Granite Chief
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Granite Chief rises to 2,749 m in California. Castle Peak stands 2,773 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Needle Peak, a peak 0.8 miles away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 15 miles off.
The story
Granite Chief is a mountain located in the Sierra Nevada near Lake Tahoe. The mountain rises to an elevation of 9,010 feet (2,746 m) and receives consistent heavy snowfall during the winter months. The summit is the highest point in the Granite Chief Wilderness and marks the northwestern boundary of Palisades Tahoe.
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Wikidata Q5595839, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2749 m
How to reach it
- 15.2 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
- 17.2 mi off the Mount Rose Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Memorial Point Scenic Overlook · 19 mi
- Scenic lookout · 20 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 21 mi
- Cave Rock · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Needle Peak: 0.8 mi
- Washeshu Peak: 1.5 mi
- Lyon Peak: 1.6 mi
- KT-22: 2.7 mi
- Silver Peak: 2.7 mi
- Olympic Valley Park: 4.5 mi
- Alpine Springs Community Park: 4.8 mi
- Lake Tahoe Commons Beach: 8.1 mi
- Lake Tahoe Park: 8.2 mi
- Kilner Park: 8.2 mi
- Olympic Meadow Preserve: 4.0 mi
- Robie Park: 6.7 mi
- Antone Meadows Natural Preserve: 7.3 mi
- Ward Creek: 7.9 mi
- Burton Creek State Park: 8.0 mi
- William Kent Beach: 8.2 mi
- China Cove Beach: 8.6 mi
- Patton Beach: 11.3 mi
- Moon Dunes Beach: 13.5 mi
- Secline Beach: 14.0 mi
- Thunder Cliff: 5.7 mi
- Twin Crags: 6.8 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 7.9 mi
- Tunnel Rock: 8.3 mi
- Tunnel Rock: 8.3 mi
- Watson Monument: 0.8 mi
- Olympic Flame: 4.7 mi
- Johnson Monument: 4.7 mi
- Ralph R. Steele Memorial: 7.8 mi
- Schallenberger Cabin Site: 9.2 mi
- Gatekeeper's Museum: 8.0 mi
- Watson Cabin: 8.1 mi
- UC Davis Eriksson Education Center: 8.9 mi
- Donner Memorial State Park Museum: 9.2 mi
- Truckee-Donner Historical Society: 9.7 mi
- Five Lakes Trailhead: 3.3 mi
- China Wall: 8.3 mi
- Rodeo Grounds: 10.9 mi
- Balancing Rock: 17.3 mi
- Rubicon Point Light: 17.3 mi
- Big Spring: 3.5 mi
- Coyote Spring: 7.3 mi
- Health Springs: 7.3 mi
- Brockway Spring: 15.0 mi
- Juniper Ridge Spring: 17.1 mi
- French Meadows Day Use Site: 8.1 mi
- Donner Camp Picnic Site: 13.5 mi
- Meeks Bay Beach: 14.3 mi
- Lodgepole: 18.1 mi
- Day Use Area: 18.3 mi
- East Snow Mountain Falls: 9.1 mi
- Upper Eagle Falls: 19.4 mi
- Lower Eagle Falls: 19.5 mi
- Eagle Falls: 19.5 mi
- Weber Falls: 20.5 mi
- The Big Tree: 8.1 mi
- "Snowshoe" Thompson: 10.2 mi
- The Ants: 11.9 mi
- St Theresa: 24.5 mi
- Donner Lake Vista Point: 8.9 mi
- Donner Summit Rest Area: 10.4 mi
- Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 22.1 mi
- Deadwood: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Granite Chief. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Peak | NNW 344° | 2,773 m | 12.0 mi |
| Lyon Peak | WNW 291° | 2,713 m | 1.6 mi |
| Tinker Knob | N 2° | 2,713 m | 3.2 mi |
| Needle Peak | WNW 283° | 2,711 m | 0.8 mi |
| Washeshu Peak | SE 142° | 2,706 m | 1.5 mi |
| Twin Peaks | SSE 153° | 2,701 m | 6.6 mi |
| Ellis Peak | SSE 152° | 2,648 m | 10.2 mi |
| Anderson Peak | N 353° | 2,646 m | 4.2 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 | 19:51 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:00 | 16:42 |
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 | 30 | 31 | 34 | 39 | 47 | 55 | 62 | 61 | 55 | 46 | 37 | 30 |
| Precip in | 6.2 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tahoe City, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 260740 — Granite Chief, Placer County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358797966
Day trips start here
- Olympic Valley · 3 mi
- Tahoe City · 8 mi
- Homewood · 10 mi
- Truckee · 10 mi
- Tahoe Vista · 13 mi
- Lake Tahoe · 15 mi
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