Machado Postpile
Machado Postpile is a cliff in California, at a recorded elevation of 2,416 m. Round Top stands 3,164 m to the east-northeast, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Thimble Peak, a peak 1.7 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2416 m
How to reach it
- 12.0 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
- 22.8 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 16 mi
- Liberty Vista Point · 17 mi
- Cave Rock · 28 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Thimble Peak: 1.7 mi
- Thunder Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Glove Rock: 2.1 mi
- Covered Wagon Peak: 2.2 mi
- Melissa Coray Peak: 2.5 mi
- Horse Thief Spring: 2.5 mi
- Tragedy Spring: 3.3 mi
- Singleton Springs: 8.2 mi
- Jim Quinn Spring: 8.5 mi
- Ham Spring: 8.7 mi
- Old Emigrant Trail Historical Marker: 4.6 mi
- Wester Park: 5.4 mi
- Tahoe Paradise Park: 14.7 mi
- Lake Valley State Recreation Area: 15.7 mi
- Fallen Leaf Recreation Center: 16.0 mi
- Snowshoe Thompson Historical Monument: 6.1 mi
- Kit Carson Historical Monument: 6.1 mi
- Iron Mountain Ski Resort: 6.9 mi
- Glen Alpine Resort: 15.7 mi
- Old Jail: 17.4 mi
- Lovers Leap: 10.7 mi
- Detox Wall: 11.7 mi
- Distillery Wall: 11.7 mi
- Bloods Point: 12.8 mi
- Calaveras Dome: 13.5 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 12.7 mi
- Modjeska Falls: 15.8 mi
- Cascade Falls: 19.8 mi
- Upper Eagle Falls: 20.9 mi
- Lower Eagle Falls: 21.0 mi
- Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 2.3 mi
- Shot Rock Vista Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
- Chickaree Day Use: 12.6 mi
- Marmot Day Use: 12.7 mi
- Cleveland Corral: 20.4 mi
- Pope Beach: 20.2 mi
- Kiva Beach: 20.3 mi
- El Dorado Beach: 21.6 mi
- Lakeside Beach: 22.7 mi
- Nevada Beach: 24.0 mi
- Linder Grove: 11.7 mi
- Andrews Meadows: 12.7 mi
- Grover Hot Springs State Park: 13.5 mi
- Washoe Meadows State Park: 15.8 mi
- Johnson Meadow: 19.1 mi
- Tallac Historic Site: 20.1 mi
- Leoni House: 22.9 mi
- Balancing Rock: 23.6 mi
- Rubicon Point Light: 24.0 mi
- Round Hill Pines Beach Resort: 24.7 mi
- Alpine County Museum: 16.7 mi
- Baldwin Home: 20.2 mi
- Lake Tahoe Historic Society Museum: 21.0 mi
- Nature Center and Observatory: 22.6 mi
- Peep Sight: 16.5 mi
- Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 20.2 mi
- St Theresa: 20.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Machado Postpile. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Top | ENE 77° | 3,164 m | 4.7 mi |
| The Sisters | ENE 77° | 3,094 m | 4.4 mi |
| Red Lake Peak | NE 51° | 3,067 m | 6.9 mi |
| Stevens Peak | NE 44° | 3,061 m | 8.1 mi |
| Raymond Peak | ESE 103° | 3,055 m | 14.0 mi |
| Hawkins Peak | ENE 62° | 3,052 m | 13.1 mi |
| Pyramid Peak | NNW 344° | 3,042.818 m | 14.1 mi |
| Thimble Peak | NE 56° | 2,988 m | 1.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:49 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:01 | 16:43 |
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, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/824434753
Day trips start here
- Bliss State Park · 23 mi
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