Little Valleys of Saint Mark - San Marcos Real Estate
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The Lake San Marco homes area was once part of a Spanish Land Grant, called "Los Vallecitos de San Marcos" or the "Little Valleys of Saint Mark". San Marcos Creek meandered through the area. In 1927 the Clemson and Wells families bought the land and in 1946, a dam was built at the South end of the creek, creating a 40 acre lake. The lake was used primarily for irrigation. In 1962, Don, Bob, and Gordon Frazar purchased 1648 acres of San Marcos real estate from the Clemson and Wells families. The Frazar Brothers reshaped the shoreline and increased the size of the lake to 80 acres, its current day size. They then made plans to build the lakeside community currently referred to as Lake San Marcos. View Lake San Marcos Video and see Lake San Marcos Slideshow.
In August 1962 the San Diego County Planning Commission approved a tentative Lake San Marcos Homes map. Citizens Development Corporation was the developer with Gordon Frazar serving as  President, Don Frazar handling Lake San Marcos home sales, and Bob Frazar in charge of construction. Before coming to Lake San Marcos, the brothers had built about 6,000 homes in Riverside and San Bernardino. A master plan for the Lake San Marcos real estate area was designed by a San Bernadino engineering firm, Campbell and Miller. Additionally architects Blurock and Ellerbrock of Corona Del Mar had been hired to design the Lake San Marcos community. The best ideas of both firms were consolidated into a master plan. Campbell and Miller won a state-wide competition in 1966 honoring the Lake San Marcos homes design as "the best planned community in California". In 1967, the National Home Builders Association Convention in Chicago awarded the Lake San Marcos design the title of "Best planned lakeside community in the nation".
Varadero - Newest Community of
Lake San Marcos Homes
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Over the years, the individual blocks of development within the Lake San Marcos real estate area have resulted in over 20 Homeowners Associations and nearly 2500 homes. The newest of these areas is Varadero Homes, a gated community of single family San Marcos CA homes for sale at the top of Camino del Arroyo.
Quail became the symbol of Lake San Marcos when artist Frank Vecchio, of the advertising firm of Hogan and Vecchio in Riverside, visited the site seeking inspiration for the first brochure. Hundreds of quail flushed up from the fields, and Vecchio designed three quails, which are now familiar as the symbol of the lovely lakeside community. When the city of San Marcos incorporated in 1963, Lake San Marcos was located in the unincorporated area of San Diego County.
The Lake San Marcos real estate area boasts of an 18 hole, par 58, public Executive Golf Course; a private 18 hole, par 72, 6500 yard championship golf course, pro shop, putting green, driving range and a fine Country Club with good restaurant and banquet facilities. Other amenities include a small Community Park with boat landing and resident fishing; a Community Recre ational Complex with Director's office where use is scheduled for The Lodge, Club and Billiard Rooms, four Tennis Courts, three Paddle Tennis Courts, two Swimming Pools and a lake front area with boat docks and boat rentals. Private Picnic Ground with boat dock is accessible only from the lake. There is also the Lake San Marcos Resort Hotel and conference facility.
Lake San Marcos Homes - 347 Sunny Days
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The Lake San Marcos area has as many as 347 sunny days a year, due in part to a stable high pressure system known as the "Pacific High" lying a few hundred miles West over the Pacific Ocean. This accounts for a range of about 20 degrees between the day´s high and the night´s low. The uninterrupted Pacific breezes provide nature´s air conditioning with temperatures seldom above 80 degrees. The Cerro de Las Posas Mountain on Lake property and the San Marcos Mountains to the North, with an eastern exit, create a wind tunnel preventing smog from settling in our valley. The few hot days a year are due to "Santa Ana" winds from the desert coming our way from the North. See Lake San Marcos Video and Slideshow. For more information about San Marcos CA homes for sale, contact Gary Harmon your San Marcos Realtor.
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