Brown Mountain
Brown Mountain rises to 2,178 m in California. Pyramid Peak stands 3,043 m to the southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Tells Peak, a peak 2.7 miles away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 18 miles off.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q35729521, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,178 m
How to reach it
- 17.8 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
- 24.7 mi off the Mount Rose Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Cave Rock · 19 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 19 mi
- Memorial Point Scenic Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tells Peak: 2.7 mi
- Devils Peak: 2.8 mi
- Chipmunk Bluff: 3.0 mi
- Guide Peak: 3.6 mi
- McConnell Peak: 3.7 mi
- Kailua Park: 9.8 mi
- Kaspian Day Use Area: 11.1 mi
- Kilner Park: 12.3 mi
- Lake Tahoe Park: 12.8 mi
- Fallen Leaf Recreation Center: 13.9 mi
- Ed Z'berg Sugar Pine Point State Park: 8.8 mi
- Ward Creek: 12.0 mi
- Olympic Meadow Preserve: 15.5 mi
- Burton Creek State Park: 16.0 mi
- Washoe Meadows State Park: 16.3 mi
- Red Cliffs: 5.6 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 12.5 mi
- Tallac Point: 13.0 mi
- Cathedral Peak: 13.0 mi
- Twin Crags: 13.9 mi
- Lester Beach: 10.1 mi
- William Kent Beach: 12.8 mi
- Kiva Beach: 13.2 mi
- Pope Beach: 14.4 mi
- El Dorado Beach: 17.5 mi
- Fannette Island Tea House: 10.4 mi
- Johnson Monument: 10.8 mi
- Elkus: 11.6 mi
- Glen Alpine Resort: 12.9 mi
- Watson Monument: 13.9 mi
- Big Spring: 11.1 mi
- Coyote Spring: 12.2 mi
- Glen Alpine Spring: 12.9 mi
- Granite Spring: 14.1 mi
- Chicken Hawk Spring: 15.2 mi
- Baldwin Home: 13.4 mi
- Gatekeeper's Museum: 14.6 mi
- Watson Cabin: 14.9 mi
- UC Davis Eriksson Education Center: 16.2 mi
- Lake Tahoe Historic Society Museum: 17.1 mi
- Bassi Falls: 7.1 mi
- Upper Eagle Falls: 9.7 mi
- Lower Eagle Falls: 9.8 mi
- Eagle Falls: 9.9 mi
- Cascade Falls: 10.7 mi
- Balancing Rock: 9.7 mi
- Rubicon Point Light: 10.4 mi
- Tallac Historic Site: 13.5 mi
- Round Hill Pines Beach Resort: 18.0 mi
- M. S. Dixie II Terminal: 18.2 mi
- Meeks Bay Beach: 9.5 mi
- Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
- French Meadows Day Use Site: 11.7 mi
- Cleveland Corral: 16.1 mi
- Bridal Veil Picnic Area: 18.6 mi
- The Big Tree: 14.9 mi
- St Theresa: 17.2 mi
- "Snowshoe" Thompson: 24.3 mi
- Donner Lake Vista Point: 23.4 mi
- Donner Summit Rest Area: 24.6 mi
- Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 13.5 mi
- Deadwood: 22.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Brown Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pyramid Peak | SE 145° | 3,043 m | 12.1 mi |
| Dicks Peak | SE 130° | 3,042 m | 9.6 mi |
| Mount Price | SE 145° | 3,040 m | 10.6 mi |
| Agassiz | SE 145° | 3,038 m | 11.0 mi |
| Jacks Peak | SE 133° | 3,002 m | 9.9 mi |
| Mount Tallac | ESE 119° | 2,967 m | 11.7 mi |
| Janine's Peak | SE 124° | 2,920 m | 10.2 mi |
| Little Pyramid | SE 143° | 2,876 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:51 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:01 | 16:43 |
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 | 30 | 30 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 55 | 62 | 61 | 55 | 46 | 36 | 29 |
| Precip in | 6.4 | 6.9 | 5.5 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 6.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tahoma, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 257492 — Brown Mountain, El Dorado County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358797029
Day trips start here
- Bliss State Park · 10 mi
- Homewood · 10 mi
- Lake Tahoe · 15 mi
- Olympic Valley · 15 mi
- Tahoe City · 15 mi
- Tahoe Vista · 22 mi
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