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    Do stop by Fordyce Lake while you're in this part of California. For the period of the summertime months at Fordyce Lake temperatures are usually in the 80's. During the dark hours of summer temperatures descend down into the 40's. Throughout the wintertime the highs are usually in the 40's while the cold winter nights at Fordyce Lake are in the 20's. So many entertaining things to do here at Fordyce Lake, too great to be true. Really magnificent skiing awaits  
   you at Royal Gorge, and Furnace Flat is a gorgeous site any time of year. This lake is so wonderful. There's no such thing as a bad day of skiing at nearby Soda Springs; the Salmon Lake Trail is a good hiking trail nearby.
Just can't get enough of the Northern Sierra Nevada. Camping is available at Cold Springs Campground, and there are plenty of people from Truckee-Grass Valley here. This lake is so wonderful. If the weather is tremendous here at Fordyce
 
               Lake, you can go for a hike along the Loch Leven Trail, and get covered with water paddling on Fordyce Creek. And that's not everything you can do here in the Northern Sierra Nevada. The Inn At Truckee is a pleasant site to get some rest, and in all probability you're looking for nearby lakes? Sure, Meadow Lake is just a very short distance away.
This lake is one of the great places here in the Northern Sierra Nevada. Fordyce Lake gets a great deal of water; January is the month that gets the most rain, and the driest month of the year is July. A great place to camp here at Fordyce Lake is Sterling Lake Campground, and while you're here you can take a hike along the Glacier Lakes Trail.
Yeah, come here to Fordyce Lake for a magnificent time. If you need a place to stay Holiday Inn Express Truckee, Ca is a glorious choice; paddling on Yuba River - South Fork is so much fun. Hartley Butte is a peak you can observe from Fordyce Lake, and if you've had enough of Fordyce Lake, Lake Sterling is nearby.

 
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Current weather conditions at Fordyce Lake, Northern Sierra Nevada, Nevada County, California
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Local climate location: DOWNIEVILLE 2 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 39.37972
Longitude: -120.4953

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These outdoors activities are available near Fordyce Lake.
 Hotels Near Fordyce Lake:
Holiday Inn Express Truckee, Ca, Truckee, 19 miles away
The Inn At Truckee, Truckee, 20 miles away
Plumpjack Squaw Valley Inn, Olympic Valley, 20 miles away
Squaw Valley Lodge, Squaw Valley, 20 miles away
Village at Squaw Valley, Olympic Valley, 21 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Fordyce Lake:
Sterling Lake Campground, Nevada County, 1 miles away
Cold Springs Campground, Nevada County, 4 miles away
Indian Springs Campground, Nevada County, 6 miles away
Canyon Creek Campground, Nevada County, 7 miles away
 Hiking Trails Near Fordyce Lake:
Glacier Lakes Trail, Nevada County, 1 miles away
      4.1 hiking miles, 559 feet elevation difference
Loch Leven Trail, Placer County, 5 miles away
       4.4 hiking miles, 1191 feet elevation difference
Salmon Lake Trail, Placer County, 5 miles away
       3.6 hiking miles, 330 feet elevation difference
 Ski Areas Near Fordyce Lake:
Royal Gorge, California, 3 miles away
      1600 vertical feet
Soda Springs, California, 8 miles away
      652 vertical feet
Boreal, California, 10 miles away
      500 vertical feet
 Whitewater Near Fordyce Lake:
Yuba River - South Fork, Nevada/ Placer CountyCounty, 3 miles away
      Class IV-V - 5.2 miles long (Kingvale to Cisco Grove)
Fordyce Creek, Nevada CountyCounty, 5 miles away
      Class IV-V - 12 miles long (Fordyce Lake to Lake Spaulding)
Yuba River - South Fork, Nevada/ Placer CountyCounty, 7 miles away
      Class IV-V(V+) - 7.5 miles long (Cisco Grove to Spaulding Reservoir)
 Lakes Near Fordyce Lake:
Lake Sterling, Nevada CountyCounty, 1 miles away
Meadow Lake, Nevada CountyCounty, 1 miles away

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