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Lake Oroville is located 75-miles north of Sacramento, and has more than 167-miles of shoreline to explore. It is a man-made lake located in the foothills on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada, downstream of the junction of the Feather River’s major tributaries. The lake is a popular destination for speedboats and jet skis. The lake attracts thousands of outdoor enthusiasts each year who enjoy kayaking, camping, picnicking, hiking, sail and power boating, fishing, and swimming. The drawback to paddling Lake Oroville is there are only four boat launch accesses, and three of the launches are located within a short distance of each other. Unfortunately, this doesn’t allow you to paddle the lake sections at a time, unless you opt to camp overnight at one of the boat-in campgrounds. The four launches are located at Bidwell Canyon Marina, Loafer Creek, Spillway and Lime Saddle Marina. Lake Oroville is a popular boating destination because of its warm water and air temperatures. Keep your eyes open for while paddling for wild turkeys, raccoons, ring-tailed cats, and deer. Lake Oroville is known as a spotted bass fishing location, but it also offers a wide variety of other species of fish, including rainbow, lake and brown trout, large, smallmouth bass, coho and king salmon, catfish, crappie, bluegill and sturgeon.
Wildlife species in the Map of Lake Oroville |
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