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Oroville Lake

• Description
  The lake offers a wide variety of outdoor activities including camping, picnicking, horseback riding, hiking, sail and power boating, water-skiing, fishing, swimming, boat-in camping, floating campsites and horse camping.
  
  Lake Oroville Visitor Center has a museum, exhibits, videos and a store. The view from the 47-foot tower, with two high-powered telescopes, is a spectacular panoramic view of the lake, Sierra Nevadas, valley, foothills, and the Sutter Buttes mountain range (smallest in the world).
  
  The area includes the Feather River Fish Hatchery, built by the Department of Water Resources to replace lost spawning areas for salmon and steelhead. Displays on the State Water Project and the area’s natural and cultural history are featured at the visitor’s center.

• Contacts & Information
  Oroville State Recreation Department (530) 538-2200. Lime Saddle Marina (800) 834-7517. Camping Reservations (800) 444-7275. Bidwell Canyon Marina (800) 637-1767.
  General Information

• Size
  15,800 Surface acres

• Elevation
  900 feet above sea level

• Species of Fish
  Brown Trout
  Chinook Salmon
  Largemouth Bass
  Spotted Bass
  Smallmouth Bass
  Crappie
  Sunfish
  Catfish.
  Fish Identification Encyclopedia

• Location
  Closest Services: Oroville 5 mi
  Directions to: Oroville 
  Directions to Lake: From Oroville, on Hwy 70; take Oro Dam Blvd. exit, go E 5 mi. to dam; cross dam to launch area parking.

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