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User input for Nancy Lake, Northern Sierra Nevada, Placer County, California:
Andy: Can anyone tell me the origin of the name of this lake, Nancy Lake located near Kingvale, CA.. A lovely little lake about 2 miles from Troy and I-80.
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Beautiful Nancy Lake has much to offer visitors. Through the long summer days highs here at Nancy Lake get into the 80's, and the overnight is rather colder of course, mostly in the 40's. For the duration of the wintertime highs are frequently in the 40's; after the sun is down all through the wintertime temperatures at Nancy Lake sink into the 20's. Nancy Lake ordinarily gets a lot of rain; the month with most of the rain is January while July is the month with
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| | the least amount of precipitation. You'll truly wish for more hours in a day to enjoy all the enjoyable stuff in the Northern Sierra Nevada. Drift down the rapids of Fordyce Creek in a kayak; the skiing at Soda Springs is fine. This lake is so wonderful. If you need a site to stay Holiday Inn Express Truckee, Ca is a perfect choice. There's so much to do here at Nancy Lake that you need to camp here for a while, Sterling Lake Campground is a brilliant location | |
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for that. Just can't get enough of Nancy Lake. Stay the night at Cold Springs Campground, and the sight of Devils Peak is beautiful. If the weather is perfect here at Nancy Lake, you can go for a hike along the Long Valley Trail,
and there are other sites here than Nancy Lake, for example Fisher Lake. This lake is so wonderful. Paddling on Yuba River - South Fork is so much fun; on a nice day you can take a hike along the Cherry Point Trail. Plumpjack Squaw
Valley Inn is a great place to get some rest; not far from Nancy Lake you'll discover Natalie Lake which is a pretty lake. The Northern Sierra Nevada scenery is always beautiful. If you adore the outdoors you'll adore it here
in the Northern Sierra Nevada. Royal Gorge is a magnificent local ski area, and the Loch Leven Trail is a brilliant hiking trail close by.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 39.28917 Longitude: -120.4611
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| These outdoors activities are available near Nancy Lake. |
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| | Hiking Trails Near Nancy Lake:
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Long Valley Trail, Placer County, 2 miles away 5.6 hiking miles, 816 feet elevation difference |
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Cherry Point Trail, Placer County, 3 miles away 5.3 hiking miles, 1079 feet elevation difference |
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Loch Leven Trail, Placer County, 3 miles away 4.4 hiking miles, 1191 feet elevation difference |
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Royal Gorge, California, 7 miles away 1600 vertical feet |
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Boreal, California, 8 miles away 500 vertical feet |
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Yuba River - South Fork, Nevada/ Placer CountyCounty, 2 miles away Class IV-V - 5.2 miles long (Kingvale to Cisco Grove) |
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Fordyce Creek, Nevada CountyCounty, 8 miles away Class IV-V - 12 miles long (Fordyce Lake to Lake Spaulding) |
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Yuba River - South Fork, Nevada/ Placer CountyCounty, 9 miles away Class IV-V(V+) - 7.5 miles long (Cisco Grove to Spaulding Reservoir) |
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