Baltic Peak
Baltic Peak rises to 1,541 m in California. Blue Mountain stands 2,674 m to the east-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Hope Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 27 miles off.
The story
Baltic Peak is a mountain in the Sierra Nevada foothills of El Dorado County in the U.S. state of California. The nearest city to this peak is Grizzly Flats, a small unincorporated community. Branching off of the Mormon Emigrant Trail, which can be found 3.4 miles from Jenkinson Lake, a dirt path can be found leading to an abandoned lookout on the peak. On the north face, there is a gold mine that was built in 1896. The mine closed by 1907. In 1931, Baltic Peak Lookout, an 80-foot-tall steel lookout tower, was built on the mountain at an elevation of 5,046 feet.
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Wikidata Q28914149, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,541 m
How to reach it
- 27.4 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Liberty Vista Point · 28 mi
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hope Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Lincoln Hill: 2.3 mi
- Big Butte: 2.7 mi
- Middle Butte: 2.7 mi
- Little Butte: 2.8 mi
- Archery: 5.6 mi
- Pollock Pines Recreation Park: 6.4 mi
- Sportsmans Hall State Historic Landmark 704: 6.4 mi
- Eight Mile House State Historic Landmark: 8.4 mi
- Pioneer Park: 11.8 mi
- Chicken Hawk Spring: 8.5 mi
- Jay Bird Spring: 9.5 mi
- Marble Springs: 10.7 mi
- Liddicoat Spring: 10.9 mi
- Granite Spring: 11.3 mi
- Nature Center and Observatory: 6.0 mi
- Fountain and Tallman Soda Factory Museum: 15.5 mi
- Sobon Estate Museum: 17.1 mi
- El Dorado Historical Museum: 17.3 mi
- El Dorado County Historical Museum: 17.3 mi
- Sugar Bun: 12.3 mi
- Calaveras Dome: 21.1 mi
- Lovers Leap: 21.7 mi
- Big Crater: 22.5 mi
- Little Crater: 22.6 mi
- Bridal Veil Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
- Cleveland Corral: 7.7 mi
- Shot Rock Vista Picnic Area: 17.9 mi
- Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
- Ralston Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
- Trails West Marker: 4.5 mi
- Elkus: 12.5 mi
- Iron Mountain Ski Resort: 16.9 mi
- Sutter's Mill Site: 21.7 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 5.1 mi
- Rock Creek: 15.7 mi
- Bassi Falls: 16.9 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 23.1 mi
- Leoni House: 5.8 mi
- Twin Bridges Swimming Hole: 11.1 mi
- Black Chasm Cavern: 19.1 mi
- Finnon Recreation Area: 14.5 mi
- Logtown: 18.6 mi
- Sherwood Demonstration Garden: 19.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Baltic Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mountain | ENE 58° | 2,674 m | 20.2 mi |
| Alder Hill | ESE 107° | 2,359 m | 15.6 mi |
| Leek Spring Hill | ESE 109° | 2,323 m | 13.6 mi |
| Two Peaks | NE 41° | 2,306 m | 19.1 mi |
| Slick Rock | NE 43° | 2,210 m | 17.9 mi |
| Peddler Hill | ESE 121° | 2,175 m | 15.8 mi |
| Bald Mountain | ENE 72° | 2,131 m | 16.6 mi |
| Four Cornered Peak | NE 47° | 2,072 m | 16.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:51 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:03 | 16:45 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 44 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 72 | 71 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 37 |
| Precip in | 9.6 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 5.3 | 9.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pacific House, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 218638 — Baltic Peak, El Dorado County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358761422
Day trips start here
- Placerville · 15 mi
- Coloma · 22 mi
- Placer County · 28 mi
- Bliss State Park · 30 mi
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