into San Pablo Bay. It is sometimes called Hilltop Creek.The creek is supported by two natural springs from two short sources which join into Garrity Creek...
, a small river originating from many springs in the hills east of the Hilltop Green
Hilltop Green, Richmond, California
Hilltop Green or "The Green"is a neighborhood in Richmond, California bordering the city of Pinole, the census-designated place of El Sobrante, the neighborhood of Hilltop, and Hilltop Mall....
neighborhood in the Hilltop
Hilltop, Richmond, California
Fairmede-Hilltop, more commonly known simply as Hilltop, is a neighborhood located in the northeastern area of Richmond, California.-Overview:...
neighborhood. The pond is located within Hilltop Lake Park
Hilltop Lake Park
Hilltop Lake Park is a city of Richmond, California park in the San Francisco Bay Area situated at Richmond Parkway and Lakeside Drive in the Hilltop neighborhood. The park encompasses Hilltop Lake and several tributaries of Garrity Creek, a grasslands covered canyon...
and is very close to Hilltop Mall
Hilltop Mall
Hilltop Mall is a mall in the Hilltop neighborhood of Richmond, California. Hilltop is managed and co-owned by Simon Property Group, and is anchored by longtime tenants JC Penney, Macy's, Sears, and lastly Wal-Mart, a 2007 addition. -History:...
. The lake is in the middle of the flow of the creek and the water flows to the marshlands and shoreline of San Pablo Bay
San Pablo Bay
San Pablo Bay is a tidal estuary that forms the northern extension of San Francisco Bay in northern California in the United States. Most of the Bay is shallow; however, there is a deep water channel approximately in mid bay, which allows access to Sacramento, Stockton, Benicia, Martinez, and...
. The water body is sometimes confused with Temporary Pond however this lagoon lays to the northwest and is fed by a different watershed entirely.