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Thunder Cliff

Thunder Cliff, seen from above at true elevation

Thunder Cliff is a cliff in California, at a recorded elevation of 2,074 m. Rifle Peak stands 2,892 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Alpine Springs Community Park, a park 1.1 miles away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 10 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2074 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.17518, -120.18547

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Alpine Springs Community Park: 1.1 mi
  • Olympic Valley Park: 2.2 mi
  • Lake Tahoe Commons Beach: 2.4 mi
  • US Forest Service Klausen Property: 2.8 mi
  • Lake Tahoe Park: 2.9 mi
Peaks
  • Cinder Cone: 1.1 mi
  • Scott Peak: 2.3 mi
  • Painted Rock: 2.7 mi
  • KT-22: 3.1 mi
  • Poulsen Peak: 3.6 mi
Nature reserves: 27
Beaches: 24
Historic sites: 18
  • Ralph R. Steele Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • Olympic Flame: 2.2 mi
  • Watson Monument: 5.0 mi
  • Johnson Monument: 8.3 mi
  • Benny Heineike's Rock: 9.4 mi
Cliffs: 17
  • Twin Crags: 1.2 mi
  • Red Cliffs: 11.8 mi
  • Tunnel Rock: 12.0 mi
  • Tunnel Rock: 12.0 mi
  • Snowshed East Face: 12.1 mi
Museums: 16
Attractions: 12
Waterfalls: 11
  • East Snow Mountain Falls: 14.7 mi
  • Eagle Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Lower Eagle Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Upper Eagle Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 17.2 mi
Springs: 10
  • Big Spring: 4.9 mi
  • Brockway Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Coyote Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Health Springs: 12.9 mi
  • Juniper Ridge Spring: 14.2 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Meeks Bay Beach: 10.2 mi
  • French Meadows Day Use Site: 12.4 mi
  • Donner Camp Picnic Site: 13.8 mi
  • Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 15.9 mi
  • Lodgepole: 23.8 mi
Artworks: 4
Rest areas: 2
Gardens: 2
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Thunder Cliff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rifle PeakNE 53°2,892 m13.0 mi
Mount BaldyNE 54°2,826 m12.2 mi
Rubicon PeakSSE 168°2,798 m13.2 mi
Granite ChiefWNW 286°2,749 m5.7 mi
Tinker KnobNW 312°2,713 m7.2 mi
Lyon PeakWNW 287°2,713 m7.3 mi
Needle PeakWNW 286°2,711 m6.4 mi
Washeshu PeakW 275°2,706 m4.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:3619:5120:31
September equinox06:4918:2418:59
December solstice07:1716:0016:42

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303134394755626155463730
Precip in6.25.74.92.21.60.60.20.30.41.93.26.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tahoe City, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358777331

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