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Moondunes Beach, Placer County, California
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| | The way the water meets this segment of coastline is a view worth seeing. Coming to this piece of coast is always a perfect idea. Moondunes Beach is not a fantastically visited beach, but being at the beach is such an exciting thing to do, and this is a fine spot to do that. A small number of accommodations nearby, you'll have to voyage a bit to get to one, but if you don’t have reservations you might end up slumbering in your automobile. The campgrounds here at Moondunes Beach are pretty perfect. California is a magnificent place for beach folks. Outdoors |
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recreation is bountiful; some of the amusing stuff you can do are hiking, fishing, whitewater paddling, golfing, boating, and swimming, so it's just not possible to turn bored. If you're here at Moondunes Beach, do take a spree to Agate Bay, and lots of people from Gardnerville
| | Ranchos come here. While you're here at Moondunes Beach you must stop by Flick Point, and since you're here and you like golf, you can have a look at Old Brockway Golf Course. A day at Atagam Beach near Moondunes Beach is time well spent, and a visit to Kings Beach State Park when you're here is never a bad idea. Go for a hike on the Mount Rose Trail, and get yourself into a kayak and hit Truckee River. You imagine that's sufficient? Just getting warmed up. Good hiking is available along the Pacific Crest Trail - section 14; Griff Creek is one of the streams | |
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nearby that might be worth a visit. One of the best things about Moondunes Beach is its proximity to Secline Beach, and there are some magnificent whitewater spots on Truckee River. Not much precipitation falls here at Moondunes Beach; all through January this area sees the most
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| | snow, and the driest month of the year is July. During the warm days of summer highs here at Moondunes Beach get into the 80's; through summer nights temperatures are in the 30's. For the period of the wintertime the highs are usually in the 40's while Moondunes Beach overnight low temperatures through the wintertime are in the 0's. |
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 39.2375
Longitude: -120.0417
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| | Other Beaches Near Moondunes Beach, Placer County, California:
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Atagam Beach, Placer County
, 0 miles away |
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Secline Beach, Placer County
, 1 miles away |
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Patton Beach, Placer County
, 2 miles away |
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Burnt Cedar Beach, Washoe County
, 5 miles away |
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Incline Beach, Washoe County
, 7 miles away |
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| | Hotels Near Moondunes Beach, Placer County, California:
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Knights Inn Cedar Glen Lodge Lake Tahoe, Tahoe Vista
, 1 miles away |
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Tahoe Sands Resort, Tahoe Vista
, 1 miles away |
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Brockway Springs Resort, Kings Beach
, 2 miles away |
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Cal Neva Resort Spa and Casino, Crystal Bay
, 3 miles away |
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Border House at Crystal Bay, Crystal Bay
, 3 miles away |
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Northstar-At-Tahoe, Truckee
, 5 miles away |
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McCloud Condominiums, Incline Village
, 6 miles away |
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Hyatt High Sierra Lodge, Incline Village
, 7 miles away |
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Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe Resort, Spa & Casino, Incline Village
, 7 miles away |
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PARKSIDE INN AT INCLINE, Incline Village
, 7 miles away |
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| | Trails Near Moondunes Beach, Placer County, California:
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Mount Rose Trail, Nevada
County
, 8 miles away, 6.2 hiking miles, 1022 feet elevation difference |
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Mount Rose Trail, Washoe
County
, 9 miles away, 5.4 hiking miles, 787 feet elevation difference |
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Pacific Crest Trail - section 14,
County
, 10 miles away, 54.3 hiking miles, 2897 feet elevation difference |
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General Creek Trail, El Dorado
County
, 15 miles away, 11.2 hiking miles, 1596 feet elevation difference |
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Granite Chief Trail, Placer
County
, 15 miles away, 5.2 hiking miles, 2105 feet elevation difference |
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Big Spring Trail, Placer
County
, 16 miles away, 2.2 hiking miles, 289 feet elevation difference |
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Five Lakes Creek Trail, Placer
County
, 17 miles away, 4.4 hiking miles, 1394 feet elevation difference |
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| | Ski Areas Near Moondunes Beach, Placer County, California:
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Northstar at Tahoe, California
, 6 miles away, 2280 vertical feet |
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Diamond Peak, Nevada
, 8 miles away, 1840 vertical feet |
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Granlibakken, California
, 9 miles away, 300 vertical feet |
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Homewood, California
, 12 miles away, 1650 vertical feet |
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Mt. Rose, Nevada
, 12 miles away, 1800 vertical feet |
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Squaw Valley, California
, 14 miles away, 2850 vertical feet |
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Alpine Meadows, California
, 14 miles away, 1802 vertical feet |
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Tahoe Donner, California
, 16 miles away, 600 vertical feet |
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Heavenly, California
, 18 miles away, 3500 vertical feet |
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Donner Ski Ranch, California
, 20 miles away, 750 vertical feet |
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| | Whitewater Near Moondunes Beach, Placer County, California:
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Truckee River, Placer/ Nevada County
County
, 8 miles away, Class II-III - 27 miles long (Alpine Meadows Road to Floriston) |
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Truckee River, Nevada/ Sierra/ Washoe County
County
, 12 miles away, Class III - 8 miles long (Farad Powerhouse to Verdi) |
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Truckee River, Washoe County
County
, 17 miles away, Class I-III - 8 miles long (Verdi to Mayberry Park) |
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Truckee River, -blank- County
County
, 22 miles away, Class I-III - 10 miles long (Mayberry Park to Cottonwood Park) |
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Truckee River, Washoe County
County
, 22 miles away, Class II-III - 0.5 miles long (Truckee River Whitewater Park Reno) |
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