Lookout Point Lake Camping
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Overview
A brief introduction to Lookout Point Lake
22 miles southeast of Eugene, Lookout Point Lake is a popular recreation area offering year-round fishing, seasonal water skiing, sailing, swimming, picnicking and hunting. The area is also managed for wildlife habitat such as waterfowl, blacktail deer, upland game birds, wintering elk, bald eagles, osprey and many other species. Lookout Point Dam an earth-and-gravel-fill dam with a concrete gated spillway. The dam was completed in 1954 and provides flood control and has three generators, which produce 40,000 kilowatts.
Lookout Point Lake (also Lookout Point Reservoir) is a large reservoir on the Middle Fork Willamette River in Lane County, Oregon, United States. It was created in 1953 with the construction of Lookout Point Dam.
The downstream end of the reservoir is about 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Eugene. It lies immediately upriver from Dexter Lake, another reservoir. The city of Lowell is nearby, along the north shore of Dexter Lake. Oregon Route 58 follows the lake's southern shore and Boundary Road the northern shore. The lake, about 14 miles (23 km) long, continues upriver to within about 7 miles (11 km) of Oakridge.
Lookout Point Dam, 276 feet (84 m) high, impounds up to 477,700 acre-feet (589,200,000 m3) of water. It helps control flooding, generates electricity, and provides a place for boating and other outdoor recreation.
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