Kings Creek Picnic Area
Kings Creek Picnic Area is a picnic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,252 m. Lassen Peak stands 3,187 m to the northwest, 2.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Cold Boiling Spring, a spring 0.6 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Reading Peak: 0.9 mi
- Bumpass Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Mount Helen: 1.7 mi
- Mount Conard: 2.5 mi
- Lassen Peak: 2.6 mi
- Cold Boiling Spring: 0.6 mi
- Cascade Springs: 2.5 mi
- Supans Springs: 3.3 mi
- Tophet Springs: 3.3 mi
- Old Boundary Spring: 4.4 mi
- Crescent Cliff: 3.5 mi
- Crystal Cliffs: 9.4 mi
- Warner Valley Rim: 9.4 mi
- Mud Creek Rim: 14.9 mi
- Palisade Cliff: 17.4 mi
- Bumpass Hell: 1.5 mi
- Devils Kitchen: 2.4 mi
- Sulphur Works: 3.3 mi
- Devastated Area: 4.0 mi
- Hot Rock: 5.2 mi
- Kings Creek Falls: 1.7 mi
- Mill Creek Falls: 2.4 mi
- Bluff Falls: 4.5 mi
- Deadhorse Falls: 16.7 mi
- Deer Creek Falls: 17.9 mi
- Pyrite Pool: 1.4 mi
- Turquoise Pool: 1.4 mi
- Big Boiler: 1.5 mi
- Drakesbad Hot Springs: 3.9 mi
- Terminal Geyser: 5.7 mi
- Chester Park: 16.4 mi
- Dig It Meadow: 17.0 mi
- Swain Mountain Experimental Forest: 19.4 mi
- Meadow Park: 21.7 mi
- Hat Creek Campground Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
- Elam Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
- Old Station Day Use Area: 14.9 mi
- Shingletown Rest Area: 19.1 mi
- Lake Almanor Rest Area: 19.6 mi
- Bogard Rest Area: 21.3 mi
- Lassen Volcanic National Park: 4.2 mi
- Deer Creek Preserve: 21.0 mi
- Mount Harkness Lookout: 9.3 mi
- Fort Maxwell: 10.3 mi
- Catfish Beach: 18.7 mi
- Westwood Beach: 24.8 mi
- Chester-Lake Almanor Museum: 16.6 mi
- Totem Pole: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Kings Creek Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lassen Peak | NW 321° | 3,187 m | 2.6 mi |
| Brokeoff Mountain | WSW 258° | 2,814 m | 4.6 mi |
| Eagle Peak | WNW 298° | 2,811 m | 2.7 mi |
| Mount Diller | W 275° | 2,750 m | 3.7 mi |
| Ski Heil Peak | WNW 290° | 2,721 m | 2.7 mi |
| Mount Helen | WNW 296° | 2,694 m | 1.7 mi |
| Pilot Pinnacle | WNW 281° | 2,672 m | 3.2 mi |
| Bumpass Mountain | W 275° | 2,664 m | 1.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:42 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:59 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:00 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 32 | 35 | 39 | 48 | 55 | 63 | 62 | 57 | 46 | 37 | 31 |
| Precip in | 6.5 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 4.7 | 6.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Manzanita Lake, 8 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Lassen Volcanic National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Dec and Mar; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/436967086
Day trips start here
- Lassen Volcanic National Park · 4 mi
- Shingletown · 21 mi
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