Beach · California
Kiva Beach
Kiva Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,900 m. Freel Peak stands 3,305 m to the southeast, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Baldwin Home, a museum 0.2 miles away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 5.9 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,900 m
How to reach it
Coordinates38.94074, -120.04963
- 5.9 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
- 21.7 mi off the Mount Rose Highway
- 22.2 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Cave Rock · 9 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 10 mi
- Memorial Point Scenic Overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Tahoe Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Gardner Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Inspiration Point: 2.7 mi
- Maggies Peaks - North: 3.5 mi
- Maggies Peaks: 3.5 mi
Parks
- Thomas F Regan Memorial City Beach: 3.4 mi
- Bonanza Community Park: 3.5 mi
- Tahnu Leweh: 3.9 mi
- South Lake Tahoe Recreation Area: 4.0 mi
- Al Tahoe Fields: 4.1 mi
Beaches: 22
- Pope Beach: 1.2 mi
- El Dorado Beach: 4.4 mi
- Lester Beach: 4.9 mi
- Lakeside Beach: 5.5 mi
- Nevada Beach: 5.8 mi
Springs: 20
- Glen Alpine Spring: 5.2 mi
- Folsom Spring: 6.5 mi
- Saratoga Hot Spring: 18.4 mi
- Big Spring: 18.6 mi
- Granite Spring: 19.0 mi
Nature reserves: 18
- Johnson Meadow: 3.6 mi
- Washoe Meadows State Park: 4.9 mi
- Andrews Meadows: 7.8 mi
- Ed Z'berg Sugar Pine Point State Park: 8.5 mi
- Linder Grove: 9.0 mi
Historic sites: 15
- Fannette Island Tea House: 2.9 mi
- Glen Alpine Resort: 5.1 mi
- Ralph R. Steele Memorial: 16.3 mi
- Kit Carson Historical Monument: 17.3 mi
- Snowshoe Thompson Historical Monument: 17.3 mi
Cliffs: 13
- Tallac Point: 0.2 mi
- Cathedral Peak: 4.2 mi
- Distillery Wall: 9.7 mi
- Detox Wall: 9.7 mi
- Lovers Leap: 10.8 mi
Museums: 11
- Baldwin Home: 0.2 mi
- Lake Tahoe Historic Society Museum: 3.9 mi
- Genoa Courthouse Museum: 11.8 mi
- Carson Valley Museum and Cultural Center: 16.0 mi
- Gatekeeper's Museum: 16.4 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- Cascade Falls: 2.8 mi
- Eagle Falls: 3.4 mi
- Lower Eagle Falls: 3.4 mi
- Upper Eagle Falls: 3.6 mi
- Modjeska Falls: 4.9 mi
Attractions: 8
- Tallac Historic Site: 0.3 mi
- Rubicon Point Light: 4.5 mi
- Balancing Rock: 4.6 mi
- Round Hill Pines Beach Resort: 6.2 mi
- M. S. Dixie II Terminal: 7.1 mi
Picnic sites: 6
- Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
- Meeks Bay Beach: 7.6 mi
- Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
- Cleveland Corral: 23.0 mi
- Shot Rock Vista Picnic Area: 23.2 mi
Gardens: 2
- Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 0.3 mi
- Carson City Community Garden: 22.6 mi
Artworks: 2
- St Theresa: 4.0 mi
- The Big Tree: 16.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Kiva Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freel Peak | SE 126° | 3,305 m | 9.9 mi |
| Jobs Sister | ESE 121° | 3,299 m | 10.4 mi |
| Jobs Peak | ESE 119° | 3,233 m | 11.6 mi |
| Monument Peak | E 99° | 3,068 m | 8.3 mi |
| Pyramid Peak | SW 221° | 3,043 m | 8.8 mi |
| Dicks Peak | WSW 243° | 3,042 m | 6.1 mi |
| Mount Price | SW 232° | 3,040 m | 8.6 mi |
| Agassiz | SW 229° | 3,038 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:50 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:00 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 31 | 36 | 40 | 48 | 55 | 62 | 60 | 54 | 46 | 37 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — S Lake Tahoe AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358827565
Day trips start here
- Bliss State Park · 4 mi
- Lake Tahoe · 10 mi
- Homewood · 12 mi
- Tahoe City · 17 mi
- Olympic Valley · 20 mi
- Tahoe Vista · 21 mi
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