Boulder Peak
Boulder Peak rises to 2,860 m in California. Leavitt Peak stands 3,516 m to the south, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Disaster Peak, a peak 2.5 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 9.5 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q35728883, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2860 m
How to reach it
- 9.5 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
- 27.1 mi off the Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 21 mi
- Liberty Vista Point · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Disaster Peak: 2.5 mi
- Whitecliff Peak: 2.6 mi
- The Iceberg: 3.4 mi
- Arnot Peak: 4.3 mi
- Stanislaus Peak: 4.5 mi
- Salt Spring: 12.7 mi
- Lava Springs: 16.2 mi
- Virgil Connell Spring: 16.8 mi
- Wild Horse Spring: 17.1 mi
- Big Spring: 17.5 mi
- Douglas Picnic Ground: 8.9 mi
- Bridgeport Training Range: 9.1 mi
- Bridgeport: 11.1 mi
- Walker Community Park: 12.1 mi
- Mountain Gate Park: 13.6 mi
- Old Jail: 11.7 mi
- Barney Riley: 21.9 mi
- Nugent Cabin: 22.5 mi
- Snowshoe Thompson Historical Monument: 22.9 mi
- Snowshoe Thompson Historical Monument: 23.6 mi
- Carson Falls: 2.9 mi
- Llewellyn Falls: 4.6 mi
- Sardine Falls: 10.3 mi
- Silver Falls: 10.4 mi
- Leavitt Falls: 11.2 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
- Shingle Mill Flat Picnic Site: 12.5 mi
- Chickaree Day Use: 16.6 mi
- Marmot Day Use: 17.3 mi
- East Flange Rock: 14.9 mi
- Hangman's Cave: 17.3 mi
- Bloods Point: 19.8 mi
- 4-second Climbing Area: 23.9 mi
- Carson-Iceberg Wilderness: 5.0 mi
- Aspen Glen Reserve: 12.5 mi
- Grover Hot Springs State Park: 19.5 mi
- Pinecrest Dog Beach: 24.0 mi
- Beach 2: 24.2 mi
- Beach 1: 24.2 mi
- Peep Sight: 9.6 mi
- Columns of the Giants: 9.9 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 17.0 mi
- Alpine County Museum: 17.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Boulder Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leavitt Peak | S 170° | 3,516 m | 11.3 mi |
| Sonora Peak | SSE 156° | 3,484 m | 7.1 mi |
| White Mountain | SE 140° | 3,470 m | 6.1 mi |
| Stanislaus Peak | SSE 166° | 3,426 m | 4.5 mi |
| Lost Cannon Peak | ESE 111° | 3,355 m | 8.1 mi |
| Highland Peak | NNW 331° | 3,324 m | 7.6 mi |
| Molo Mountain | S 174° | 3,302 m | 14.8 mi |
| Big Sam | SSE 167° | 3,299 m | 15.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:47 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 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, 22 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 219697 — Boulder Peak, Alpine County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358762311
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