Rucker Lake, Northern Sierra Nevada, Nevada County, California     User input for Rucker Lake, Northern Sierra Nevada, Nevada County, California: Be the first to submit input for Rucker Lake. Help improve this web site with your great input. Submit Input: Your Name: Write or Paste Input here: Upload picture:      Review Guidelines       If you like lakes and you're in this part of California you can check out Rucker Lake. A short visit to Black Oak Spring is always worthwhile, and Rucker Lake is wonderful enough to spend more than a day at, Lake Spaulding Campground is a wonderful local campground. If only every place had this much outdoors enjoyable stuff, what a great earth it would be. Here at Rucker Lake there are plenty of people from Truckee-Grass Valley, and get yourself into a kayak and       hit Yuba River - South Fork. Rucker Lake is one of the lakes here in the Northern Sierra Nevada. And if that's not sufficient, there's lots more to do in the vicinity of Rucker Lake. A great deal of precipitation falls at Rucker Lake; most of the rain falls during January; July is when it's the driest. These mountains rock, just check out all the cool things to do in the Northern Sierra Nevada. If the weather is perfect here at Rucker Lake, you can go for                  a hike along the Eagle Bird Trail, and here at Rucker Lake you can catch a sight of Clyde Mountain. This lake is so wonderful. There's no such thing as a bad day of skiing at nearby Soda Springs, and there's some flowing water nearby, Alder Creek is a stream you can check out during your stay. Dry warm beds await you at Rainbow Lodge, and there is a magnificent hiking trail close by called the Canyon Creek Trail. If you want a magnificent time in the great outdoors just come on up to the Northern Sierra Nevada. Really glorious skiing awaits you at Royal Gorge. There's so much to do here at Rucker Lake that you need to camp here for a while, Fuller Lake Campground is a delightful place for that. This lake is so wonderful. If you come at the right time of year, Fordyce Creek offers some pleasant whitewater. Lakes are good; Blue Lake is a lake that's close to Rucker Lake. For the period of the months of summer, highs typically are in the 80's at Rucker Lake while night lows are regularly in the 40's. The winter comes with highs in the 40's; overnight lows at Rucker Lake during the wintertime commonly dip into the 20's. If you need a location to stay Shinneyboo Creek Cabin Resort is a pleasant choice, and the Spaulding Lake Trail is a good hiking trail nearby.   Deer Creek Inn, Nevada City 13 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 23 miles away Current weather conditions at Rucker Lake, Northern Sierra Nevada, Nevada County, California Local climate location: DOWNIEVILLE 10 miles away   Coordinates: Latitude: 39.35639 Longitude: -120.6572 Northern Sierra Nevada Lakes Complete list of all the lakes in the Northern Sierra Nevada. Northern Sierra Nevada Outdoors Info Complete outdoors info for the Northern Sierra Nevada. California Lakes Complete list of all lakes in California Nevada County Lakes Complete list of all lakes in Nevada County Books about Rucker Lake List of books available on Amazon.com about Rucker Lake, Northern Sierra Nevada, Nevada County, California. Outdoors Recreation Near Truckee-Grass Valley, California Very comprehensive list of a variety of outdoors recreation in the vicinity of Truckee-Grass Valley, California, the metro area neareast to Rucker Lake. Find info on campgrounds, hiking trails, ski resorts, lakes, beaches, parks, whitewater and more. California Outdoors Index This is a very comprehensive index of outdoors activities in the great state of California.     These outdoors activities are available near Rucker Lake.   Hotels Near Rucker Lake: Rainbow Lodge, Soda Springs, 6 miles away Shinneyboo Creek Cabin Resort, Soda Springs, 11 miles away Hoyfjellet Lodge, Soda Springs, 11 miles away Deer Creek Inn, Nevada City, 13 miles away Dutch Flat Hotel, Dutch Flat, 15 miles away   Camp Grounds Near Rucker Lake: Fuller Lake Campground, Nevada County, 0 miles away Lake Spaulding Campground, Nevada County, 2 miles away Carr-Feeley Campground, Nevada County, 3 miles away Bear Valley Campground, Placer County, 3 miles away   Hiking Trails Near Rucker Lake: Eagle Bird Trail, Nevada County, 3 miles away       1.6 hiking miles, 1371 feet elevation difference Spaulding Lake Trail, Nevada County, 3 miles away        3.6 hiking miles, 601 feet elevation difference Canyon Creek Trail, Nevada County, 3 miles away       4.9 hiking miles, 1929 feet elevation difference   Ski Areas Near Rucker Lake: Royal Gorge, California, 13 miles away       1600 vertical feet Soda Springs, California, 19 miles away       652 vertical feet Boreal, California, 21 miles away       500 vertical feet   Whitewater Near Rucker Lake: Yuba River - South Fork, Nevada/ Placer CountyCounty, 5 miles away       Class IV-V(V+) - 7.5 miles long (Cisco Grove to Spaulding Reservoir) Fordyce Creek, Nevada CountyCounty, 6 miles away       Class IV-V - 12 miles long (Fordyce Lake to Lake Spaulding) American River - North Fork, Placer CountyCounty, 8 miles away       Class IV-V - 12.3 miles long (Tadpole Creek to Euchre Bar)   Lakes Near Rucker Lake: Blue Lake, Nevada CountyCounty, 2 miles away