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Day Use Area

Day Use Area from directly overhead

Day Use Area is a picnic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,755 m. Basin Peak stands 2,749 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Lodgepole, a picnic site 0.8 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Snowflower RV Resort
Access
Customers only
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates39.31365, -120.59451
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Cisco Butte: 1.7 mi
  • Black Mountain: 2.2 mi
  • Brady Mountain: 2.8 mi
  • Brady Mountain: 2.8 mi
  • Quartz Mountain: 3.2 mi
Parks: 33
  • Firepit: 1.0 mi
  • Emigrant Gap Historical Marker: 3.4 mi
  • Dog Beach: 11.4 mi
  • Lamson-Cashion Donner Summit Hub: 14.3 mi
  • Donner Lake Property Owners Association Private Beach: 16.4 mi
Historic sites: 33
  • Forest Gift Shop: 2.9 mi
  • CPRR Lookout: 3.3 mi
  • Jolly Boys Mine: 6.8 mi
  • Jolly Boys Mine: 6.8 mi
  • Red Point Townsite: 12.8 mi
Cliffs: 30
Nature reserves: 17
Picnic sites: 15
  • Lodgepole: 0.8 mi
  • Fuller Lake Day Use Site: 4.1 mi
  • Woodcamp Day Use Site: 12.2 mi
  • White Cloud Picnic Site: 13.4 mi
  • Pass Creek Day Use Site: 13.6 mi
Museums: 15
Springs: 12
  • Dawson Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Government Spring: 7.3 mi
  • Health Springs: 11.0 mi
  • Coyote Spring: 15.7 mi
  • Upper Derbec Spring: 16.1 mi
Attractions: 11
  • China Wall: 14.7 mi
  • Webber Lake: 15.4 mi
  • Missouri Bar: 15.6 mi
  • Illinois Bar: 19.8 mi
  • Edwards Crossing: 20.9 mi
Rest areas: 5
Waterfalls: 4
Ghost towns: 4
Artworks: 2
  • "Snowshoe" Thompson: 13.1 mi
  • The Ants: 22.6 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Dutch Flat Community Garden: 15.1 mi
  • Nisenan Garden: 23.7 mi
Beaches: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Campbell Hot Springs: 22.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Day Use Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Basin PeakENE 69°2,749 m13.2 mi
English MountainNNE 14°2,552 m9.5 mi
Andesite PeakENE 78°2,504 m12.5 mi
Buzzard RoostENE 66°2,467 m9.7 mi
Black ButtesNNE 19°2,447 m6.0 mi
Snow MountainSE 126°2,436 m8.6 mi
Black ButtesNNE 22°2,407 m6.5 mi
Crows NestE 95°2,404 m13.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3919:15
June solstice05:3719:5320:33
September equinox06:5118:2619:01
December solstice07:1916:0116:43

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353639435159656460514034

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Spaulding, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/957596542

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