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It's always fun to stop by Rock Lake. This lake is so wonderful. Rock Lake is not the only place nearby, Lower Rock Lake is a nearby lake; a good close by hotel is Deer Creek Inn. Whitewater paddling is good on Yuba River - South Fork. You'll need more than a day to explore everything Rock Lake has to offer, you can camp at Jackson Creek Campground. Rock Lake gets a common amount of rain; most of the rain falls all through January while July is typically the
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| | driest month. You just can't imagine the amount of outdoors exciting stuff the Northern Sierra Nevada has to offer. If the weather is pretty, you obtain a brilliant vista of Bowman Mountain from Rock Lake, and in case you don’t have a problem getting covered with water, you can always go whitewater paddling on Fordyce Creek. This lake is so wonderful. Rock Lake is a site with many visitors from Truckee-Grass Valley; on a brilliant day you can take a hike | |
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along the Bowman Mountain Trail. This place, Rock Lake, it clearly has so much outdoors cool stuff. After a long day outdoors Chalet View Lodge is a great place to spend a night or two. Take a little journey to Jackson Creek if
you're here at Rock Lake, and there is a glorious hiking trail nearby called the Round Lake Trail. This lake is located in the wonderful Northern Sierra Nevada. Near Rock Lake you discover great places like Poison Canyon, and nice
skiing awaits you at Royal Gorge. Yeah, come here to Rock Lake for a wonderful time. There's no such thing as a bad day of skiing at nearby Soda Springs. There's so much to do here at Rock Lake that you need to camp here for a
while, Lindsey Campground is a good place for that. All through the summer at Rock Lake temperatures are frequently in the 90's while nighttime lows are frequently in the 40's. For the duration of the winter highs are in the 40's
while the cold winter nights at Rock Lake are in the 20's. Whohoo, so many entertaining things in one place! The Northern Sierra Nevada is peerless! If you get bored of Rock Lake, you could also pop by close by Rock Lake; the Crooked Lakes Trail is a brilliant hiking trail close by.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 39.43333 Longitude: -120.6167
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| | Hiking Trails Near Rock Lake:
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Crooked Lakes Trail, Nevada County, 2 miles away 7.4 hiking miles, 350 feet elevation difference |
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Round Lake Trail, Nevada County, 2 miles away 4 hiking miles, 406 feet elevation difference |
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Royal Gorge, California, 10 miles away 1600 vertical feet |
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Boreal, California, 19 miles away 500 vertical feet |
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Fordyce Creek, Nevada CountyCounty, 5 miles away Class IV-V - 12 miles long (Fordyce Lake to Lake Spaulding) |
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Yuba River - South Fork, Nevada/ Placer CountyCounty, 7 miles away Class IV-V(V+) - 7.5 miles long (Cisco Grove to Spaulding Reservoir) |
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Yuba River - North Fork, Sierra CountyCounty, 10 miles away Class IV-V - 13 miles long (Wild Plum Campground to Downieville) |
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