Don Pedro Recreation Agency

Welcome to Don Pedro Lake, California's best kept secret. Nestled in the Sierra Nevada foothills due east of Modesto, CA, Don Pedro Lake may well be the answer for those recreational enthusiasts who are tired of dealing with the crowds often found at lakes closer to large metropolitan areas.

Offering 160 miles of shoreline with nearly 13,000 surface acres of water (at maximum lake level), there is plenty of water on which to enjoy your favorite water sport. Boating, fishing (for bass, trout, salmon, crappie, bluegill and catfish), swimming, water-skiing, jet-skiing, windsurfing, sailing and house boating are some of the major water oriented activities enjoyed at the lake.