Turlock Lake State Recreation Area
Turlock Lake State Recreation Area is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 75 m. Tip Top Peak stands 1,018 m to the northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Turlock Lake State Park, a park 0.5 miles away. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Turlock Lake State Park: 0.5 mi
- La Grange Regional Park: 7.6 mi
- Big Bear Park: 8.2 mi
- River Point Park: 8.6 mi
- Waterford City Park: 9.2 mi
- Indian Hill: 8.0 mi
- Ben Brow Hill: 10.5 mi
- Lucky Point: 11.4 mi
- Blank Peak: 13.0 mi
- Penole Peak: 13.2 mi
- Tuolumne Gold Dredge: 6.3 mi
- Paulsell Depot: 8.2 mi
- Cooperstown Depot: 8.4 mi
- Samaritan Village: 14.4 mi
- Old Crimea House: 15.5 mi
- Turlock Historical Society Museum: 16.6 mi
- The Cowboy Museum: 17.0 mi
- Oakdale Museum & History Center: 17.1 mi
- Castle Air Museum: 18.0 mi
- Livingston Historic Museum: 18.2 mi
- Hughson Arboretum & Gardens: 14.5 mi
- Trans-California Pathway: 16.0 mi
- Sustainable Agriculture Garden: 16.0 mi
- Pollinarium: 16.1 mi
- BioAg Garden: 16.1 mi
- Within-Without: 16.2 mi
- Gates: 16.2 mi
- Trilipse: 16.4 mi
- Calafia: 16.9 mi
- The Heart of Livingston: 18.2 mi
- Salt Spring: 9.5 mi
- McNulty Spring: 10.9 mi
- Freeze-Out Spring: 12.2 mi
- Churchs Spring: 19.8 mi
- Morning Star Spring: 23.3 mi
- Red Hills: 17.6 mi
- Merced Grasslands: 18.1 mi
- Merced County Preserve: 19.5 mi
- Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve: 19.6 mi
- Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve: 20.2 mi
- Davis's Ferry: 2.3 mi
- Chinese Camp: 18.9 mi
- Horseshoe Bend: 20.0 mi
- French Flat: 24.7 mi
- Lovers Leap: 13.7 mi
- Negro Jack Point: 18.1 mi
- Jailhouse Rock: 19.4 mi
- The Grotto: 21.8 mi
- Knights Ferry Covered Bridge: 13.9 mi
- Christmas Tree Lane: 15.3 mi
- Jamestown Branch Jail: 24.3 mi
- Moccasin Point: 19.6 mi
- Lupine Day Use Area: 25.0 mi
- Cocklebur Beach: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Turlock Lake State Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tip Top Peak | NE 52° | 1,018 m | 22.7 mi |
| Virginia Point | E 83° | 1,015 m | 24.2 mi |
| Bald Mountain | ENE 74° | 967 m | 24.3 mi |
| Williams Peak | E 95° | 942 m | 23.0 mi |
| Moccasin Peak | NE 49° | 894 m | 18.9 mi |
| Peñon Blanco Peak | ENE 68° | 872 m | 19.4 mi |
| Hunter Valley Mountain | E 87° | 814 m | 20.0 mi |
| Horseshoe Bend Mountain | E 80° | 811 m | 21.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:49 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:07 | 16:48 |
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 | 49 | 53 | 58 | 62 | 69 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 75 | 66 | 56 | 48 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Turlock #2, 16 mi away.
- Turkey Vulture3 obs
- Osprey3 obs
- California Quail2 obs
- American Kestrel2 obs
- Cliff Swallow2 obs
- Northern Mockingbird2 obs
- Bold Jumping Spider2 obs
- tree-of-heaven2 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.
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