Pardee Reservoir Recreation Area
Pardee Reservoir Recreation Area is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 174 m. Mount Crossman stands 1,184 m to the northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Waters Peak, a peak 1.2 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 27 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 174 m
How to reach it
- 27.4 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Waters Peak: 1.2 mi
- Chrome Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Buena Vista Peaks: 2.7 mi
- John Bull Peak: 3.2 mi
- Goat Hill: 4.9 mi
- Charles Howard Park: 5.1 mi
- Pioneer Park: 6.0 mi
- Gold Ridge Park: 6.6 mi
- Plaza Park: 6.7 mi
- Detert Park: 6.8 mi
- Preston Castle: 6.3 mi
- Amador County Museum: 6.8 mi
- Change House Museum and Gift Shop: 7.4 mi
- Monteverde Store Museum: 8.3 mi
- Knight Foundry: 8.3 mi
- Iron Ivan: 5.8 mi
- Flume Tressel Piers: 7.3 mi
- Tailing Wheel No. 1: 7.4 mi
- Tailing Wheel No. 2: 7.4 mi
- Tailing Wheel No. 3: 7.4 mi
- Kennedy Gold Mine: 7.4 mi
- Sutter Gold Mine: 9.1 mi
- Historic Joseph H. Thomas House: 9.5 mi
- The Old Schoolhouse, Drytown: 10.6 mi
- Black Chasm Cavern: 16.6 mi
- Spanish Spring: 9.4 mi
- Canzatti Spring: 21.4 mi
- Gooseberry Spring: 21.4 mi
- Hicks Spring: 23.5 mi
- Marble Springs: 23.9 mi
- Middle Bar: 6.5 mi
- Michigan Bar: 17.5 mi
- Liberty: 23.0 mi
- Logtown: 24.0 mi
- A Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
- B Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
- C Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
- Mokelumne Beach: 12.7 mi
- F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 12.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.4 miles of Pardee Reservoir Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Crossman | NE 56° | 1,184 m | 22.0 mi |
| Round Mountain | NE 38° | 1,063 m | 22.1 mi |
| Fort Mountain | E 80° | 999 m | 21.8 mi |
| Mount Zion | ENE 59° | 899 m | 13.8 mi |
| Joaquin Peak | SE 136° | 854 m | 13.9 mi |
| Quiggs Mountain | ESE 106° | 843 m | 14.4 mi |
| Soapstone Hill | ESE 117° | 799 m | 22.4 mi |
| Mount Aukum | NNE 21° | 797 m | 21.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:52 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:27 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:06 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 51 | 55 | 59 | 66 | 73 | 79 | 78 | 75 | 66 | 55 | 48 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Camp Pardee, 3 mi away.
- Turkey Vulture12 obs
- Western Bluebird9 obs
- Acorn Woodpecker8 obs
- ione manzanita7 obs
- Wild Turkey6 obs
- Bald Eagle6 obs
- Osprey6 obs
- Canada Goose5 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 node/358772383
Day trips start here
- El Dorado Hills · 30 mi
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