Lower Kinney Lake, Northern Sierra Nevada, Alpine County, California

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    A visit to Lower Kinney Lake is always a good idea. This lake is so wonderful. Lower Kinney Lake is a good place to visit for more than one day, Bloomfield Campground is a good place to camp nearby, and get your heart beating on the glorious whitewater of Carson River - East Fork. On a wonderful day at Lower Kinney Lake you can take a hike along the Pacific Crest Trail - section 13, and Black Dome is picturesque and can be observed from here. Lower Kinney Lake  
   is one of the lakes here in the Northern Sierra Nevada.
This lake is so wonderful. A perfect place for whitewater paddling close to Lower Kinney Lake is Carson River - East Fork; dry warm beds await you at Super 8 Gardnerville. Gotta ski! Kirkwood is a good site to do that. You'll need more than a day to look at everything Lower Kinney Lake has to offer, you can camp at Hermit Valley Campground. The warmest time of the year at Lower Kinney Lake arrives with
 
               high temperatures in the 70's. Once the sun is down it drops down to the 40's. The cold days of the wintertime come with highs in the 30's, and winter nights come with lows in the 10's to Lower Kinney Lake.
These mountains rock, just look at all the enjoyable stuff to do in the Northern Sierra Nevada. Bloomfield Meadow is a good site, and a good site to pop by is Ebbetts Pass. The Charity Valley Trail is a glorious hiking trail close to Lower Kinney Lake, and everyone nearby loves skiing at Bear Valley. Lower Kinney Lake typically gets a lot of precipitation; most of the snow falls through January, and July on the other hand is the driest.
If you want a magnificent time in the great outdoors just come on up to the Northern Sierra Nevada. Wet Meadows Reservoir is a nearby lake that you could stop at; there is a nice hiking trail close by called the Burnside Lake Trail. Any time is a wonderful time at Lower Kinney Lake if you have a thing about the outdoors. While you're here at Lower Kinney Lake, you could also check out scenic Kinney Reservoir; there's some flowing water nearby, Elbow Creek is a stream you can pop by during your stay. There's just no way anybody can get bored here at Lower Kinney Lake.

 
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Current weather conditions at Lower Kinney Lake, Northern Sierra Nevada, Alpine County, California
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Local climate location: TAHOE VALLEY FAA AP 11 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 38.55833
Longitude: -119.8272

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 Hotels Near Lower Kinney Lake:
Super 8 Gardnerville, Gardnerville, 21 miles away
Best Western Topaz Lake Inn, Topaz Lake, 21 miles away
Harvest Inn-St Helena, Napa Valley, Saint Helena, 21 miles away
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites MINDEN, Minden, 22 miles away
Tahoe Seasons Resort (Vri), South Lake Tahoe, 22 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Lower Kinney Lake:
Bloomfield Campground, Alpine County, 1 miles away
Hermit Valley Campground, Alpine County, 4 miles away
Highland Lakes Campground, Alpine County, 4 miles away
Pacific Valley Campground, Alpine County, 6 miles away
 Hiking Trails Near Lower Kinney Lake:
Pacific Crest Trail - section 13, County, 3 miles away
      66 hiking miles, 3818 feet elevation difference
Charity Valley Trail, Alpine County, 8 miles away
      4.5 hiking miles, 2275 feet elevation difference
Burnside Lake Trail, Alpine County, 8 miles away
      3.4 hiking miles, 2762 feet elevation difference
 Ski Areas Near Lower Kinney Lake:
Bear Valley, California, 15 miles away
      1900 vertical feet
Kirkwood, California, 16 miles away
      2000 vertical feet
Heavenly, California, 21 miles away
      3500 vertical feet
 Whitewater Near Lower Kinney Lake:
Carson River - East Fork, Alpine CountyCounty, 8 miles away
      Class III - 7.3 miles long (Cave Rock to Hangman's Bridge)
Carson River - East Fork, Alpine CountyCounty, 8 miles away
      Class II - 20 miles long (Hangman's Bridge to Gardnerville)
Stanislaus River - Middle Fork, Tuolumne CountyCounty, 13 miles away
      Class IV-V - 13 miles long (Baker Campground to Donnells Lake)
 National Parks Near Lower Kinney Lake:
Yosemite National Park, Yosemite National Park - CA, 54 miles away
 Lakes Near Lower Kinney Lake:
Kinney Reservoir, Alpine CountyCounty, 1 miles away
Wet Meadows Reservoir, Alpine CountyCounty, 4 miles away

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