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Wintercreek

Wintercreek from directly overhead

Wintercreek is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,791 m. Mount Houghton stands 3,195 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Rodeo Grounds, a attraction 0.2 miles away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 11 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Truckee Donner Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates39.32524, -120.17298

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Truckee River Regional Park: 0.2 mi
  • Disc Golf Course: 0.2 mi
  • Community Arts Center: 0.6 mi
  • Trout Creek Pocket Park: 0.7 mi
  • Dewbeyúmuweʔ Park: 0.8 mi
Artworks
Peaks
  • Bald Mountain: 2.0 mi
  • Alder Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Jackass Point: 3.2 mi
  • Prosser Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Lookout Mountain: 4.6 mi
Gardens: 30
  • The Rose Garden: 22.6 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 22.7 mi
  • Jimmy's Garden: 24.0 mi
  • Jimmy's Garden: 24.0 mi
  • Hettich Garden: 24.1 mi
Nature reserves: 29
Historic sites: 28
Museums: 24
  • Museum of Truckee History: 0.7 mi
  • Truckee Railroad Museum: 0.7 mi
  • Old Jail Museum: 0.8 mi
  • Truckee-Donner Historical Society: 2.3 mi
  • Donner Memorial State Park Museum: 3.2 mi
Beaches: 18
Cliffs: 16
  • Green Phantom Rock: 7.8 mi
  • Snowshed East Face: 7.8 mi
  • Tunnel Rock: 7.8 mi
  • Tunnel Rock: 7.8 mi
  • Snowshed North Face: 7.8 mi
Attractions: 10
Picnic sites: 9
  • Donner Camp Picnic Site: 3.5 mi
  • French Meadows Day Use Site: 18.5 mi
  • Meeks Bay Beach: 20.2 mi
  • Day Use Area: 22.5 mi
  • Lodgepole: 22.8 mi
Springs: 8
  • Juniper Ridge Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Brockway Spring: 10.1 mi
  • Big Spring: 13.2 mi
  • Health Springs: 13.5 mi
  • Sardine Spring: 15.3 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 3
Rest areas: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Campbell Hot Springs: 19.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Wintercreek. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount HoughtonE 87°3,195 m12.5 mi
Relay PeakE 93°3,135 m12.1 mi
Rose Knob PeakE 101°2,932 m11.7 mi
Rose KnobESE 103°2,922 m10.5 mi
Rifle PeakESE 104°2,892 m10.0 mi
Mount BaldyESE 109°2,826 m9.8 mi
Mount LolaNW 306°2,788 m12.7 mi
Castle PeakWNW 287°2,773 m9.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:3519:5120:32
September equinox06:4918:2418:59
December solstice07:1815:5916:41

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293135404855636255463628
Precip in5.75.14.52.11.50.60.30.50.61.82.85.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Truckee RS, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/627572163

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