Guide Peak
Guide Peak rises to 2,359 m in California. Dicks Peak stands 3,042 m to the southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Jerrett Peak, a peak 1.1 miles away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 19 miles off.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49034265, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,359 m
How to reach it
- 19.3 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
- 23.4 mi off the Mount Rose Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Cave Rock · 20 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 20 mi
- Memorial Point Scenic Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Jerrett Peak: 1.1 mi
- Devils Peak: 1.3 mi
- McKinstry Peak: 2.1 mi
- The Pinnacles: 3.1 mi
- Red Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Kailua Park: 9.6 mi
- Kaspian Day Use Area: 9.8 mi
- Kilner Park: 10.7 mi
- Lake Tahoe Park: 11.1 mi
- Alpine Springs Community Park: 12.1 mi
- Ed Z'berg Sugar Pine Point State Park: 9.3 mi
- Ward Creek: 10.4 mi
- Olympic Meadow Preserve: 12.7 mi
- Burton Creek State Park: 14.0 mi
- Antone Meadows Natural Preserve: 14.3 mi
- Red Cliffs: 2.2 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 9.0 mi
- Thunder Cliff: 11.7 mi
- Twin Crags: 11.9 mi
- Little Crater: 13.3 mi
- William Kent Beach: 11.1 mi
- Lester Beach: 11.7 mi
- Kiva Beach: 15.6 mi
- Pope Beach: 16.8 mi
- Patton Beach: 18.1 mi
- Johnson Monument: 7.2 mi
- Watson Monument: 10.7 mi
- Ralph R. Steele Memorial: 12.5 mi
- Fannette Island Tea House: 12.8 mi
- Olympic Flame: 13.1 mi
- Gatekeeper's Museum: 12.7 mi
- Watson Cabin: 13.1 mi
- UC Davis Eriksson Education Center: 14.4 mi
- Baldwin Home: 15.8 mi
- Lake Tahoe Historic Society Museum: 19.3 mi
- Big Spring: 8.0 mi
- Coyote Spring: 8.6 mi
- Health Springs: 15.5 mi
- Glen Alpine Spring: 16.1 mi
- Granite Spring: 17.3 mi
- Bassi Falls: 10.1 mi
- Upper Eagle Falls: 12.2 mi
- Lower Eagle Falls: 12.3 mi
- Eagle Falls: 12.4 mi
- Cascade Falls: 13.4 mi
- French Meadows Day Use Site: 8.1 mi
- Meeks Bay Beach: 10.2 mi
- Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
- Cleveland Corral: 18.7 mi
- Bridal Veil Picnic Area: 20.8 mi
- Balancing Rock: 11.5 mi
- Rubicon Point Light: 12.0 mi
- Tallac Historic Site: 15.9 mi
- China Wall: 19.2 mi
- M. S. Dixie II Terminal: 19.6 mi
- The Big Tree: 13.0 mi
- St Theresa: 19.4 mi
- "Snowshoe" Thompson: 20.8 mi
- The Ants: 22.5 mi
- Donner Lake Vista Point: 20.0 mi
- Donner Summit Rest Area: 21.1 mi
- Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 15.9 mi
- Deadwood: 20.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Guide Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dicks Peak | SE 137° | 3,042 m | 12.9 mi |
| Jacks Peak | SE 140° | 3,002 m | 13.3 mi |
| Little Pyramid | SSE 147° | 2,876 m | 12.5 mi |
| Red Peak | SSE 148° | 2,833 m | 9.2 mi |
| Phipps Peak | ESE 123° | 2,813 m | 10.5 mi |
| Rubicon Peak | ESE 109° | 2,798 m | 10.2 mi |
| Jakes Peak | ESE 115° | 2,797 m | 11.2 mi |
| Hidden Peak | ESE 113° | 2,795 m | 11.0 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 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 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 | 30 | 30 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 55 | 62 | 61 | 55 | 46 | 36 | 29 |
| Precip in | 6.4 | 6.9 | 5.5 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 6.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tahoma, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 224708 — Guide Peak, Placer County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358766988
Day trips start here
- Homewood · 9 mi
- Bliss State Park · 12 mi
- Olympic Valley · 12 mi
- Tahoe City · 13 mi
- Lake Tahoe · 15 mi
- Tahoe Vista · 20 mi
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