Becker Peak
Becker Peak rises to 2,520 m in California. Freel Peak stands 3,305 m to the east-northeast, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Talking Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 11 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q35726744, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2520 m
How to reach it
- 10.8 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
- 17.7 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
- 29.2 mi off the Mount Rose Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Cave Rock · 16 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 17 mi
- Memorial Point Scenic Overlook · 27 mi
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Talking Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Flagpole Peak: 0.9 mi
- Echo Peak: 1.8 mi
- Ralston Peak: 2.3 mi
- Indian Rock: 2.4 mi
- Tahoe Paradise Park: 2.4 mi
- Fallen Leaf Recreation Center: 3.3 mi
- Lake Valley State Recreation Area: 3.5 mi
- Bonanza Community Park: 6.0 mi
- Bijou Community Park: 8.4 mi
- Glen Alpine Spring: 3.6 mi
- Folsom Spring: 11.8 mi
- Tragedy Spring: 14.1 mi
- Soda Spring: 14.8 mi
- Grover Hot Springs: 15.0 mi
- Pope Beach: 7.4 mi
- Kiva Beach: 7.5 mi
- El Dorado Beach: 9.4 mi
- Lakeside Beach: 10.6 mi
- Nevada Beach: 11.7 mi
- Distillery Wall: 3.6 mi
- Detox Wall: 3.6 mi
- Cathedral Peak: 4.0 mi
- Lovers Leap: 4.7 mi
- Tallac Point: 7.5 mi
- Glen Alpine Resort: 3.6 mi
- Fannette Island Tea House: 8.7 mi
- Kit Carson Historical Monument: 10.2 mi
- Snowshoe Thompson Historical Monument: 10.2 mi
- Snowshoe Thompson Historical Monument: 16.0 mi
- Andrews Meadows: 1.4 mi
- Linder Grove: 2.2 mi
- Washoe Meadows State Park: 3.4 mi
- Johnson Meadow: 6.8 mi
- Grover Hot Springs State Park: 14.6 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 3.4 mi
- Modjeska Falls: 3.5 mi
- Cascade Falls: 7.4 mi
- Upper Eagle Falls: 8.7 mi
- Lower Eagle Falls: 8.7 mi
- Baldwin Home: 7.4 mi
- Lake Tahoe Historic Society Museum: 8.7 mi
- Genoa Courthouse Museum: 16.6 mi
- Alpine County Museum: 17.7 mi
- Carson Valley Museum and Cultural Center: 18.3 mi
- Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
- Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
- Meeks Bay Beach: 14.4 mi
- Shot Rock Vista Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
- Cleveland Corral: 20.0 mi
- Tallac Historic Site: 7.4 mi
- Balancing Rock: 11.2 mi
- Rubicon Point Light: 11.5 mi
- Round Hill Pines Beach Resort: 12.3 mi
- Zephyr Cove Beach: 13.4 mi
- St Theresa: 8.6 mi
- The Big Tree: 23.8 mi
- Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 7.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Becker Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freel Peak | ENE 78° | 3,305 m | 8.8 mi |
| Jobs Sister | ENE 78° | 3,299 m | 9.7 mi |
| Jobs Peak | E 81° | 3,233 m | 10.8 mi |
| Round Top | SSE 165° | 3,164 m | 12.1 mi |
| The Sisters | SSE 167° | 3,094 m | 12.0 mi |
| Monument Peak | NE 54° | 3,068 m | 10.7 mi |
| Red Lake Peak | SSE 155° | 3,067 m | 9.2 mi |
| Stevens Peak | SSE 149° | 3,061 m | 8.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:50 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:00 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 31 | 36 | 40 | 48 | 55 | 62 | 60 | 54 | 46 | 37 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — S Lake Tahoe AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358803805
Day trips start here
- Bliss State Park · 11 mi
- Homewood · 18 mi
- Lake Tahoe · 18 mi
- Tahoe City · 24 mi
- Olympic Valley · 27 mi
- Incline Village · 29 mi
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