Dicks Peak
Dicks Peak rises to 3,042 m in California. Pyramid Peak stands 3,043 m to the south, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Jacks Peak, a peak 0.7 miles away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 12 miles off.
The story
Dicks Peak is a 9,974-foot-elevation (3,040-meter) mountain summit located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range in El Dorado County, California, United States. It is the third-highest peak in the Desolation Wilderness, and is set on land managed by Eldorado National Forest. It is situated six miles (9.7 km) south of Lake Tahoe, and approximately eight miles (13 km) west of the community of South Lake Tahoe. Topographic relief is significant as the west aspect rises over 2,300 feet (700 meters) above Rockbound Valley in approximately one mile. One-half mile east of the peak the Pacific Crest Trail and Tahoe Rim Trail traverse Dicks Pass, which provides an approach option for those climbing the peak. Inclusion on the Sierra Peaks Section peakbagging list generates climbing interest.
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Wikidata Q49024858, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3042 m
How to reach it
- 12.0 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
- 24.4 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
- 25.9 mi off the Mount Rose Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Cave Rock · 15 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 16 mi
- Memorial Point Scenic Overlook · 24 mi
- Scenic lookout · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Jacks Peak: 0.7 mi
- Janine's Peak: 1.2 mi
- Little Pyramid: 2.2 mi
- Cracked Crag: 2.5 mi
- Mount Tallac: 2.8 mi
- Fallen Leaf Recreation Center: 4.6 mi
- Tahoe Paradise Park: 7.3 mi
- Lake Valley State Recreation Area: 7.6 mi
- Bonanza Community Park: 8.0 mi
- Thomas F Regan Memorial City Beach: 9.4 mi
- Glen Alpine Spring: 3.4 mi
- Folsom Spring: 12.6 mi
- Granite Spring: 12.9 mi
- Chicken Hawk Spring: 16.7 mi
- Chicken Hawk Spring: 16.7 mi
- Kiva Beach: 6.1 mi
- Pope Beach: 7.1 mi
- Lester Beach: 7.4 mi
- El Dorado Beach: 10.4 mi
- Lakeside Beach: 11.5 mi
- Glen Alpine Resort: 3.4 mi
- Fannette Island Tea House: 4.6 mi
- Stephen Downey: 11.1 mi
- Elkus: 12.4 mi
- Albert Givan: 15.9 mi
- Washoe Meadows State Park: 7.1 mi
- Andrews Meadows: 8.0 mi
- Johnson Meadow: 8.7 mi
- Linder Grove: 9.0 mi
- Ed Z'berg Sugar Pine Point State Park: 9.8 mi
- Cathedral Peak: 3.7 mi
- Tallac Point: 5.9 mi
- Lovers Leap: 7.0 mi
- Distillery Wall: 10.3 mi
- Detox Wall: 10.3 mi
- Cascade Falls: 3.6 mi
- Modjeska Falls: 3.6 mi
- Upper Eagle Falls: 4.0 mi
- Lower Eagle Falls: 4.1 mi
- Eagle Falls: 4.2 mi
- Baldwin Home: 6.2 mi
- Lake Tahoe Historic Society Museum: 9.8 mi
- Genoa Courthouse Museum: 17.9 mi
- Gatekeeper's Museum: 18.4 mi
- Watson Cabin: 18.7 mi
- Tallac Historic Site: 6.2 mi
- Balancing Rock: 6.6 mi
- Rubicon Point Light: 7.3 mi
- Round Hill Pines Beach Resort: 12.3 mi
- M. S. Dixie II Terminal: 13.1 mi
- Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
- Meeks Bay Beach: 9.5 mi
- Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
- Cleveland Corral: 16.9 mi
- Shot Rock Vista Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
- St Theresa: 9.8 mi
- The Big Tree: 18.7 mi
- Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 6.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Dicks Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pyramid Peak | S 186° | 3,042.818 m | 3.9 mi |
| Mount Price | SSW 207° | 3,040 m | 2.8 mi |
| Agassiz | SSW 199° | 3,038 m | 3.1 mi |
| Trimmer Peak | E 99° | 3,016 m | 12.4 mi |
| Jacks Peak | SSW 194° | 3,002 m | 0.7 mi |
| Mount Tallac | E 82° | 2,967 m | 2.8 mi |
| Little Round Top | SSE 154° | 2,924 m | 12.3 mi |
| Janine's Peak | ENE 69° | 2,919.679 m | 1.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:50 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 222367 — Dicks Peak, El Dorado County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358764727
Day trips start here
- Bliss State Park · 6 mi
- Homewood · 13 mi
- Lake Tahoe · 14 mi
- Tahoe City · 19 mi
- Olympic Valley · 21 mi
- Tahoe Vista · 25 mi
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