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     Milk Lake is a nice lake to visit. Summertime highs at Milk Lake frequently tend to be in the 80's. For the duration of the moonlight hours it's usually in the 40's. Highs during the winter are generally in the 40's with temperatures at Milk Lake dipping down into the 20's through winter nights. The skiing at Soda Springs is great. This lake is so wonderful. Hiking is a popular thing to do around Milk Lake; Round Lake Trail is a wonderful local trail, and if you  
   like skiing, you're in luck; Royal Gorge is reasonably near.
Milk Lake is located in the Northern Sierra Nevada. If you need a place to stay Chalet View Lodge is a great choice, and why not camp at Grouse Ridge Campground if you're here at Milk Lake. Having a good time in the Northern Sierra Nevada is easy. The peak of Fall Creek Mountain can be seen from Milk Lake, and you can run the rapids of Fordyce Creek.
If you want a splendid time in the great outdoors,
 
               just come on down to Milk Lake. You'll meet a lot of folks from Truckee-Grass Valley here; if you came for an overnight stay Carr-Feeley Campground is a good location to camp. This lake is so wonderful. Dry warm beds await you at Deer Creek Inn, and as expected, this is a magnificent area for folks who like lakes, Round Lake is a lake around here. Milk Lake is a quite wet place frequently with a lot of precipitation; January is the wettest month with most rain; the driest of the months is July.
There's fine hiking along the Crooked Lakes Trail. Lakes are great; Sanford Lake is a lake that's in the neighborhood of Milk Lake. You just can't envision the amount of outdoors exciting stuff the Northern Sierra Nevada has to offer. Why not take a refreshing hike along the Spaulding Lake Trail, and Yuba River - South Fork is a good whitewater spot nearby.

 
Deer Creek Inn, Nevada City
17 miles away
Deer Creek Inn is a 150 year old restored Queen Anne Victorian located in the historic Gold Rush town of Nevada City, California. The historic shopping and dining district on Broad Street is only foot...

Chalet View Lodge, Graeagle
21 miles away

Current weather conditions at Milk Lake, Northern Sierra Nevada, Nevada County, California
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Local climate location: DOWNIEVILLE 7 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 39.39528
Longitude: -120.6072

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These outdoors activities are available near Milk Lake.
 Hotels Near Milk Lake:
Deer Creek Inn, Nevada City, 17 miles away
Chalet View Lodge, Graeagle, 21 miles away
Holiday Inn Express Truckee, Ca, Truckee, 26 miles away
The Inn At Truckee, Truckee, 28 miles away
Plumpjack Squaw Valley Inn, Olympic Valley, 28 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Milk Lake:
Grouse Ridge Campground, Nevada County, 0 miles away
Carr-Feeley Campground, Nevada County, 2 miles away
Lindsey Campground, Nevada County, 3 miles away
Canyon Creek Campground, Nevada County, 3 miles away
 Hiking Trails Near Milk Lake:
Crooked Lakes Trail, Nevada County, 1 miles away
       7.4 hiking miles, 350 feet elevation difference
Round Lake Trail, Nevada County, 1 miles away
       4 hiking miles, 406 feet elevation difference
Spaulding Lake Trail, Nevada County, 2 miles away
       3.6 hiking miles, 601 feet elevation difference
 Ski Areas Near Milk Lake:
Royal Gorge, California, 9 miles away
      1600 vertical feet
Soda Springs, California, 16 miles away
      652 vertical feet
Boreal, California, 18 miles away
      500 vertical feet
 Whitewater Near Milk Lake:
Fordyce Creek, Nevada CountyCounty, 4 miles away
      Class IV-V - 12 miles long (Fordyce Lake to Lake Spaulding)
Yuba River - South Fork, Nevada/ Placer CountyCounty, 4 miles away
      Class IV-V(V+) - 7.5 miles long (Cisco Grove to Spaulding Reservoir)
Yuba River - South Fork, Nevada/ Placer CountyCounty, 9 miles away
      Class IV-V - 5.2 miles long (Kingvale to Cisco Grove)
 Lakes Near Milk Lake:
Round Lake, Nevada CountyCounty, 0 miles away
Sanford Lake, Nevada CountyCounty, 0 miles away

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