Burton Creek State Park
Burton Creek State Park is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,015 m. Relay Peak stands 3,135 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Burton Creek Natural Preserve, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 7.6 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- State of California
How to reach it
- 7.6 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
- 9.8 mi off the Mount Rose Highway
- 29.5 mi off the Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Memorial Point Scenic Overlook · 11 mi
- Scenic lookout · 12 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 14 mi
- Cave Rock · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- US Forest Service Klausen Property: 0.9 mi
- Robert Pomin Park: 1.0 mi
- Tahoe City PUD Boat Ramp: 1.1 mi
- Dog Park: 1.2 mi
- Lake Tahoe Commons Beach: 1.2 mi
- Mount Watson: 2.3 mi
- Cinder Cone: 2.5 mi
- Painted Rock: 2.6 mi
- Mount Pluto: 3.7 mi
- Bullshead: 4.7 mi
- Burton Creek Natural Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Antone Meadows Natural Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Dollar Property: 1.7 mi
- Placer County Open Space: 3.3 mi
- Ward Creek: 4.0 mi
- Ralph R. Steele Memorial: 1.7 mi
- Olympic Flame: 3.5 mi
- Benny Heineike's Rock: 6.7 mi
- Watson Monument: 7.5 mi
- Victory Highway Monument: 10.0 mi
- William Kent Beach: 3.4 mi
- Patton Beach: 4.1 mi
- Moon Dunes Beach: 6.2 mi
- Secline Beach: 6.7 mi
- Kings Beach: 6.9 mi
- UC Davis Eriksson Education Center: 0.9 mi
- Watson Cabin: 1.2 mi
- Gatekeeper's Museum: 1.5 mi
- Fox Cultural Hall: 7.1 mi
- Truckee Railroad Museum: 10.0 mi
- Twin Crags: 2.2 mi
- Thunder Cliff: 2.7 mi
- Slab Cliffs: 12.7 mi
- Tunnel Rock: 13.1 mi
- Tunnel Rock: 13.1 mi
- Five Lakes Trailhead: 5.0 mi
- Rodeo Grounds: 9.8 mi
- Thunderbird Lodge: 11.0 mi
- China Wall: 13.1 mi
- Rubicon Point Light: 13.5 mi
- Eagle Falls: 16.4 mi
- Lower Eagle Falls: 16.4 mi
- Upper Eagle Falls: 16.5 mi
- East Snow Mountain Falls: 17.0 mi
- Lower King's Canyon Waterfall: 17.3 mi
- Big Spring: 7.6 mi
- Brockway Spring: 7.8 mi
- Juniper Ridge Spring: 12.0 mi
- Coyote Spring: 14.5 mi
- Health Springs: 15.0 mi
- The Big Tree: 1.2 mi
- The Ants: 11.0 mi
- "Snowshoe" Thompson: 15.4 mi
- St Theresa: 19.3 mi
- Meeks Bay Beach: 10.6 mi
- Donner Camp Picnic Site: 13.1 mi
- French Meadows Day Use Site: 15.1 mi
- Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
- Donner Lake Vista Point: 12.9 mi
- Donner Summit Rest Area: 15.2 mi
- Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 17.9 mi
- Carson City Community Garden: 20.4 mi
- Washoe City: 21.2 mi
- Galena: 21.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Burton Creek State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Relay Peak | NE 49° | 3,135 m | 13.4 mi |
| Rose Knob Peak | NE 53° | 2,932 m | 12.1 mi |
| Rose Knob | NE 50° | 2,922 m | 10.9 mi |
| Rifle Peak | NE 48° | 2,892 m | 10.5 mi |
| Mount Baldy | NE 50° | 2,826 m | 9.6 mi |
| Granite Chief | W 275° | 2,749 m | 8.0 mi |
| Tinker Knob | WNW 296° | 2,713 m | 8.8 mi |
| Lyon Peak | W 278° | 2,713 m | 9.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:51 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:59 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 31 | 34 | 39 | 47 | 55 | 62 | 61 | 55 | 46 | 37 | 30 |
| Precip in | 6.2 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tahoe City, 1 mi away.
- Snowplant91 obs
- Common Merganser69 obs
- Steller's Jay67 obs
- Brewer's Blackbird66 obs
- Mallard60 obs
- Canada Goose59 obs
- woolly mule's ears54 obs
- woodland pinedrops52 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/38224485
Day trips start here
- Tahoe City · 1 mi
- Olympic Valley · 5 mi
- Tahoe Vista · 6 mi
- Homewood · 7 mi
- Lake Tahoe · 8 mi
- Incline Village · 10 mi
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