Turtle Rock County Park
Turtle Rock County Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,849 m. Highland Peak stands 3,324 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Creek Recreation Lands, a park 1.2 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 2.2 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1849 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- County of Alpine
How to reach it
- 2.2 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
- 18.0 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
- 22.2 mi off the Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Cave Rock · 24 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 24 mi
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 26 mi
- Liberty Vista Point · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hawkins Peak: 3.9 mi
- Circle Peak: 4.3 mi
- Cary Peak: 4.6 mi
- Haypress: 4.9 mi
- Barber Peak: 5.0 mi
- Indian Creek Recreation Lands: 1.2 mi
- Markleeville Library Park: 2.3 mi
- Heritage Park and Nature Area: 2.4 mi
- Elizabeth Coyan Park: 2.4 mi
- Blackrock Park: 12.2 mi
- Grover Hot Springs: 3.0 mi
- Soda Spring: 3.0 mi
- Hot Spring: 5.3 mi
- Hot Tub: 5.3 mi
- Hot Spring: 6.7 mi
- Hangman's Cave: 3.0 mi
- 4-second Climbing Area: 4.2 mi
- Distillery Wall: 12.2 mi
- Detox Wall: 12.3 mi
- Machado Postpile: 16.2 mi
- Snowshoe Thompson Historical Monument: 3.8 mi
- Barney Riley: 7.8 mi
- Old Jail: 8.3 mi
- Snowshoe Thompson Historical Monument: 10.3 mi
- Kit Carson Historical Monument: 10.3 mi
- Carson Falls: 17.4 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 18.8 mi
- Modjeska Falls: 18.8 mi
- Genoa Falls: 19.6 mi
- Llewellyn Falls: 21.1 mi
- Grover Hot Springs State Park: 2.8 mi
- Linder Grove: 13.7 mi
- Andrews Meadows: 14.5 mi
- Washoe Meadows State Park: 15.8 mi
- Johnson Meadow: 16.7 mi
- El Dorado Beach: 17.9 mi
- Lakeside Beach: 18.2 mi
- Pope Beach: 19.1 mi
- Nevada Beach: 19.5 mi
- Kiva Beach: 20.1 mi
- Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 17.9 mi
- Chickaree Day Use: 19.6 mi
- Marmot Day Use: 20.3 mi
- Shot Rock Vista Picnic Area: 22.3 mi
- Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
- Tallac Historic Site: 19.8 mi
- Round Hill Pines Beach Resort: 20.1 mi
- Zephyr Cove Beach: 21.1 mi
- M. S. Dixie II Terminal: 21.2 mi
- Rubicon Point Light: 24.6 mi
- Alpine County Museum: 2.2 mi
- Carson Valley Museum and Cultural Center: 15.5 mi
- Lake Tahoe Historic Society Museum: 17.7 mi
- Genoa Courthouse Museum: 19.6 mi
- Baldwin Home: 19.9 mi
- Peep Sight: 16.2 mi
- St Theresa: 17.5 mi
- Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 19.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of Turtle Rock County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Peak | SSE 169° | 3,324 m | 12.7 mi |
| Freel Peak | NNW 330° | 3,305 m | 10.7 mi |
| Jobs Sister | NNW 335° | 3,299 m | 10.6 mi |
| Silver Peak | SSE 168° | 3,283 m | 11.2 mi |
| Jobs Peak | NNW 341° | 3,233 m | 9.8 mi |
| Round Top | WSW 249° | 3,164 m | 11.5 mi |
| The Sisters | WSW 249° | 3,094 m | 11.9 mi |
| Monument Peak | NNW 340° | 3,068 m | 14.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:48 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:00 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 38 | 43 | 48 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 53 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Topaz Lake, 15 mi away.
- tansyleaf evening primrose24 obs
- Tall western groundsel14 obs
- Bach's calicoflower13 obs
- Mahala mat12 obs
- great mullein11 obs
- Pacific chorus frog10 obs
- Hot Rock Penstemon10 obs
- singleleaf pinyon9 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/44368205
Day trips start here
- Bliss State Park · 24 mi
- Lake Tahoe · 29 mi
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