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Beautiful Silver Lake has much to offer visitors. Camping is available at Oyster Creek Campground, and don't leave Silver Lake without first going for a hike along the Hawley Grade Trail. So much enjoyable stuff to do here in the Northern Sierra Nevada, too delightful to be true. Silver Lake is not the only place nearby, Granite Lake is a nearby lake, and Martin Meadow is a perfect place. Summer brings highs in the 70's to Silver Lake. Once the sun is down
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| | it sinks down to the 40's. The wintertime comes with highs in the 30's, and overnight lows in the 10's for Silver Lake. This lake is so wonderful. Harvest Inn-St Helena, Napa Valley is a pleasant spot to get some rest, and if you like skiing, you're in luck; Sierra at Tahoe is reasonably near. All the water falling down from the sky makes Silver Lake a wet place; through January this area sees the most snow; the driest month of the year is July. A brilliant | |
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spot for whitewater paddling near Silver Lake is American River - South Fork, and if you get bored of Silver Lake you could also go to close by Oyster Lake. This lake is so wonderful. Mokelumne River - North Fork is a fine whitewater
spot near Silver Lake, and if you need a place to stay Pine Cone Acre Motel is a good choice. You must check out Ferguson Point when you're here at Silver Lake, and hiking is a popular thing to do around Silver Lake; Windmiller Trail
is a great local trail. You truly have to go for Silver Lake. A day on the slopes of Kirkwood is just what you need, and the peak of Castle Point can be seen from Silver Lake. You imagine that's enough? Just getting warmed up.
The Northern Sierra Nevada scenery is always beautiful. Man, is there heaps of entertaining stuff to do in the Northern Sierra Nevada. Camping at Ferguson Point Campground is always a delightful experience; good hiking is available along the Emigrant Trail.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 38.66833 Longitude: -120.1206
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| | Hiking Trails Near Silver Lake:
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Hawley Grade Trail, El Dorado County, 10 miles away 1.8 hiking miles, 920 feet elevation difference |
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Emigrant Trail, Alpine County, 13 miles away 1.2 hiking miles, 463 feet elevation difference |
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Windmiller Trail, El Dorado County, 14 miles away 2.9 hiking miles, 1011 feet elevation difference |
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Kirkwood, California, 5 miles away 2000 vertical feet |
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Bear Valley, California, 11 miles away 1900 vertical feet |
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Mokelumne River - North Fork, Alpine/ Amador/ Calaveras CountyCounty, 9 miles away Class V+ - 24.9 miles long (Route 4 Bridge to Salt Springs Reservoir) |
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Silver Creek - South Fork, El Dorado CountyCounty, 14 miles away Class V+ - 2 miles long (Atherton Flat to Ice House Reservoir) |
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Frog Lake
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Salt Springs Reservoir
 | 11 miles away ...boat, and boat camped and fished for a few days. I planned the same trip yesterday. We went in when ... |
Grouse Lake
 | 11 miles away ...he surrounding area. From certain points in the trail you can see Ice House Lake as well as looking ... |
Wheeler Lake
 | 12 miles away ...at hike. We hit it at the peak wildflower time for the yellow mule ears as far as you could see leav... |
Sand Flat Campground
 | 14 miles away ...way out, I was met with a Mitsubishi sedan making his way down. He was doing fine, although he was h... |
Utica Reservoir
 | 14 miles away 1 PHOTO ...oup. Bear warnings now posted but not back in the 1990's. Good fishing. Lake feeds to Union below... |
Pearl Lake
 | 15 miles away ... beautiful, ittle lake you could ever camp or fish at. When you park your vehicle at Wrights Lake an... |
Chris Haven Mobile Home Park
 | 15 miles away Chris Haven is the best run location I've been in !... |
Lake Number Three
 | 15 miles away ...ss Boundary. Upon arrival, you find yourself along a lake which is beautifully cradled against the C... |
Mosquito Lake
 | 16 miles away 1 PHOTO This lake is the good trout fishing all the time. Try power bait or a worm and a marshmellow green o... |
Spicer Meadow Reservoir
 | 17 miles away Bears. Lots of bears. Lots of bears who are not afraid of people. I wouldn't clean your catch right ... |
Heavenly
 | 20 miles away 4 PHOTOS ...skiing in North America? Is it the 80-foot jumps in High Roller Terrain Park, or a thrill ride on th... |
Dodge Ridge
 | 28 miles away ...e bigger resorts. They have a great all-day ski school program. They recently put in a new lodge, no... |
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