Cathedral Peak
Cathedral Peak is a cliff in California, at a recorded elevation of 2,551 m. Freel Peak stands 3,305 m to the east-southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Modjeska Falls, a waterfall 0.7 miles away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 9.2 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2551 m
How to reach it
- 9.2 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
- 21.0 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
- 25.8 mi off the Mount Rose Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Cave Rock · 13 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 14 mi
- Memorial Point Scenic Overlook · 24 mi
- Scenic lookout · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fallen Leaf Recreation Center: 0.9 mi
- Tahoe Paradise Park: 3.8 mi
- Lake Valley State Recreation Area: 3.9 mi
- Bonanza Community Park: 4.6 mi
- Thomas F Regan Memorial City Beach: 6.6 mi
- Angora Peak: 1.5 mi
- Mount Tallac: 1.5 mi
- Indian Rock: 1.6 mi
- Echo Peak: 2.2 mi
- Keiths Dome: 2.2 mi
- Glen Alpine Spring: 1.1 mi
- Folsom Spring: 10.0 mi
- Granite Spring: 15.5 mi
- Tragedy Spring: 17.4 mi
- Jim Quinn Spring: 18.1 mi
- Kiva Beach: 4.2 mi
- Pope Beach: 4.6 mi
- El Dorado Beach: 7.5 mi
- Lester Beach: 7.9 mi
- Lakeside Beach: 8.8 mi
- Glen Alpine Resort: 1.0 mi
- Fannette Island Tea House: 4.7 mi
- Kit Carson Historical Monument: 14.2 mi
- Snowshoe Thompson Historical Monument: 14.2 mi
- Stephen Downey: 14.6 mi
- Washoe Meadows State Park: 3.4 mi
- Andrews Meadows: 4.8 mi
- Johnson Meadow: 5.4 mi
- Linder Grove: 6.0 mi
- Ed Z'berg Sugar Pine Point State Park: 11.1 mi
- Tallac Point: 4.0 mi
- Lovers Leap: 6.6 mi
- Distillery Wall: 7.1 mi
- Detox Wall: 7.1 mi
- Sugar Bun: 14.5 mi
- Modjeska Falls: 0.7 mi
- Cascade Falls: 3.4 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 4.5 mi
- Upper Eagle Falls: 4.7 mi
- Lower Eagle Falls: 4.7 mi
- Baldwin Home: 4.2 mi
- Lake Tahoe Historic Society Museum: 6.9 mi
- Genoa Courthouse Museum: 15.2 mi
- Carson Valley Museum and Cultural Center: 18.3 mi
- Gatekeeper's Museum: 19.6 mi
- Tallac Historic Site: 4.1 mi
- Balancing Rock: 7.3 mi
- Rubicon Point Light: 7.6 mi
- Round Hill Pines Beach Resort: 10.0 mi
- M. S. Dixie II Terminal: 11.0 mi
- Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 4.8 mi
- Meeks Bay Beach: 10.5 mi
- Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
- Shot Rock Vista Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
- Cleveland Corral: 19.7 mi
- St Theresa: 6.8 mi
- The Big Tree: 19.9 mi
- Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 4.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Cathedral Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freel Peak | ESE 101° | 3,305 m | 10.1 mi |
| Jobs Sister | E 99° | 3,299 m | 10.9 mi |
| Jobs Peak | E 99° | 3,233 m | 12.2 mi |
| Monument Peak | ENE 76° | 3,068 m | 10.3 mi |
| Stevens Peak | SSE 153° | 3,061 m | 11.9 mi |
| Pyramid Peak | SW 234° | 3,042.818 m | 4.9 mi |
| Dicks Peak | WNW 285° | 3,042 m | 3.7 mi |
| Mount Price | WSW 252° | 3,040 m | 5.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358797202
Day trips start here
- Bliss State Park · 7 mi
- Homewood · 14 mi
- Lake Tahoe · 14 mi
- Tahoe City · 20 mi
- Olympic Valley · 23 mi
- Tahoe Vista · 25 mi
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