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Distillery Wall

Distillery Wall, seen from above at true elevation

Distillery Wall is a cliff in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,351 m. Freel Peak stands 3,305 m to the east-northeast, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Detox Wall, a cliff less than a tenth of a mile away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 11 miles off.

What the record says

Height
30 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.80515, -120.00348

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 53
  • Tahoe Paradise Park: 3.7 mi
  • Lake Valley State Recreation Area: 4.5 mi
  • Fallen Leaf Recreation Center: 6.3 mi
  • Bonanza Community Park: 7.0 mi
  • Old Emigrant Trail Historical Marker: 7.3 mi
Springs: 26
Beaches: 12
Historic sites: 11
Cliffs: 9
Waterfalls: 8
  • Horsetail Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Modjeska Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Eagle Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Lower Eagle Falls: 11.7 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
  • Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
  • Shot Rock Vista Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
  • Meeks Bay Beach: 17.2 mi
  • Chickaree Day Use: 22.3 mi
Attractions: 6
  • Tallac Historic Site: 9.5 mi
  • Round Hill Pines Beach Resort: 13.0 mi
  • Balancing Rock: 14.0 mi
  • Rubicon Point Light: 14.1 mi
  • Zephyr Cove Beach: 14.2 mi
Museums: 5
Artworks: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 9.5 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Peep Sight: 23.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of Distillery Wall. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Freel PeakENE 57°3,305 m6.6 mi
Jobs SisterENE 58°3,299 m7.5 mi
Jobs PeakENE 65°3,233 m8.5 mi
Round TopS 179°3,164 m9.8 mi
The SistersS 181°3,094 m9.8 mi
Monument PeakNE 35°3,068 m9.9 mi
Red Lake PeakS 172°3,067 m6.5 mi
Stevens PeakSSE 167°3,061 m5.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3719:12
June solstice05:3619:4920:29
September equinox06:4818:2418:59
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, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12278069788

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