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Collins Lake Beach

Collins Lake Beach from directly overhead

Collins Lake Beach is a beach in California, at a modelled elevation of 362 m. Big Hill stands 1,145 m to the northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Collins Lake Group Picnic Area #1, a picnic site 0.1 miles away.

What to expect

Operated by
Collins Lake Recreation Area

How to reach it

Coordinates39.33368, -121.32280

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Collins Lake Recreation Area: 0.4 mi
  • Lake Wildwood Community Center: 8.6 mi
  • Commodore Park: 8.6 mi
  • Bugler Cove Park: 8.7 mi
  • Vista Park: 9.0 mi
Peaks
  • Stanfield Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Donovan Hill: 1.7 mi
  • McGinn Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Flanly Peak: 1.8 mi
  • Chaparral Hill: 2.0 mi
Waterfalls: 21
Historic sites: 16
Museums: 15
Attractions: 8
Nature reserves: 8
Springs: 6
  • Oven Spring: 13.2 mi
  • Jackies Orchard Spring: 19.8 mi
  • Holden Spring: 20.8 mi
  • Willow Spring: 23.4 mi
  • Derbec Spring: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Picnic sites: 4
  • Collins Lake Group Picnic Area #1: 0.1 mi
  • Overlook Point Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
  • Humbug Creek Picknic: 20.8 mi
  • Convict Flat Picnic Site: 23.7 mi
Cliffs: 4
Gardens: 4
  • Nisenan Garden: 16.4 mi
  • Bourn Gardens: 17.0 mi
  • Toride Japan Sister City Garden: 21.3 mi
  • Community Garden: 23.0 mi
Beaches: 3
Artworks: 1
  • Eagle: 15.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Collins Lake Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big HillNE 35°1,145 m16.1 mi
Pike County PeakNNE 33°1,095 m11.7 mi
Mount HopeNNE 26°1,075 m14.3 mi
Oregon PeakENE 64°1,047 m8.7 mi
Sunset HillN 5°1,006 m13.2 mi
Fountain House HillNE 51°982 m8.5 mi
Weiss HillN 4°975 m11.3 mi
Summit HillENE 59°960 m9.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4219:18
June solstice05:4019:5620:36
September equinox06:5418:2919:04
December solstice07:2216:0416:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454751546169757570615145
Precip in7.77.27.83.22.40.70.00.10.42.65.38.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dobbins 1 S, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/188295780

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