Near Madison, this Wisconsin destination blends a charming downtown with lake recreation, campgrounds, paddling, birdwatching, and relaxed vibes.

California's natural landscapes are plentiful, and if you want a less-touristed lakeside escape, this gorgeous reservoir is ...

Water levels at California's largest reservoir have surged by more than 35 feet since mid-December. Lake Shasta, near Redding, California, faced dangerously low water levels in the summer of 2022, ...

A week into 2026, one Southern California lake is full with months of rainy season to go. One Northern California lake went up almost 44 feet in 4 weeks. California’s lakes and reservoirs got a big ...

Google co-founder Sergey Brin has been linked to the purchase of Lake Tahoe’s most expensive home in what appears to be an attempt to flee California’s crushing “billionaire tax.” Brin has ties to the ...

There were dozens of great-tailed grackles in nearly every tree, a range of ducks waddling on the shore and paddling in the ...

California’s Lake Manly has reappeared in Badwater Basin of Death Valley, thanks to two weeks of heavy rain through the holidays, according to video bloggers who have visited the site since New Year’s ...

While California has faced recent downpours, water levels at Lake Mead sit at just 33 percent full. Lake Mead, in the Colorado River system, is an important supplier of water to the Golden State. It ...

Lake Shasta waters went up 35 feet since wet atmospheric storms rolled over Shasta County this winter. The lake’s water level climbed to 1,029 feet as of Sunday, Jan. 4, according to the California ...

California's Lake Tahoe may get most of the attention, but this underrated lake destination within the Golden State is just ...

Evacuations have been downgraded in Lake County for a wind-driven fire that burned about 2,700 acres near the Lake and Colusa ...

The Nevada County Sheriff’s Office is confirming that a male snowmobiler died yesterday, January 5, 2026, in an avalanche near Truckee, California. Truckee is 14 miles north of Lake Tahoe. According ...