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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 Red Mountain, a peak 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
2,030 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: 46
  • 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: 21
Nature reserves: 17
Springs: 15
Historic sites: 14
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: 7
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 PeakSE3,043 m12.9 mi
Dicks PeakESE3,042 m11.1 mi
Mount PriceSE3,040 m11.4 mi
AgassizSE3,038 m11.8 mi
Jacks PeakESE3,002 m11.3 mi
Janine's PeakESE2,920 m11.9 mi
Little PyramidSE2,876 m10.0 mi
Red PeakESE2,833 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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