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Lake Hensley Vista Point

Hidden Dam is an earthen dam on the Fresno River in Madera County, California. It creates a reservoir known as Hensley Lake.

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The dam was constructed in Шаблон:Start date and age by the Perini Corporation as part of an expansive United States Army Corps of Engineers project for flood control, irrigation storage, and recreation.[1][2] The dam is Шаблон:Convert tall, is Шаблон:Convert long at its crest, and is the only major storage dam of the Fresno River.

The reservoir it creates, Hensley Lake, has a water surface of Шаблон:Convert, over Шаблон:Convert of shoreline, and has a maximum storage capacity of Шаблон:Convert.[3] In 1978 the lake was opened to day-use recreation, including water skiing, fishing, swimming, horseback riding, mountain biking, and hiking.[4] The Hidden View Campground offers single and group camping year-round.

The lake is named for local settler and cattle rancher John Jackson Hensley.[5]

Eastman Lake, another Corps of Engineers lake, is located Шаблон:Convert to the northwest.

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  5. The Valley's Legends & Legacies III, by Catherine Morison Rehart, page 99