Granite Lake, Northern Sierra Nevada, Amador County, California

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    It's always fun to stop by Granite Lake. Dry warm beds await you at Harvest Inn-St Helena, Napa Valley, and do stop at Shealor Lakes, it's a gorgeous lake. This lake is so wonderful. Good hiking is available along the Emigrant Trail, and don't leave Granite Lake without first checking out Machado Postpiles. If you like the outdoors, you'll fancy Granite Lake.
This spot, the Northern Sierra Nevada, has so much outdoors amusing stuff. The peak of Thunder Mountain
 
   can be distinguished from Granite Lake; Granite Lake is a nice spot to visit for more than one day, Ferguson Point Campground is a nice spot to camp nearby. Whitewater paddling is brilliant on American River - South Fork; Pine Cone Acre Motel is a splendid location to get some rest. Granite Lake is a rather wet place usually with much rainfall; January is the wettest month with most snow, and July meanwhile is the driest month.
For the period of the months
 
               of summer at Granite Lake highs are mostly in the 70's, and through the night it cools down to the 40's. The cold days of the winter come with highs in the 30's; winter nights come with lows in the 10's to Granite Lake. This is no place for people who don’t like to have a good time. Mokelumne River - North Fork has a great whitewater paddling spot nearby; the skiing at Sierra at Tahoe is great. Stay the night at Plasse's Resort, and hiking is a popular thing to do around Granite Lake; Windmiller Trail is a good local trail.
Granite Lake is one of the lakes here in the Northern Sierra Nevada. If you fancy the outdoors you'll fancy it here in the Northern Sierra Nevada. A stunning lake like Silver Lake close to Granite Lake is a great site to stop at, and if you like skiing, you're in luck; Kirkwood is reasonably near. This lake is so wonderful. Ferguson Point is not far from Granite Lake at all; you can go for a hike on the Hawley Grade Trail.

 
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Current weather conditions at Granite Lake, Northern Sierra Nevada, Amador County, California
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Local climate location: TAHOE VALLEY FAA AP 9 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 38.65194
Longitude: -120.1103

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These outdoors activities are available near Granite Lake.
 Hotels Near Granite Lake:
Pine Cone Acre Motel, South Lake Tahoe, 14 miles away
Harvest Inn-St Helena, Napa Valley, Saint Helena, 15 miles away
Inn By The Lake, South Lake Tahoe, 18 miles away
Best Western Timber Cove Lodge, South Lake Tahoe, 19 miles away
Tahoe Lakeshore Lodge And Spa, South Lake Tahoe, 19 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Granite Lake:
Ferguson Point Campground, Amador County, 1 miles away
Plasse's Resort, Pioneer, 1 miles away
Oyster Creek Campground, Amador County, 1 miles away
LDS Camp Ritchie, Pioneer, 2 miles away
 Hiking Trails Near Granite Lake:
Hawley Grade Trail, El Dorado County, 10 miles away
      1.8 hiking miles, 920 feet elevation difference
Emigrant Trail, Alpine County, 12 miles away
      1.2 hiking miles, 463 feet elevation difference
Windmiller Trail, El Dorado County, 15 miles away
      2.9 hiking miles, 1011 feet elevation difference
 Ski Areas Near Granite Lake:
Kirkwood, California, 5 miles away
      2000 vertical feet
Sierra at Tahoe, California, 9 miles away
      2212 vertical feet
Bear Valley, California, 10 miles away
      1900 vertical feet
 Whitewater Near Granite Lake:
Mokelumne River - North Fork, Alpine/ Amador/ Calaveras CountyCounty, 8 miles away
      Class V+ - 24.9 miles long (Route 4 Bridge to Salt Springs Reservoir)
American River - South Fork, El Dorado CountyCounty, 10 miles away
      Class IV-V - 9.6 miles long (Strawberry to Kyburz)
Silver Creek - South Fork, El Dorado CountyCounty, 15 miles away
      Class V+ - 2 miles long (Atherton Flat to Ice House Reservoir)
 National Parks Near Granite Lake:
Yosemite National Park, Yosemite National Park - CA, 66 miles away
 Lakes Near Granite Lake:
Silver Lake, Amador CountyCounty, 1 miles away
Shealor Lakes, El Dorado CountyCounty, 3 miles away

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