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Whohoo, so much entertaining stuff in one place! Twin Lakes Reservoir is excellent! A gorgeous lake like Caples Lake near Twin Lakes Reservoir is a nice place to stop at, and after a long day outdoors Meadowstone is a splendid place to spend a night or two. Near Twin Lakes Reservoir you stumble on the Burnside Lake Trail which is a great hiking trail; you can stay the night at Caples Lake Campground. So much enjoyable stuff in the Northern Sierra Nevada, just
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| | tremendous. Do pop by Showers Lake in close proximity to Twin Lakes Reservoir, it's a pretty lake; Little Round Top can be observed from Twin Lakes Reservoir. Life's too short to enjoy all the enjoyable things in the Northern Sierra Nevada. The Hawley Grade Trail is a splendid hiking trail next to Twin Lakes Reservoir. You'll need more than a day to look at everything Twin Lakes Reservoir has to offer, you can camp at Kirwood Campground. The best way to | |
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spend a winter day is on the slopes of nearby Sierra at Tahoe; it's a glorious idea to stop by Emigrant Creek. Through the warm days of summer, highs frequently are in the 70's at Twin Lakes Reservoir, and through the night it cools
down to the 40's. The winter comes with highs in the 30's while Twin Lakes Reservoir night low temperatures all through the wintertime are in the 10's. Twin Lakes Reservoir is a wet location that gets a large amount of precipitation;
during January this area sees the most snow while July is typically the driest month. This lake is so wonderful. A perfect close by hotel is The Meadow, and there is a nice hiking trail nearby called the Charity Valley Trail. This
lake is so wonderful. There's whitewater on Mokelumne River - North Fork for all you thrill seekers; a pleasant tour to Emigrant Valley is a great way to spend an afternoon. Twin Lakes Reservoir is one of the lakes here in the
Northern Sierra Nevada. All the outdoors entertaining stuff right next door to Twin Lakes Reservoir will keep you coming back persistently. Here at Twin Lakes Reservoir there are plenty of people from Gardnerville Ranchos. Get your
heart pumping on the delightful whitewater of American River - South Fork, and you can hit the slopes at Kirkwood close by.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 38.70667 Longitude: -120.0483
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| | Hiking Trails Near Twin Lakes Reservoir:
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Hawley Grade Trail, El Dorado County, 5 miles away 1.8 hiking miles, 920 feet elevation difference |
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Burnside Lake Trail, Alpine County, 13 miles away 3.4 hiking miles, 2762 feet elevation difference |
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Kirkwood, California, 2 miles away 2000 vertical feet |
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Bear Valley, California, 12 miles away 1900 vertical feet |
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| | Whitewater Near Twin Lakes Reservoir:
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Mokelumne River - North Fork, Alpine/ Amador/ Calaveras CountyCounty, 10 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, 18 miles away Class V+ - 2 miles long (Atherton Flat to Ice House Reservoir) |
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Kirkwood
 | 10 PHOTOS ...fornia's only all mountain and backcountry education program, Kirkwood offers skiers and riders the ... |
Woods Lake
 | ... a quaint little lake tucked away between the mountains. It can be busy during peak season, but on a... |
Round Top Lake
 | ...d Top Lake tell an interesting story about the climate history of the Northern Sierra. Read about it... |
Round Lake
 | ...lows into Lake Tahoe, and the outflow is known simply as the ''Truckee River'' which ends up flowing... |
Cup Lake
 | Go here if you want to easily catch tons of tiny cut throats.... |
Bear River Lake Resort
 | ...ry nice. A group of 30+ were with us for a wedding in Lake Tahoe. We stayed here and everyone was ... |
Sierra at Tahoe
 | 3 PHOTOS ...rn California skiers and snowboarders have found a winter home at Sierra Resort, just outside of Sou... |
Frog Lake
 | ... I want to camp there around the time of the full Aug moon, maybe even bark at the moon. haven't bee... |
Wheeler Lake
 | 11 miles away ...could see leaving from the woodchuck trailhead. Had the whole lake to ourselves all afternoon. Perfe... |
Chris Haven Mobile Home Park
 | 11 miles away Chris Haven is the best run location I've been in !... |
Bear Valley
 | 11 miles away Lots of really great runs, too many to name. I go here as often as I have a chance.... |
Cascade Lake
 | 12 miles away Can anyone tell me if Cascade Lake or lake access is on private property. I can't find public acess.... |
Grouse Lake
 | 13 miles away ...ide so I stop and rest 3-4 times on the way up and it took me a little over 2 hours to reach the top... |
Mosquito Lake
 | 13 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... |
Utica Reservoir
 | 14 miles away 1 PHOTO ...en a drunken rowdy group. Bear warnings now posted but not back in the 1990's. Good fishing. Lake... |
Heavenly
 | 15 miles away 4 PHOTOS ...rt below? Will it be 34 miles of wide-open, groomed cruisers, 1,600-foot plunges in the double-black... |
Salt Springs Reservoir
 | 16 miles away ...a narrow 18 mile road from HWY 88. When we got to the dam, we found that the boat ramp was closed to... |
Sand Flat Campground
 | 16 miles away ... On my way out, I was met with a Mitsubishi sedan making his way down. He was doing fine, although h... |
Turtle Rock Campgrounds
 | 16 miles away 1 PHOTO |
Lake Number Three
 | 17 miles away ...eautifully cradled against the Crystal mountain range. On a clear day, you can see well into the Sac... |
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 ... |
Pearl Lake
 | 17 miles away ...l, ittle lake you could ever camp or fish at. When you park your vehicle at Wrights Lake and hike pa... |
Pacific Crest Trail - section 13
 | 19 miles away ...acking. For these particular mountains, it is imperative that the hiker carry a compass (and know h... |
Burgson Lake
 | 19 miles away 1 PHOTO ...o the lake. There were boy scouts there and also a forest service crew disassembling fire rings. The... |
Homewood
 | 21 miles away Friend of mine went skiing here and he says it was great. I'm planning to give a try this season mys... |
Granlibakken
 | 25 miles away ...nt here one time with my mom and dad when I was a little girl, it was so much fun. There were a lot ... |
Alpine Meadows
 | 27 miles away This is such a great place to ski, I loved every minute of it.... |
Dodge Ridge
 | 28 miles away ...ke you can at the bigger resorts. They have a great all-day ski school program. They recently put in... |
Squaw Valley
 | 29 miles away This mountain is huge, plenty of runs and lifts.... |
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