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Chipmunk Bluff

Chipmunk Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Chipmunk Bluff rises to 2,030 m in California. Pyramid Peak stands 3,043 m to the southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Stephen Downey, a historic site 2.8 miles away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 21 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q35734491, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2030 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.96907, -120.33769

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 49
  • Kailua Park: 12.7 mi
  • Kaspian Day Use Area: 13.9 mi
  • Kilner Park: 15.0 mi
  • Lake Tahoe Park: 15.4 mi
  • Fallen Leaf Recreation Center: 15.7 mi
Cliffs: 22
Historic sites: 17
Nature reserves: 17
Springs: 16
  • Coyote Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Granite Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Chicken Hawk Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Chicken Hawk Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Big Spring: 13.0 mi
Beaches: 14
Waterfalls: 9
  • Bassi Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Upper Eagle Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Lower Eagle Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Eagle Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 12.9 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • French Meadows Day Use Site: 11.7 mi
  • Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
  • Meeks Bay Beach: 12.5 mi
  • Cleveland Corral: 13.8 mi
  • Bridal Veil Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
Attractions: 8
  • Balancing Rock: 12.4 mi
  • Rubicon Point Light: 13.2 mi
  • Five Lakes Trailhead: 15.6 mi
  • Tallac Historic Site: 15.8 mi
  • Round Hill Pines Beach Resort: 20.7 mi
Museums: 6
  • Baldwin Home: 15.8 mi
  • Gatekeeper's Museum: 17.2 mi
  • Watson Cabin: 17.5 mi
  • UC Davis Eriksson Education Center: 18.8 mi
  • Lake Tahoe Historic Society Museum: 19.5 mi
Artworks: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 15.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Donner Lake Vista Point: 24.8 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Chipmunk Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pyramid PeakSE 131°3,042.818 m12.9 mi
Dicks PeakESE 115°3,042 m11.1 mi
Mount PriceSE 130°3,040 m11.4 mi
AgassizSE 131°3,038 m11.8 mi
Jacks PeakESE 119°3,002 m11.3 mi
Janine's PeakESE 111°2,919.679 m11.9 mi
Little PyramidSE 126°2,876.398 m10.0 mi
Red PeakESE 116°2,833 m6.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3819:14
June solstice05:3719:5120:31
September equinox06:5018:2519:00
December solstice07:1716:0116:43

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303034384655626155463629
Precip in6.46.95.52.82.00.80.50.40.62.03.46.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tahoma, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 258330 — Chipmunk Bluff, El Dorado County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358797285

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