Water pours into Lake Berryessa ‘Glory Hole’ for the first time in six years

KCRA ^ | February 6, 2025 | Daniel Macht

[artichokegrower]

NAPA COUNTY, Calif. — The spillway at Lake Berryessa, known as the “Morning Glory Hole,” was activated this week for the first time in six years.

[artichokegrower]

Don’t think I’m going swimming in Lake Berryessa today

[Jeff Chandler]

They might want to reconsider the name.

[jjotto]

“...The water is sent around Monticello Dam and into Putah Creek...”

[packagingguy]

Haven’t thought about glory holes since the Obama administration.

[Carry_Okie]

They might want to reconsider the name.

It's a wierd looking thing. A bit scary too.

[dfwgator]

[chajin]

They might want to reconsider the name.

Ranks right up (down) there with Lake Horney. Let's just say Berryessa's situation would benefit from a name change.

[sonova]

The article says it’s a “unique drainage feature”. I am pretty sure I have seen these things elsewhere.

[Rio]

On the afternoon of September 27, 1969, college students and friends Bryan Hartnell and Cecelia Shepherd had settled along the shore of Lake Berryessa for a relaxing afternoon visit. According to Bryan, he and Cecelia were lying on the ground along the shoreline when she noticed a man lingering in the shade of some trees nearby. Suddenly he appeared wearing a bizarre, hooded costume that had a white crossed-circle stitched onto the front. The assailant held the frightened coeds at gunpoint as he explained that he intended to rob them and make his escape. Bryan and Cecilia were bound with clothesline, and, just as they had hoped that the ordeal was about to end in mere inconvenience, the hooded stranger set upon them with a foot-long knife. When the savage attack was over, the stranger simply walked away and left his victims in agony. After a valiant battle for her life, Cecelia died several days later. Bryan survived to describe the terrifying experience.

https://zodiackillerfacts.com/lakeberryessa.htm

[BradyLS]

Dividing by zero again. That’s California for you.

[OldGoatCPO]

Maybe the Headline should have used the full name, which starts with Morning Glory, the flower. But hell, I bet it got a lot of people to read the article. It is in California, so the normal people in the Red States automatically assumed the worst.

[albie]

“They might want to reconsider the name.”

..nah. Good name for a perv state

[Red Badger]

So, it’s near San Francisco?..........

[Campion]

They might want to reconsider the name

Technically called a "morning glory spillway". There are a few of them, but the Lake Berryessa one is the most famous.

[Codeflier]

I am sorry, Mr. Buttigieg can’t take your call today. He is camping near Lake Berryessa.

[normbal]

Maybe call it Goatsie hole

[VTenigma]

They are scary. We have one here. I’ve only seen water going over it a few times. That’s a lot of power.

[BubbaJunebug]

Site of one of the Zodiac killer murders in 1969

[rlmorel]

Oh, no! Not the Goatsie thing!

[dayglored]

Been a while since we've seen the Goatse.

Probably just as well.