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Angora Peak

Angora Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Angora Peak rises to 2,618 m in California. Freel Peak stands 3,305 m to the east, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Rock, a peak 0.2 miles away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 9.5 miles off.

The story

Angora Peak is a summit in the Sierra Nevada south of Lake Tahoe in El Dorado County, California. The summit marks a point on the eastern boundary of the Desolation Wilderness and is in the Eldorado National Forest. The peak is located south of Fallen Leaf Lake and northwest of the Angora Lakes.

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Wikidata Q4763852, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2618 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.86712, -120.07312

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Fallen Leaf Recreation Center: 0.9 mi
  • Tahoe Paradise Park: 2.6 mi
  • Lake Valley State Recreation Area: 3.1 mi
  • Bonanza Community Park: 4.7 mi
  • Thomas F Regan Memorial City Beach: 7.1 mi
Springs: 23
Beaches: 16
Historic sites: 15
Cliffs: 12
Waterfalls: 10
  • Modjeska Falls: 1.2 mi
  • Horsetail Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Upper Eagle Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Lower Eagle Falls: 6.2 mi
Attractions: 8
Museums: 8
Picnic sites: 6
  • Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 6.3 mi
  • Meeks Bay Beach: 11.9 mi
  • Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
  • Shot Rock Vista Picnic Area: 18.0 mi
  • Cleveland Corral: 19.8 mi
Artworks: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 5.2 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Angora Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Freel PeakE 94°3,305 m9.3 mi
Jobs SisterE 92°3,299 m10.2 mi
Jobs PeakE 93°3,233 m11.4 mi
Monument PeakENE 68°3,068 m10.2 mi
Red Lake PeakSSE 157°3,067 m11.7 mi
Stevens PeakSSE 152°3,061 m10.4 mi
Pyramid PeakWSW 251°3,042.818 m4.8 mi
Dicks PeakWNW 299°3,042 m4.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3619:5020:30
September equinox06:4918:2418:59
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, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 256261 — Angora Peak, El Dorado County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358796625

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