Lake Sonoma
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Lake Sonoma lies west of Healdsburg in northern Sonoma County, California. Main access from U.S. Route 101 is from Healdsburg, via Dry Creek Road.
The United States Army Corps of Engineers built Warm Springs Dam across Dry Creek in 1983, for flood control, to supply water for countywide growth and development, and for recreation. At its full capacity, the lake has 50 miles of shoreline, and a surface area of more than 2,700 acres.
Activities include boating, swimming, fishing, riding, hiking, camping, and hunting [1]. Notable features include the Milt Brandt Visitor Center, and the adjacent Congressman Don Clausen Fish Hatchery, and the Warm Springs Recreation Area below the dam.
The Dry Creek Pomo Indians have lived in the region since at least the 1700s, and some resisted construction of the lake. Archaeologists at Sonoma State University have written about the prehistory and history of Warm Springs Dam, Lake Sonoma, and the Dry Creek Valley [[2]].
