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    Loon Lake is a great lake in an area with lots of outdoors fun all around. This lake is located in the wonderful Northern Sierra Nevada. A lake close by is Berts Lake; there's brilliant hiking along the Loon Lake Trail. Life's too short to enjoy all the exciting things right next door to Loon Lake.
Summer brings highs in the 80's to Loon Lake. Once the sun is down it descends down to the 40's. For the duration of the wintertime the highs are regularly in
 
   the 40's, and overnight lows during the winter for Loon Lake tend to be in the 20's. You believe that's enough? Just getting warmed up. If the weather is wonderful, you get a glorious sight of Brown Mountain from Loon Lake, and why not take a refreshing hike along the McKinstry Trail. Mineral Springs is always fun to check out, and the snow is perfect at Homewood.
Not enough hours in a day to enjoy the Northern Sierra Nevada. Silver Creek - South Fork has
 
               a perfect whitewater paddling spot close by; the Poison Hole Trail offers hiking at its best. If you need a site to stay Plumpjack Squaw Valley Inn is a tremendous choice, and you can stay the night at Wentworth Springs Campground. This lake is so wonderful. You'll need more than a day to look at everything Loon Lake has to offer, you can camp at Pleasant Boat-In Campground; if you get bored of Loon Lake you could also check out nearby Bugle Lake.
But wait, there's more cool stuff to do in the Northern Sierra Nevada. Getting to Ellis Creek from Loon Lake is easy, and dry warm beds await you at Squaw Valley Lodge. Lots of precipitation falls at Loon Lake; throughout the month of January you get the most rain around here, and July is when it's the driest. This lake is so wonderful. Paddling on American River - South Fork is so much fun, and the best way to spend a winter day is on the slopes of close by Alpine Meadows.

 
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Current weather conditions at Loon Lake, Northern Sierra Nevada, El Dorado County, California
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Local climate location: LAKE SPAULDING 11 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 39.00278
Longitude: -120.3097

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These outdoors activities are available near Loon Lake.
 Hotels Near Loon Lake:
Squaw Valley Lodge, Squaw Valley, 12 miles away
Plumpjack Squaw Valley Inn, Olympic Valley, 12 miles away
Village at Squaw Valley, Olympic Valley, 12 miles away
Resort At Squaw Creek, Olympic Valley, 13 miles away
Pepper Tree Inn, Tahoe City, 15 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Loon Lake:
Wentworth Springs Campground, El Dorado County, 1 miles away
Pleasant Boat-In Campground, El Dorado County, 1 miles away
Hell Hole-In Campground, Placer County, 6 miles away
Yellow Jacket Campground, El Dorado County, 8 miles away
 Hiking Trails Near Loon Lake:
Loon Lake Trail, El Dorado County, 2 miles away
      2.7 hiking miles, 556 feet elevation difference
Poison Hole Trail, El Dorado County, 3 miles away
      3.3 hiking miles, 1377 feet elevation difference
McKinstry Trail, Placer County, 3 miles away
      8 hiking miles, 2734 feet elevation difference
 Ski Areas Near Loon Lake:
Alpine Meadows, California, 10 miles away
      1802 vertical feet
Homewood, California, 11 miles away
      1650 vertical feet
Sierra at Tahoe, California, 16 miles away
      2212 vertical feet
 Whitewater Near Loon Lake:
Silver Creek - South Fork, El Dorado CountyCounty, 10 miles away
      Class V+ - 2 miles long (Atherton Flat to Ice House Reservoir)
American River - South Fork, El Dorado CountyCounty, 13 miles away
      Class III-V - 9.6 miles long (Kyburz to Riverton)
American River - South Fork, El Dorado CountyCounty, 13 miles away
      Class IV-V - 9.6 miles long (Strawberry to Kyburz)
 Lakes Near Loon Lake:
Bugle Lake, Placer CountyCounty, 1 miles away
Berts Lake, El Dorado CountyCounty, 2 miles away

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