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Hensley Lake Recreation Area

Hensley Lake Recreation Area from directly overhead

Hensley Lake Recreation Area is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 165 m. Goat Mountain stands 1,514 m to the northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Savage Monument Buck Ridge Recreation Area, a park 0.6 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
165 m
Getting there

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Coordinates37.12022, -119.88238
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Savage Monument Buck Ridge Recreation Area: 0.6 mi
  • Hensley Lake: 1.7 mi
  • Hidden Lake Recreation Area: 1.8 mi
  • Yosemite Lakes Park Recreation Area: 6.7 mi
  • Yosemite Lakes Park Recreation Area: 8.8 mi
Peaks
Cliffs: 22
  • San Joaquin River Bluffs: 18.1 mi
  • San Joaquin River Bluff: 18.6 mi
  • San Joaquin River Bluffs: 18.6 mi
  • San Joaquin River Bluff: 18.7 mi
  • San Joaquin River Bluff: 18.7 mi
Historic sites: 21
  • Abby Needham Plaque: 15.3 mi
  • Sierra Sky Park Historical Marker: 19.4 mi
  • Pinedale Assembly Center Memorial: 19.5 mi
  • Railroad Park Monument: 21.0 mi
  • Cottonwood Park Arch: 21.5 mi
Springs: 8
  • Pecan Spring: 4.4 mi
  • Vichy Spring: 5.6 mi
  • Daulton Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Rogers Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Specimen Springs: 12.9 mi
Museums: 8
Attractions: 8
Picnic sites: 7
Nature reserves: 3
Artworks: 2
  • Oakhurst Mural: 19.3 mi
  • Clovis Rodeo Statue: 22.9 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Gardens: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Highway Patrol Weigh Station: 23.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Hensley Lake Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Goat MountainNE 55°1,514 m21.2 mi
Thornberry MountainNE 55°1,429 m18.9 mi
Deadwood PeakNE 39°1,373 m17.2 mi
Smiley MountainENE 64°1,082 m19.4 mi
Crooks MountainNNE 19°1,020 m18.9 mi
Fish Creek MountainE 79°997 m17.1 mi
Buckeye MountainNE 34°976 m15.2 mi
Indian PeakNNE 12°940 m19.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3719:12
June solstice05:4119:4520:24
September equinox06:4818:2418:58
December solstice07:1016:0616:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475154586674807974655446
Precip in3.12.52.51.40.50.20.00.00.10.81.22.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Friant Government Camp, 13 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Bullock's Oriole9 obs
  • Ash-throated Flycatcher9 obs
  • California Quail8 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk8 obs
  • Sacred Datura8 obs
  • Bald Eagle7 obs
  • Mallard7 obs
  • Gopher Snake7 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358834737

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