Lake Herman Recreation Area

Thankful and amazed to find such a beautiful place to rc crawl, so close to home. Yet saddened by all the garbage left behind by taggers.

It was fantastic a lot of goats, nice weather and peaceful

A neat little dam and lake between Vallejo and Benicia. Hiking and fishing are popular at the lake. Right at the lake is a trail which leads right into Benicia. On Lake Herman Road are several closed access roads to ranches and a dairy next to the road. Coming in from Vallejo use caution as that 45mph goes to 35mph just before the SYAR quarry gate. Then the 55mph after the 35mph is also misleading as you get to the dairy and ought to slow down for farmers and cows crossing the road. Right after the dairy are several sharp turns. You no sooner pull out of that and you're nearing the park entrance which you ought to watch for cars and people...especially kids. Another slow turn past the park. Two small hills. The second ought to emphasize reduced speed at dip for it's a drainage ditch with a horrible pipe to drive over. As you come up the hill keep your eye on the up coming view. Day or night it's breath taking. Soon you will get to a right turn to the Benicia Indutrial Park on an awful very narrow road. You will also see a plant up on a huge hill on the right side. Proceeding straight takes you to I-680. Be careful as lane indication is slight as you near the freeway. It's very difficult to discern at night. Northgate Church is to the left. You'll see the freeway ahead. On your left is the reserve fleet viewpoint.

A smokey day. Looks peaceful, families trying to fish but people with remote control boats kept running near those fishing. Besides the rude people, a very scenic walk.

Nice place to walk your dog . Very little shade. Be careful by the waters edge lots of fishhooks and fishing line tossed away by careless fishers. I usually walk the small beach area and pickup all the loose tackle. Usually get about a quart sized bag full of line and hooks of varying sizes.