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Burton Creek State Park
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Burton Creek State Park
P.O. Box 266, 7360 West Lake Boulevard
Tahoma, California 96142-0266
Phone: 530-525-7232
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| A pleasant forest walk with minimal elevation gain in Burton Creek State Park, this delightful morning or afternoon excursion should be a crowd pleaser. But there?s no prominent signage, so the slightly obscure locale remains relatively undiscovered, promising an uncrowded and serene hiking experience. Numerous side trails come and go along this route, providing an array of options for trip extensions and alternate starting points. Make sure you pack a map, as the intersecting trails and roads can be quite confusing at times. |
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| Burton Creek Trail
2 to 8 miles round tripLake Tahoe?s secret state park is Burton Creek, more than 2,000 acres of forest and meadowland, located just across the highway from the tiny, but well-known lakeshore campground at Tahoe State Recreation Area. (The Tahoe SRA entry kiosk is a good place to ask questions about Burton Creek.)
The park has a great deal of potential to become a favorite of trail users? cross-country skiers, mountain bicyclists, hikers?as soon as access problems are resolved and some signs are erected.
Bisecting the park, from its northwest to its southwest corners, is Burton Creek. The creek has been dammed, but two natural preserves have been established in the creek corridor. Above the dam is Antone Meadows Natural Preserve; from the dam to the highway is Burton Creek Natural Preserve.
The park is completely undeveloped except for some six miles of dirt roads. Chief users of the trail system are cross-country skiers. During the winter, Tahoe Nordic Center grooms the park trails. (To reach the center, take Village Road off Highway 28.)
The hiking is strictly improvisational; wander the dirt roads for as long or short a hike as you please. Numbers posted at road junctions aid your navigation of the tangle of roads. Keep track of those numbers!
A section of the new Tahoe Rim Trail leads through the western part of the park. Best walking is along Burton Creek and through the surrounding meadows.
Directions to trailhead: The park has two entrances from Tahoe City. The Bunker Drive entrance has parking; the Tamarack Lodge entrance presents both access and parking difficulties. |
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| Tahoe Cross Country Ski Area, Lake Tahoe, Ca - ... agreement with the Tahoe City Public Utility District Department of Recreation, and in cooperation with Burton Creek State Park, California Tahoe Conservancy and the National Forest Service. | | burtphotos - Burton Creek State Park offers some of the best, if not the best, orienteering terrain yet mapped in California. Here are some examples of what to expect the last two days of the Sierra 2000 O ... | | burtphotos_page2 - Burton Creek State Park Photos Page 2 1. Stake, flag and SportIdent unit. E-punching is simple and fast. Just insert your e-card into the hole for a second and continue on your way. More at "How ... | | Bike Paths - Biking in Lake Tahoe - Welcome to Biking in Lake Tahoe, the nets best resource for Bike Path information in the Tahoe Basin ... Point. Provides access to Burton Creek State Park, Skylandia Park, Lake Forest Beach, Lake ... | | Ski-O Schedule - ... Hopkins Point Lodge)Mendon, NY ESG Qualifier RESULTS January 11 Saturday BAOC Burton Creek State Park, CA Tahoe XC (http://www.tahoexc.org/) California Ski-O Championships qualifier *NOT* ESG ... | | BAOC Event: Burton Creek Ski-O, 3/18/01 - ... 969-5320 New ski-O map! Remember orienteering at Burton Creek State Park last summer? Well, we're using the same map, updated ... to Tahoe XC at Burton Creek State Park: Take Highway 80 to ... | | BAOC Results: Burton Creek Ski-O, 1/11/03 - ... meet director Forty-one participants came out to enjoy a great day of ski orienteering at Burton Creek State Park -- about twice as many as I had dared hope for, given that rain and slush were ... | | Area Campgrounds | | |
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| The park is located on the northeast side of Tahoe City.Latitude/Longitude: 39.1950 / -120.1417 |
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