{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox body of water | name = Lake Jennings | image = Lake Jennings.jpg | alt = People are fishing at Lake Jennings | caption = People are fishing at the lake | image_bathymetry = | alt_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = | location = Lakeside, California | coords = {{Coord|32|51|28|N|116|53|16|W|type:waterbody_region:US-CA_source:GNIS-244046|display=inline,title|notes=<ref>{{Cite gnis|244046|Lake Jennings}}</ref>}} | type = Artificial Lake | inflow = | outflow = | catchment = | basin_countries = | date-built = | date-flooded = | length = | width = | area = {{convert|85|acres|abbr=on}} | depth = | max-depth = | volume = | residence_time = | shore = | elevation = {{convert|700|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level | frozen = | islands = | cities = Alpine, Ramona <!-- Map --> | pushpin_map = California#USA | pushpin_label_position = top | pushpin_map_alt = Location of Lake Jennings in California, USA. | pushpin_map_caption = <!-- Below --> | agency = Helix Water District | website = {{url|https://lakejennings.org}} | reference = <ref>{{cite web|title=Regulations|url=http://www.lakejennings.org/regulations/index.htm|work=Lake Jennings Website|accessdate=19 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016162326/http://lakejennings.org/regulations/index.htm|archive-date=16 October 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Lake Map|url=http://www.lakejennings.org/lakemap/index.htm|work=Lake Jennings Website|accessdate=19 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927004457/http://www.lakejennings.org/lakemap/index.htm|archive-date=27 September 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> }} '''Lake Jennings''' is a water supply reservoir in Lakeside in San Diego County, California.
== Recreation == People can have picnics at Lake Jennings.<ref>{{cite web|title=Picnicking|url=http://www.lakejennings.org/picnicking/index.htm|work=Lake Jennings Website|accessdate=19 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006101715/http://lakejennings.org/picnicking/index.htm|archive-date=6 October 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The campground at Lake Jennings Park has a variety of campsites available, including hookups and primitive tent sites.<ref>{{cite web|title=Camping|url=http://www.lakejennings.org/camping/index.htm|work=Lake Jennings Website|accessdate=19 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815084420/http://www.lakejennings.org/camping/index.htm|archive-date=15 August 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
=== Fishing === Licensed people can fish at Lake Jennings on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fishing|url=http://www.lakejennings.org/fishing/index.htm|work=Lake Jennings Website|accessdate=19 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006075402/http://lakejennings.org/fishing/index.htm|archive-date=6 October 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==See also== * List of reservoirs and dams in California * List of lakes in California
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==Further reading== * {{cite book |last=Fetzer |first=Leland |date=2005 |title=San Diego County Place Names A to Z |location=San Diego |publisher=Sunbelt Publications |page=22 |quote=Chet Harritt Dam. A dam, built in 1962, to make Lake Jennings east of Lakeside in Quail Canyon. Chester (Chet) Harritt was the general manager of the Helix Irrigation District from 1926 to his death in 1948.}} * {{cite book |last=Fetzer |first=Leland |date=2005 |title=San Diego County Place Names A to Z |location=San Diego |publisher=Sunbelt Publications |page=70 |quote=Jennings, Lake. Two miles east of Lakeside behind Chet Harritt Dam. Named for William H. Jennings, water expert and lawyer (d. 1983). Authorities named the reservoir for him in 1964.}}
==External links== *{{official|https://lakejennings.org}}
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