Picnic site · California
Paradise Lake Picnic Area
Paradise Lake Picnic Area is a picnic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 799 m. Snow Mountain stands 2,127 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is East China Point, a cliff 2.4 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Paradise Recreation and Park District
- Access
- permit
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates39.85308, -121.57365
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Nimshew Ridge: 2.9 mi
- Sawmill Peak: 3.0 mi
- West China Point: 3.0 mi
- Robley Point: 3.1 mi
- East China Point: 3.2 mi
Parks
- Moore Road Ball Park: 4.6 mi
- Bille Park: 6.4 mi
- Crain Memorial Park: 6.7 mi
- Terry Ashe Park: 6.9 mi
- Paradise Community Park: 7.4 mi
Waterfalls: 23
- Phantom Falls: 16.8 mi
- Little Phantom Falls: 16.9 mi
- Ravine Twin Falls: 17.2 mi
- Ravine Twin Falls: 17.2 mi
- Lower Ravine Falls: 17.3 mi
Museums: 16
- Depot Museum: 7.4 mi
- Chico Air Museum: 15.5 mi
- Chico Children's Museum: 16.5 mi
- Museum of Northern California Art: 16.5 mi
- Gateway Science Museum: 16.5 mi
Springs: 16
- Hespol Memorial Spring: 10.3 mi
- Hog Spring: 10.8 mi
- Root Spring: 12.3 mi
- Negro Spring: 13.2 mi
- Bell Spring: 13.8 mi
Historic sites: 8
- 9/11 Memorial: 13.9 mi
- World Trade Center artifact: 14.8 mi
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF Kristina Chesterman 1992-2013: 15.2 mi
- Phagna Norapamok Memorial: 16.5 mi
- Chico Community Labyrinth: 16.5 mi
Artworks: 7
- Downtown Kaleidoscope: 16.5 mi
- Monoliths: 16.7 mi
- Chico State Flame: 16.7 mi
- Ring Roll: 16.8 mi
- Three Sisters: 16.8 mi
Cliffs: 6
- East China Point: 2.4 mi
- Cape Horn: 9.8 mi
- Elephant Butte: 11.3 mi
- Steamboat Point: 13.3 mi
- Clarenback Point: 14.5 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Brush: 14.0 mi
- Bloomer: 16.4 mi
- Bidwell's Bar: 21.7 mi
- Soto: 23.8 mi
- Monroeville: 24.6 mi
Gardens: 4
- Chico Seed Orchard: 15.1 mi
- Rose Garden: 16.6 mi
- Mary Lemcke Camellia Garden: 16.7 mi
- George Petersen Rose Garden: 16.8 mi
Picnic sites: 3
- Five Mile: 13.1 mi
- Philbrook Picnic Area: 13.4 mi
- Sandy Point Day Use: 20.8 mi
Nature reserves: 3
- North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve: 18.1 mi
- Bucks Lake Wilderness: 21.4 mi
- Deer Creek Preserve: 21.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Paradise Lake Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snow Mountain | NNE 29° | 2,127 m | 16.7 mi |
| Spring Valley Mountain | NE 42° | 2,081 m | 15.4 mi |
| Mount Hope | NE 47° | 2,007 m | 16.5 mi |
| Ben Lomond | NE 54° | 1,945 m | 17.5 mi |
| Table Mountain | NE 43° | 1,913 m | 11.7 mi |
| Chambers Peak | ENE 60° | 1,838 m | 15.2 mi |
| Frenchman Hill | E 90° | 1,805 m | 17.7 mi |
| Grizzly Summit | E 89° | 1,778 m | 15.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:58 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:02 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 45 | 49 | 53 | 60 | 68 | 75 | 74 | 69 | 60 | 49 | 43 |
| Precip in | 11.9 | 11.8 | 9.6 | 5.2 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 3.4 | 6.4 | 13.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — DE Sabla, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1527087708
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