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If the weather is tremendous here at Tamarack Lake, you can go for a hike along the Charity Valley Trail; one of the major highlights of the surroundings of Tamarack Lake is Jeff Davis Peak. This lake is so wonderful. Head up to Bear Valley and strap some skis to your feet, and Hellhole Lake is a nearby lake that you could visit. Having a great time in the Northern Sierra Nevada is easy. Near Tamarack Lake you locate the Pacific Crest Trail - section 13 which
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| | is a perfect hiking trail, and The Mountain Club is a nice location to get some rest. This lake is located in the wonderful Northern Sierra Nevada. The best way to spend a winter day is on the slopes of close by Kirkwood, and a brilliant location to camp here at Tamarack Lake is Lower Blue Lake Campground. So much cool stuff to do at Tamarack Lake, so little time. The Burnside Lake Trail is a great hiking trail in close proximity to Tamarack Lake, and | |
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camping is available at Middle Creek Campground. But wait, there's more enjoyable things to do in the Northern Sierra Nevada. You can run the rapids of Carson River - East Fork close to Tamarack Lake, and do go to Lily Pad Lake,
it's a picturesque lake. This place rocks, just check out all the fun stuff to do close to Tamarack Lake. People from Gardnerville Ranchos love to come to Tamarack Lake; dry warm beds await you at The Meadow. This lake is so wonderful.
Border Ruffian Flat is a nice location to check out; glorious water scenery is available at Summit Lake Dam in the neighborhood of Tamarack Lake. For the period of the summertime months here at Tamarack Lake, high temperatures generally
reach the 70's; through summer nights temperatures are in the 40's. Highs during the winter are typically in the 30's; after the sun is down during the winter temperatures at Tamarack Lake dip into the 10's. Tamarack Lake mostly gets
a lot of precipitation; the month of January is the wettest with most of the snow, and July is when it's the driest.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 38.61333 Longitude: -119.8983
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| These outdoors activities are available near Tamarack Lake. |
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| | Hiking Trails Near Tamarack Lake:
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Burnside Lake Trail, Alpine County, 5 miles away 3.4 hiking miles, 2762 feet elevation difference |
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Kirkwood, California, 11 miles away 2000 vertical feet |
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Bear Valley, California, 12 miles away 1900 vertical feet |
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Heavenly, California, 18 miles away 3500 vertical feet |
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| | Whitewater Near Tamarack Lake:
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Carson River - East Fork, Alpine CountyCounty, 10 miles away Class II - 20 miles long (Hangman's Bridge to Gardnerville) |
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Mokelumne River - North Fork, Alpine/ Amador/ Calaveras CountyCounty, 12 miles away Class V+ - 24.9 miles long (Route 4 Bridge to Salt Springs Reservoir) |
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Pacific Crest Trail - section 13
 | ... to follow, others are not. In many instances the hiker will travel down a false herd path and even... |
Frog Lake
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Round Top Lake
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Woods Lake
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Turtle Rock Campgrounds
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Round Lake
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Kirkwood
 | 10 miles away 10 PHOTOS ... ''must-see'' for visitors to Lake Tahoe. Home to Expedition: Kirkwood, California's only all mount... |
Utica Reservoir
 | 11 miles away 1 PHOTO ...ar warnings now posted but not back in the 1990's. Good fishing. Lake feeds to Union below. Do no... |
Bear Valley
 | 11 miles away Lots of really great runs, too many to name. I go here as often as I have a chance.... |
Clark Fork Campground
 | 13 miles away ... creeks such as Cloudburst and Arnot that are good fishing too. The hike up the trail along the upp... |
Spicer Meadow Reservoir
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Burgson Lake
 | 14 miles away 1 PHOTO ...here 8/29/09.
Found it on the Stanislaus Nat'l Forest map. No trail on the map for Burgson La... |
Sand Flat Campground
 | 16 miles away ...d you'll be fine. On my way out, I was met with a Mitsubishi sedan making his way down. He was doing... |
Bear River Lake Resort
 | 16 miles away ...veryone was helpful. The continental breakfast was great. And you have to check out Magoons Saloon... |
Chris Haven Mobile Home Park
 | 17 miles away Chris Haven is the best run location I've been in !... |
Heavenly
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And when the sun g... |
Cup Lake
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Sierra at Tahoe
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Herring Creek Reservoir
 | 19 miles away As of this year Fish & Game wont be planting the rez... Oh well there'se always Pinecrest.... |
Dodge Ridge
 | 23 miles away ... ski school program. They recently put in a new lodge, now all they need is some snow-making equipme... |
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