Castle Rocks

Castle Rocks: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this viewpoint: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Castle Rocks

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Castle Rocks — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 40.08266, -121.34914. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Castle Rocks

• Lost Lake Ridge · lake · Plumas · ~8 km · Must-see
• Bucks Lake Wilderness · lake · Plumas · ~24 km · Must-see
• Lake Almanor · lake · Plumas · ~31 km · Must-see
• Bucks Lake · lake · Plumas · ~32 km · Must-see
• Chester Park · park · Plumas · ~34 km · Must-see
• Butterfly Valley Botanical Area · sanctuary · Plumas · ~39 km · Must-see
• Morgan Mountain · viewpoint · Tehama · ~44 km · Must-see
• Lassen National Park Headquarters · sanctuary · Tehama · ~46 km · Must-see
• Plumas County Museum · museum · Plumas · ~47 km · Must-see
• Mountain Meadows Reservoir · lake · Lassen · ~48 km · Must-see
• Calvary Chapel of Westwood · church · Lassen · ~48 km · Must-see
• Juniper Lake · lake · Lassen · ~52 km · Must-see
• Horseshoe Lake · lake · Shasta · ~54 km · Must-see
• Sulphur Works · attraction · Shasta · ~55 km · Must-see
• Bumpass Hell · attraction · Shasta · ~55 km · Must-see
• Bumpass Mountain · viewpoint · Shasta · ~55 km · Must-see
• Mount Tehama · viewpoint · Tehama · ~55 km · Must-see
• Emerald Lake · lake · Shasta · ~56 km · Must-see

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Other hill stations & viewpoints near Castle Rocks

• Morgan Mountain · viewpoint · Tehama · ~44 km · Must-see
• Bumpass Mountain · viewpoint · Shasta · ~55 km · Must-see
• Mount Tehama · viewpoint · Tehama · ~55 km · Must-see
• Bald Rock Dome · viewpoint · Butte · ~60 km · Must-see
• Chaos Crags · viewpoint · Shasta · ~64 km · Must-see
• Cinder Cone · viewpoint · Lassen · ~65 km · Must-see
• Stilson Canyon · viewpoint · Butte · ~66 km · Must-see
• Little Fredonyer · viewpoint · Lassen · ~70 km · Must-see
• Mount Fillmore · viewpoint · Sierra · ~72 km · Must-see
• Sugar Pine Peak · viewpoint · Plumas · ~75 km · Must-see

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