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Pope Beach

Pope Beach from directly overhead

Pope Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,900 m. Freel Peak stands 3,305 m to the southeast, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Dolly's Vegetable Garden, a garden 0.9 miles away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 4.9 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
1900 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.93717, -120.02800

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Gardner Mountain: 1.8 mi
  • Tahoe Mountain: 1.9 mi
  • Inspiration Point: 3.9 mi
  • Twin Peaks: 3.9 mi
  • Mount Tallac: 4.4 mi
Parks
  • Thomas F Regan Memorial City Beach: 2.3 mi
  • Bonanza Community Park: 2.6 mi
  • Tahnu Leweh: 2.8 mi
  • South Lake Tahoe Recreation Area: 2.9 mi
  • Al Tahoe Fields: 3.0 mi
Springs: 24
Beaches: 22
Historic sites: 18
Cliffs: 12
Museums: 11
Attractions: 9
Waterfalls: 9
  • Cascade Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Eagle Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Lower Eagle Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Upper Eagle Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Modjeska Falls: 5.3 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 4.7 mi
  • Meeks Bay Beach: 8.5 mi
  • Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
  • Shot Rock Vista Picnic Area: 23.4 mi
  • Cleveland Corral: 23.9 mi
Gardens: 2
Artworks: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Pope Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Freel PeakSE 129°3,305 m8.8 mi
Jobs SisterSE 124°3,299 m9.3 mi
Jobs PeakESE 121°3,233 m10.5 mi
Monument PeakE 98°3,068 m7.1 mi
Pyramid PeakSW 228°3,042.818 m9.5 mi
Dicks PeakWSW 249°3,042 m7.1 mi
Mount PriceWSW 237°3,040 m9.4 mi
AgassizSW 234°3,038 m9.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3719:12
June solstice05:3619:5020:30
September equinox06:4918:2418:59
December solstice07:1616:0016:42

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313136404855626054463730
Precip in2.83.72.91.31.30.50.40.40.31.41.93.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — S Lake Tahoe AP, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/235418590

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