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Elizabethtown Meadows

Elizabethtown Meadows from directly overhead

Elizabethtown Meadows is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,841 m. Mount Rose stands 3,285 m to the east-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Northstar Vail Conservation Easement, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 6.5 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
Truckee Donner Land Trust
Getting there

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Coordinates39.29336, -120.10318

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Gold Star Peak: 2.7 mi
  • Brockway Summit: 2.8 mi
  • Picnic Rock: 3.0 mi
  • Lookout Mountain: 3.1 mi
  • Martis Peak: 3.8 mi
Parks
  • Riverview Sports Park: 3.7 mi
  • Truckee Bike Park: 3.9 mi
  • North Tahoe Regional Park: 4.1 mi
  • Truckee River Regional Park: 4.5 mi
  • Disc Golf Course: 4.6 mi
Artworks
Historic sites: 37
Museums: 34
  • Museum of Truckee History: 5.0 mi
  • Truckee Railroad Museum: 5.0 mi
  • Old Jail Museum: 5.1 mi
  • Fox Cultural Hall: 6.0 mi
  • Truckee-Donner Historical Society: 6.4 mi
Gardens: 33
Nature reserves: 29
Beaches: 24
Cliffs: 17
Attractions: 16
Waterfalls: 9
  • Lower King's Canyon Waterfall: 18.0 mi
  • East Snow Mountain Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Weber Falls: 20.3 mi
  • Jumbo Falls: 22.1 mi
  • Eagle Falls: 23.6 mi
Springs: 8
  • Juniper Ridge Spring: 5.2 mi
  • Brockway Spring: 5.7 mi
  • Big Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Health Springs: 16.5 mi
  • Taylor Spring: 17.5 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Donner Camp Picnic Site: 7.0 mi
  • Meeks Bay Beach: 17.8 mi
  • French Meadows Day Use Site: 19.9 mi
  • Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 23.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Campbell Hot Springs: 23.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount RoseENE 71°3,285 m10.5 mi
Church PeakENE 67°3,235 m10.4 mi
Mount HoughtonENE 72°3,195 m9.2 mi
Relay PeakE 80°3,135 m8.5 mi
Snowflower MountainNE 56°3,115 m10.8 mi
Tamarack PeakE 80°3,012 m9.9 mi
Slide MountainE 83°2,936 m11.8 mi
Rose Knob PeakE 90°2,932 m7.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3519:5120:31
September equinox06:4918:2418:59
December solstice07:1715:5916:41

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F282934394756636155453528
Precip in4.94.84.21.91.80.70.50.50.61.62.55.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Truckee-tahoe AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/514370461

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