Welcome to Clear Lake State Park
Clear Lake State Park is located on the southwestern shore of California’s largest natural lake. More than 120,000 visitors each year come to swim, fish, boat, waterski, picnic and camp. The park sits on the edge of Soda Bay, named for a spring of carbonated water that rises from the bottom of the lake and bubbles at the surface. Summer temperatures often reach over 100 degrees, but most nights cool off comfortably. In winter it may snow in the park. Between October and March, temperatures can dip to 20 degrees, and rain is fairly common. In 1947, then- owners Fred and Nellie Dorn sent a letter to Lake County officials “granting the County of Lake 330 acres bordering the shores of Clear Lake and which in turn is to be transferred to the State of California for use as a public park.” The county deeded the land to the State in 1948, preserving the property for future generations.


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