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I ride across the dam to the other side of Paradise Lake, where I remember there being two campsites

09826-paradise-lake-dam-800.jpg Arrival at Paradise LakeThumbnailsI claim the campsite north of the dam right next to Paradise LakeArrival at Paradise LakeThumbnailsI claim the campsite north of the dam right next to Paradise LakeArrival at Paradise LakeThumbnailsI claim the campsite north of the dam right next to Paradise LakeArrival at Paradise LakeThumbnailsI claim the campsite north of the dam right next to Paradise LakeArrival at Paradise LakeThumbnailsI claim the campsite north of the dam right next to Paradise Lake

Small, fragrant tarweed flowers enliven the trail on the dam with bright yellow. Like other lakes in Henry Coe State Park, Paradise Lake didn't exist until a dam was built here, probably by ranchers.