Northward, the route crosses Lake Hodges inside the upper San Diego city limits.

Fletcher also took an interest in developing projects delivering water to San Diego, including creating Lake Hodges.

He had nodded off as we passed Lake Hodges on the way back through Escondido.

I'll put it in the station-wagon and drive it along to the dam at Lake Hodges.

'That's where I was earlier this morning, throwing it into the river at Lake Hodges.'

One can also extend the hike about 9 miles one way over the mountain to Lake Hodges.

Your parents were killed in a car-crash, weren't they, over at Lake Hodges?

At Lake Hodges the highway crossed a now-replaced bridge to Escondido.

Lake Hodges lay black between its black forested banks, betraying its presence only by an occasional secretive sparkle.

Lake Hodges is located just south of the city.