Covered Wagon Peak
Covered Wagon Peak rises to 2,918 m in California. Round Top stands 3,164 m to the east, 2.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Melissa Coray Peak, a peak 0.6 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q35736098, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2918 m
How to reach it
- 11.4 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
- 21.6 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 16 mi
- Liberty Vista Point · 18 mi
- Cave Rock · 27 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Melissa Coray Peak: 0.6 mi
- Thimble Peak: 0.8 mi
- Fourth of July Peak: 1.3 mi
- The Sisters: 2.2 mi
- Black Butte: 2.3 mi
- Horse Thief Spring: 3.8 mi
- Tragedy Spring: 5.5 mi
- Singleton Springs: 10.4 mi
- Jim Quinn Spring: 10.5 mi
- Ham Spring: 10.6 mi
- Old Emigrant Trail Historical Marker: 3.2 mi
- Wester Park: 6.0 mi
- Tahoe Paradise Park: 13.8 mi
- Turtle Rock County Park: 14.0 mi
- Markleeville Library Park: 14.5 mi
- Machado Postpile: 2.2 mi
- Detox Wall: 10.5 mi
- Distillery Wall: 10.5 mi
- Lovers Leap: 10.9 mi
- 4-second Climbing Area: 13.1 mi
- Snowshoe Thompson Historical Monument: 4.1 mi
- Kit Carson Historical Monument: 4.1 mi
- Iron Mountain Ski Resort: 9.1 mi
- Glen Alpine Resort: 15.3 mi
- Old Jail: 15.5 mi
- Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
- Shot Rock Vista Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
- Chickaree Day Use: 12.5 mi
- Marmot Day Use: 12.7 mi
- Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 20.7 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 12.6 mi
- Modjeska Falls: 15.4 mi
- Cascade Falls: 19.4 mi
- Upper Eagle Falls: 20.6 mi
- Lower Eagle Falls: 20.6 mi
- Pope Beach: 19.4 mi
- Kiva Beach: 19.6 mi
- El Dorado Beach: 20.5 mi
- Lakeside Beach: 21.6 mi
- Nevada Beach: 22.8 mi
- Linder Grove: 10.7 mi
- Grover Hot Springs State Park: 11.3 mi
- Andrews Meadows: 11.9 mi
- Washoe Meadows State Park: 14.9 mi
- Johnson Meadow: 18.1 mi
- Tallac Historic Site: 19.4 mi
- Balancing Rock: 23.2 mi
- Round Hill Pines Beach Resort: 23.5 mi
- Rubicon Point Light: 23.6 mi
- Zephyr Cove Beach: 24.7 mi
- Alpine County Museum: 14.5 mi
- Baldwin Home: 19.5 mi
- Lake Tahoe Historic Society Museum: 19.9 mi
- Nature Center and Observatory: 24.8 mi
- Peep Sight: 15.4 mi
- Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 19.4 mi
- St Theresa: 19.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Covered Wagon Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Top | E 80° | 3,164 m | 2.6 mi |
| The Sisters | E 80° | 3,094 m | 2.2 mi |
| Red Lake Peak | NE 41° | 3,067 m | 5.0 mi |
| Stevens Peak | NNE 34° | 3,061 m | 6.3 mi |
| Raymond Peak | ESE 108° | 3,055 m | 12.1 mi |
| Hawkins Peak | ENE 59° | 3,052 m | 11.0 mi |
| Pyramid Peak | NNW 335° | 3,042.818 m | 14.3 mi |
| Thimble Peak | WNW 298° | 2,988 m | 0.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:49 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 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 | 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, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1702068 — Covered Wagon Peak, Alpine County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358821588
Day trips start here
- Bliss State Park · 23 mi
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