Loch Lomond Recreation Area

The Loch Lomond Vernal Pool Ecological Reserve is a nature reserve of 8.22 acres in the community of Loch Lomond in Lake County, California. It is one of 119 ecological reserves managed by the California Department of Fish and Game. The ecological reserve system was authorized by the state legislature in 1968 for the purpose of conservation and protection of rare plants, animals and habitats.

The vernal pool provides habitat for the rare and endangered Loch Lomond button celery. The button celery was first collected in the vernal pool in 1941, and not until the late 1990s was there another discovery at two other locations in Lake County and one location in Sonoma County.The southern portion of Lake County is in the Mayacamas Mountains of the California Coast Ranges.