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Bucknam Tract Conservation Easement

Bucknam Tract Conservation Easement from directly overhead

Bucknam Tract Conservation Easement is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,891 m. Mount Baldy stands 2,826 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is China Cove Beach, a beach 0.9 miles away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 15 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Truckee Donner Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates39.33236, -120.24680

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Shoreline Park: 1.1 mi
  • Donner Lake Fishing Access: 1.1 mi
  • Donner Creek Public Access: 1.4 mi
  • Meadow Park: 1.8 mi
  • Donner Lake Launching Facility: 2.0 mi
Peaks
  • Jackass Point: 1.7 mi
  • Alder Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Prosser Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Donner Peak: 3.9 mi
  • George R. Stewart Peak: 3.9 mi
Nature reserves: 27
Historic sites: 21
Cliffs: 21
  • Green Phantom Rock: 3.9 mi
  • Snowshed East Face: 4.0 mi
  • Tunnel Rock: 4.0 mi
  • Tunnel Rock: 4.0 mi
  • Snowshed North Face: 4.0 mi
Beaches: 17
Museums: 14
  • Donner Memorial State Park Museum: 1.0 mi
  • Truckee-Donner Historical Society: 1.7 mi
  • Old Jail Museum: 3.2 mi
  • Truckee Railroad Museum: 3.3 mi
  • Museum of Truckee History: 3.3 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Donner Camp Picnic Site: 4.6 mi
  • French Meadows Day Use Site: 16.5 mi
  • Day Use Area: 18.6 mi
  • Lodgepole: 18.9 mi
  • Woodcamp Day Use Site: 19.5 mi
Springs: 8
  • Health Springs: 10.3 mi
  • Juniper Ridge Spring: 12.0 mi
  • Big Spring: 12.7 mi
  • Brockway Spring: 13.8 mi
  • Sardine Spring: 15.0 mi
Attractions: 7
Artworks: 3
Rest areas: 2
Waterfalls: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Campbell Hot Springs: 17.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Bucknam Tract Conservation Easement. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount BaldyESE 106°2,826 m13.7 mi
Mount LolaNW 318°2,788 m9.4 mi
Castle PeakWNW 293°2,773 m5.9 mi
Basin PeakWNW 299°2,749 m7.1 mi
Granite ChiefSSW 193°2,749 m9.5 mi
Tinker KnobSSW 199°2,713 m6.4 mi
Lyon PeakSSW 203°2,713 m9.4 mi
Needle PeakSSW 198°2,711 m9.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:3519:5220:32
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
December solstice07:1815:5916:42

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293135404856636155463628
Precip in6.76.66.22.72.10.70.30.40.52.23.66.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Donner MEM SP, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/633020213

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