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Echo Peak

Echo Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Echo Peak rises to 2,698 m in California. Freel Peak stands 3,305 m to the east, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Rock, a peak 0.6 miles away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 10 miles off.

The story

Echo Peak is a mountain in the Sierra Nevada range to the west of Lake Tahoe on the border of the Desolation Wilderness in El Dorado County, California.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q5332740, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2698 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.85645, -120.07343

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Fallen Leaf Recreation Center: 1.6 mi
  • Tahoe Paradise Park: 2.5 mi
  • Lake Valley State Recreation Area: 3.3 mi
  • Bonanza Community Park: 5.1 mi
  • Bijou Community Park: 7.6 mi
Springs: 23
Beaches: 15
Historic sites: 13
Cliffs: 12
Waterfalls: 10
  • Modjeska Falls: 1.7 mi
  • Horsetail Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Upper Eagle Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Lower Eagle Falls: 6.9 mi
Attractions: 8
Museums: 8
Picnic sites: 6
  • Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
  • Meeks Bay Beach: 12.7 mi
  • Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
  • Shot Rock Vista Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
  • Cleveland Corral: 19.6 mi
Artworks: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 5.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Echo Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Freel PeakE 89°3,305 m9.3 mi
Jobs SisterE 88°3,299 m10.2 mi
Jobs PeakE 89°3,233 m11.4 mi
Monument PeakENE 64°3,068 m10.5 mi
Red Lake PeakSSE 155°3,067 m11.0 mi
Stevens PeakSSE 150°3,061 m9.8 mi
Pyramid PeakW 260°3,042.818 m4.6 mi
Dicks PeakNW 306°3,042 m5.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3619:5020:30
September equinox06:4918:2418:59
December solstice07:1616:0016:42

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313136404855626054463730
Precip in2.83.72.91.31.30.50.40.40.31.41.93.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — S Lake Tahoe AP, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/358797683

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