Elephants Back
Elephants Back rises to 2,920 m in California. Freel Peak stands 3,305 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Snowshoe Thompson Historical Monument, a historic site 1.2 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.
The story
Elephants Back is a 9,585-foot-elevation (2,922-meter) mountain summit located in Alpine County, California, United States.
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Wikidata Q49027663, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,920 m
How to reach it
- 10.7 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
- 19.5 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 18 mi
- Liberty Vista Point · 20 mi
- Cave Rock · 25 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Round Top: 1.4 mi
- The Sisters: 1.7 mi
- Black Butte: 2.1 mi
- Red Lake Peak: 2.3 mi
- Fourth of July Peak: 2.6 mi
- Wester Park: 8.6 mi
- Turtle Rock County Park: 10.3 mi
- Markleeville Library Park: 10.9 mi
- Elizabeth Coyan Park: 11.1 mi
- Heritage Park and Nature Area: 11.1 mi
- Horse Thief Spring: 7.4 mi
- Soda Spring: 7.5 mi
- Grover Hot Springs: 7.6 mi
- Tragedy Spring: 9.2 mi
- Singleton Springs: 14.0 mi
- Machado Postpile: 6.0 mi
- Detox Wall: 8.8 mi
- Distillery Wall: 8.8 mi
- 4-second Climbing Area: 9.4 mi
- Hangman's Cave: 11.7 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 12.9 mi
- Modjeska Falls: 14.9 mi
- Cascade Falls: 18.8 mi
- Eagle Falls: 20.1 mi
- Upper Eagle Falls: 20.1 mi
- Snowshoe Thompson Historical Monument: 1.2 mi
- Kit Carson Historical Monument: 1.2 mi
- Old Jail: 12.6 mi
- Iron Mountain Ski Resort: 12.8 mi
- Glen Alpine Resort: 15.0 mi
- Grover Hot Springs State Park: 7.6 mi
- Linder Grove: 9.5 mi
- Andrews Meadows: 10.7 mi
- Washoe Meadows State Park: 13.6 mi
- Johnson Meadow: 16.3 mi
- Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
- Shot Rock Vista Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
- Chickaree Day Use: 13.6 mi
- Marmot Day Use: 14.1 mi
- Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 20.2 mi
- Pope Beach: 18.0 mi
- Kiva Beach: 18.5 mi
- El Dorado Beach: 18.6 mi
- Lakeside Beach: 19.5 mi
- Nevada Beach: 20.9 mi
- Tallac Historic Site: 18.3 mi
- Round Hill Pines Beach Resort: 21.6 mi
- Balancing Rock: 22.6 mi
- Zephyr Cove Beach: 22.8 mi
- Rubicon Point Light: 22.8 mi
- Alpine County Museum: 10.9 mi
- Lake Tahoe Historic Society Museum: 18.1 mi
- Baldwin Home: 18.4 mi
- Carson Valley Museum and Cultural Center: 22.2 mi
- Genoa Courthouse Museum: 23.7 mi
- Peep Sight: 14.5 mi
- St Theresa: 17.9 mi
- Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 18.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Elephants Back. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freel Peak | NNE 20° | 3,305 m | 13.2 mi |
| Jobs Sister | NNE 23° | 3,299 m | 13.8 mi |
| Jobs Peak | NNE 28° | 3,233 m | 14.0 mi |
| Round Top | SW 223° | 3,164 m | 1.4 mi |
| The Sisters | SW 231° | 3,094 m | 1.7 mi |
| Red Lake Peak | N 354° | 3,067 m | 2.3 mi |
| Stevens Peak | N 0° | 3,061 m | 3.8 mi |
| Raymond Peak | ESE 122° | 3,055 m | 9.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:49 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 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, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 259835 — Elephants Back, Alpine County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358797695
Day trips start here
- Bliss State Park · 22 mi
- Lake Tahoe · 29 mi
- Homewood · 30 mi
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