Deer Knob
Deer Knob rises to 1,711 m in California. Pyramid Peak stands 3,043 m to the east-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Silver Hill, a peak 2.0 miles away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 27 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q35737234, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,711 m
How to reach it
- 26.8 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Cave Rock · 28 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Silver Hill: 2.0 mi
- Robbs Peak: 2.9 mi
- Big Hill: 3.5 mi
- Hartless Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Sun Rock: 5.9 mi
- Pollock Pines Recreation Park: 11.4 mi
- Sportsmans Hall State Historic Landmark 704: 13.6 mi
- Eight Mile House State Historic Landmark: 15.9 mi
- Archery: 19.5 mi
- Fallen Leaf Recreation Center: 19.6 mi
- Jay Bird Spring: 6.0 mi
- Chicken Hawk Spring: 6.2 mi
- Granite Spring: 8.5 mi
- Dad Youngs Spring: 12.6 mi
- Coyote Spring: 17.5 mi
- Sugar Bun: 10.4 mi
- Little Crater: 11.2 mi
- Red Cliffs: 12.5 mi
- Big Crater: 12.6 mi
- Lovers Leap: 17.2 mi
- Elkus: 5.6 mi
- Trails West marker: 10.4 mi
- Johnson Monument: 18.1 mi
- Glen Alpine Resort: 18.2 mi
- Fannette Island Tea House: 18.5 mi
- Bassi Falls: 5.5 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 9.1 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 17.2 mi
- Upper Eagle Falls: 17.6 mi
- Lower Eagle Falls: 17.8 mi
- Finnon Recreation Area: 18.2 mi
- Ed Z'berg Sugar Pine Point State Park: 19.0 mi
- Auburn State Recreation Area: 21.5 mi
- Andrews Meadows: 21.9 mi
- Washoe Meadows State Park: 22.1 mi
- Cleveland Corral: 7.5 mi
- Bridal Veil Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
- French Meadows Day Use Site: 16.6 mi
- Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
- Ralston Picnic Area: 17.9 mi
- Nature Center and Observatory: 19.9 mi
- Baldwin Home: 21.1 mi
- Foresthill Divide Museum: 22.5 mi
- Fountain and Tallman Soda Factory Museum: 22.6 mi
- El Dorado County Historical Museum: 24.4 mi
- Balancing Rock: 18.8 mi
- Rubicon Point Light: 19.6 mi
- Leoni House: 19.7 mi
- Tallac Historic Site: 21.1 mi
- Twin Bridges Swimming Hole: 23.3 mi
- Lester Beach: 19.5 mi
- Kiva Beach: 21.0 mi
- Pope Beach: 22.1 mi
- William Kent Beach: 23.0 mi
- Deadwood: 19.0 mi
- Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 21.1 mi
- St Theresa: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.9 miles of Deer Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pyramid Peak | ESE 102° | 3,043 m | 15.2 mi |
| Dicks Peak | E 87° | 3,042 m | 15.2 mi |
| Mount Price | E 97° | 3,040 m | 14.1 mi |
| Agassiz | E 99° | 3,038 m | 14.3 mi |
| Jacks Peak | E 90° | 3,002 m | 15.0 mi |
| Little Pyramid | E 92° | 2,876 m | 13.3 mi |
| Red Peak | ENE 78° | 2,833 m | 11.7 mi |
| Phipps Peak | ENE 74° | 2,813 m | 15.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:51 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:02 | 16:44 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 44 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 72 | 71 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 37 |
| Precip in | 9.6 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 5.3 | 9.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pacific House, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 259230 — Deer Knob, El Dorado County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358797520
Day trips start here
- Bliss State Park · 19 mi
- Homewood · 20 mi
- Placer County · 20 mi
- Placerville · 23 mi
- Olympic Valley · 24 mi
- Lake Tahoe · 25 mi
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