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Fish Lake Campground Day Use Area

Fish Lake Campground Day Use Area from directly overhead

Fish Lake Campground Day Use Area is a picnic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 542 m. Salmon Mountain stands 2,106 m to the east-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Burrill Peak, a peak 2.5 miles away.

What to expect

Operated by
Six Rivers National Forest
Fee
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates41.26525, -123.68362

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Burrill Peak: 2.5 mi
  • Bee Mountain: 2.9 mi
  • Shelton Butte: 3.2 mi
  • Hopkins Butte: 4.9 mi
  • Sarvorum Mountain: 5.0 mi
Parks: 9
  • H E Beck Junior Memorial Branch: 9.0 mi
  • Tish Tang Campground & River Access: 17.1 mi
  • Boise Creek Campgrouns USFS: 22.2 mi
  • Veterans Park: 22.4 mi
  • Commons Park in Willow Creek, CA: 22.6 mi
Cliffs: 6
Attractions: 6
  • Big Tree: 18.7 mi
  • Elk Viewing: 18.8 mi
  • Prairie Creek Visitor Center: 18.9 mi
  • Corkscrew Tree: 19.0 mi
  • Goldbluff beach: 21.5 mi
Nature reserves: 5
  • Murrelet State Wilderness: 19.9 mi
  • Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park: 20.8 mi
  • Big Lagoon Forest, South Natural Preserve: 22.6 mi
  • Big Lagoon Forest, East Natural Preserve: 22.7 mi
  • Big Lagoon Forest, West Natural Preserve: 22.7 mi
Artworks: 5
  • Driftwood Land Art: 21.4 mi
  • Museum Bigfoot Statue: 22.6 mi
  • Gold Panner: 22.6 mi
  • Gonzalez Bigfoot Statue: 22.7 mi
  • Bigfoot Statue: 22.7 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Redwood Creek Beach: 21.3 mi
  • Gold Bluffs Beach: 21.9 mi
  • Kimtu Beach on Trinity River: 22.3 mi
  • Agate Beach: 24.8 mi
Historic sites: 3
Waterfalls: 2
Springs: 2
  • High Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Cedar Camp Spring: 23.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Museums: 1
  • Hoopa Valley Museum: 14.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Fish Lake Campground Day Use Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Salmon MountainESE 112°2,106 m15.3 mi
North Trinity MountainSE 137°1,932 m15.1 mi
Youngs PeakESE 113°1,930 m19.3 mi
Orleans MountainE 85°1,874 m12.0 mi
Whiteys PeakESE 106°1,838 m13.7 mi
Indian RocksESE 108°1,825 m14.3 mi
Portuguese PeakENE 69°1,733 m19.5 mi
High PointESE 108°1,711 m17.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5119:27
June solstice05:4320:1020:52
September equinox07:0318:3719:14
December solstice07:3816:0516:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434751566268747369594943
Precip in9.46.96.44.02.20.90.20.10.83.56.810.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orleans, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1388112067

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