Picnic site · California
Lakeside Day Use Area
Lakeside Day Use Area is a picnic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,031 m. Iron Mountain stands 2,794 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Point Day Use, a picnic site 0.4 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- United States Forest Service
How to reach it
Coordinates37.30988, -119.54607
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Glass Rock: 1.3 mi
- Goat Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Graham Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Thornberry Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Taylor Mountain: 4.2 mi
Parks: 19
- North Fork Recreation Area Memorial Park: 5.8 mi
- Oakhurst Community Park: 6.1 mi
- Indian Lakes Park: 9.9 mi
- Wassama Roundhouse State Historic Park: 10.6 mi
- Ahwahnee Hills Regional Park: 11.1 mi
Waterfalls: 13
- Angel Falls: 2.4 mi
- Whisky Falls: 6.0 mi
- Corlieu Falls: 8.6 mi
- Red Rock Falls: 9.9 mi
- Camino Falls: 10.4 mi
Museums: 9
- Fresno Flats Historic Village and Park: 5.3 mi
- Sierra-Mono Indian Museum: 6.1 mi
- Coarsegold Historic Museum: 11.2 mi
- Thornberry Museum: 11.3 mi
- Mariposa Grove Museum: 14.4 mi
Picnic sites: 8
- Pine Point Day Use: 0.4 mi
- Rocky Point Picnic Ground: 0.6 mi
- The Falls Picnic Site: 2.0 mi
- Mile High Vista Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
- Gold Rush BBQ: 12.3 mi
Springs: 8
- Arnold Spring: 7.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 15.6 mi
- Daulton Spring: 16.6 mi
- Rogers Spring: 16.6 mi
- Vichy Spring: 17.1 mi
Attractions: 7
- Willow Creek Trail: 2.2 mi
- Big Ed: 8.5 mi
- Bull Buck Tree: 8.5 mi
- Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Historical Railroad: 11.3 mi
- Grizzly Giant: 13.7 mi
Historic sites: 5
- Whites Cabin: 5.9 mi
- Exact Center of California: 11.3 mi
- Mt Buckingham School (historic): 21.4 mi
- 786 Squadron Memorial: 21.5 mi
- Heitz Meadow Guard Station: 23.9 mi
Nature reserves: 5
- Whisky Snowmobile Area: 7.6 mi
- Nelder Grove Historical Area: 8.5 mi
- Kinsman Flat Wildlife Area: 12.6 mi
- San Joaquin Experimental Range: 17.5 mi
- Big Table Mountain Ecological Reserve: 18.3 mi
Cliffs: 4
- South Fork Bluffs: 4.4 mi
- San Joaquin Butte: 16.7 mi
- Big Sandy Bluff: 18.9 mi
- Grand Bluff: 24.2 mi
Artworks: 1
- Oakhurst Mural: 5.8 mi
Natural arches: 1
- Arch Rock: 17.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of Lakeside Day Use Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Mountain | NNE 15° | 2,794 m | 12.3 mi |
| Quartz Mountain | NNE 20° | 2,757 m | 15.4 mi |
| Mount Raymond | N 360° | 2,650 m | 13.7 mi |
| White Chief Mountain | N 3° | 2,637 m | 12.4 mi |
| Jump Off Point | E 101° | 2,605 m | 15.7 mi |
| Little Shuteye Peak | NE 35° | 2,546 m | 7.2 mi |
| Shuteye Peak | ENE 67° | 2,536 m | 7.0 mi |
| Black Point | ESE 107° | 2,465 m | 16.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:44 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 16:04 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 46 | 49 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 77 | 76 | 71 | 61 | 51 | 46 |
| Precip in | 7.1 | 6.4 | 5.2 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N FK RS, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/3614346025
Day trips start here
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