Day Use Area

Day Use Area: 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 park: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Day Use Area

Season: Year-round, evenings.

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 Day Use Area — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 39.31365, -120.59451. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Day Use Area

• Tahoe National Forest · sanctuary · Nevada · ~11 km · Must-see
• French Lake Dam · lake · Nevada · ~16 km · Must-see
• Castle Peak · viewpoint · Nevada · ~27 km · Must-see
• Mount Lincoln · viewpoint · Placer · ~29 km · Must-see
• George R. Stewart Peak · viewpoint · Nevada · ~30 km · Must-see
• Mount Lola · viewpoint · Nevada · ~30 km · Must-see
• Gold Canyon · viewpoint · Nevada · ~30 km · Must-see
• Mount Judah · viewpoint · Placer · ~30 km · Must-see
• Donner Peak · viewpoint · Placer · ~30 km · Must-see
• French Meadows Reservoir · lake · Placer · ~32 km · Must-see
• Anderson Peak · viewpoint · Placer · ~33 km · Must-see
• Sugar Pine Reservoir · lake · Placer · ~33 km · Must-see
• Lyon Peak · viewpoint · Placer · ~33 km · Must-see
• Tinker Knob · viewpoint · Placer · ~35 km · Must-see
• Henness Pass · sanctuary · Sierra · ~35 km · Must-see
• Scotts Flat Reservoir · lake · Nevada · ~35 km · Must-see
• Needle Peak · viewpoint · Placer · ~35 km · Must-see
• Independence Lake · lake · Nevada · ~35 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Day Use Area

Other parks near Day Use Area

• Empire Mine State Historic Park · park · Nevada · ~51 km · Must-see
• Loyalton Park · park · Sierra · ~63 km · Must-see
• Pollock Pines Recreation Park · park · El Dorado · ~75 km · Must-see
• Coloma Resort · park · El Dorado · ~78 km · Must-see
• Sportsmans Hall State Historic Landmark 704 · park · El Dorado · ~78 km · Must-see
• Placerville City Park · park · El Dorado · ~85 km · Must-see
• University of Nevada, Reno Arboretum · park · Washoe · ~89 km · Must-see
• El Dorado Hills Archery Range · park · El Dorado · ~104 km · Must-see
• Maidu Regional Park · park · Placer · ~107 km · Must-see
• Historic Rusch Home & Gardens · park · Sacramento · ~113 km · Must-see

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