WALK: LOS GATOS CREEK TRAIL + LUNCH + WALK (PLAY BY EAR)
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- THE PLAN IS TO MEET AT VASONA DAM & WALK DOWN & AROUND VASONA LAKE AND TO PEDRO'S RESTAURANT. I HAVE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE BUT I WILL IMAGINE IT WILL TAKE ABOUT 3.00 -4.00 MILES.
- WE WILL HAVE LUNCH AT PEDRO'S AND THEN WALK BACK TO OUR CAR PARKED AT THE DAM. (ABOUT 2 MILES BECAUSE WE ARE NOT GOING AROUND THE LAKE THIS TIME).
PARKING TO MEET FOR WALK:
Park in the neighborhood along 280 Garden Hill Dr. We will meet at the entrance of the dam (end of street).
LUNCH: RESERVATION MADE FOR 10 PEOPLE @ 1:30 pm. FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. IF YOU RSVP TOO LATE, YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO JOIN US FOR LUNCH.
PEDRO'S IN LOS GATOS
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316 N Santa Cruz, Los Gatos, CA 95030
## About Los Gatos Creek
### A Water Resource
The Los Gatos Creek is one of the few urban streams in Santa Clara Valley which remains relatively intact. It is both a riparian corridor for plants and wildlife and is part of an intricate system of water resources and flood protection.
Surface water runoff from the watershed that drains into Los Gatos Creek is captured by Lexington Reservoir in the Santa Cruz Mountains. That water is then used to recharge, or refill, the valley's groundwater basin.
Reservoir water is released and carried to recharge ponds via the creek. Water held in the ponds seeps or "percolates" through the earth's layers until it reaches underground aquifers. This percolation process helps clean the water before it reaches the underground storage basin.
All along Los Gatos Creek you will see groundwater recharge in action. Water released from Lexington Reservoir flows to Vasona Lake where a system of gates at the dam releases water downstream to the percolation ponds at Los Gatos Creek County Park and Budd, Camden, McGlincey, Oka Lane, Page and Sunnyoaks ponds. Ultimately, the creek joins the Guadalupe River and flows northward to San Francisco Bay.
MILES: 6 MILES: 3.5-4 MILES BEFORE LUNCH & 2 MILES AFTER LUNCH BACK TO OUR CARS.
ELEVATION: LESS THAN 100 FT