Honey Lake is an endorheic sink within the Honey Lake Valley located in northeastern California, near the Nevada border. Summer evaporation reduces the lake to a lower level of 12 km² (3,000 acres) and creates an alkali flat.
During the highest level of Pleistocene Lake Lahontan, Honey Lake had a level ~115 meters (380 ft) above the current level of Honey Lake. Honey Lake recreational activities include bird-watching, picnicking, hiking, camping, warm-water fishing, and waterfowl hunting. The lake is part of the Honey-Eagle Lakes watershed of 2,770 sq mi (7,200 km2) which includes the Honey Lake Basin of 2,201 sq mi (5,700 km2).
Toward the end of the Civil War, California Volunteer Cavalry used the route from Camp Bidwell (Chico, California) through the Honey Lake and Surprise Valley areas as a line of protection for silver mine output in the Owyhee district of Idaho.
Read more about Honey Lake: Honey Lake Wildlife Area
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But that of earth both comes and goes at once.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
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