Hawkins Peak
Hawkins Peak rises to 3,052 m in California. Freel Peak stands 3,305 m to the north, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Pickett Peak, a peak 2.0 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 5.8 miles off.
The story
Hawkins Peak is a 10,024-foot-elevation (3,055-meter) mountain summit located in Alpine County, California, United States.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q49035349, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,052 m
How to reach it
- 5.8 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
- 15.7 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
- 25.8 mi off the Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Cave Rock · 22 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 22 mi
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 25 mi
- Liberty Vista Point · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pickett Peak: 2.0 mi
- Cary Peak: 3.1 mi
- Markleeville Peak: 5.5 mi
- Thompson Peak: 5.6 mi
- Waterhouse Peak: 5.6 mi
- Turtle Rock County Park: 3.9 mi
- Indian Creek Recreation Lands: 4.9 mi
- Markleeville Library Park: 5.8 mi
- Heritage Park and Nature Area: 5.9 mi
- Elizabeth Coyan Park: 5.9 mi
- Soda Spring: 3.2 mi
- Grover Hot Springs: 3.3 mi
- Hot Tub: 8.4 mi
- China Spring: 12.4 mi
- Dowd Springs: 12.6 mi
- 4-second Climbing Area: 2.4 mi
- Hangman's Cave: 6.6 mi
- Detox Wall: 8.4 mi
- Distillery Wall: 8.4 mi
- Machado Postpile: 13.1 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 14.9 mi
- Modjeska Falls: 15.2 mi
- Genoa Falls: 18.3 mi
- Cascade Falls: 18.3 mi
- Eagle Falls: 19.5 mi
- Grover Hot Springs State Park: 2.9 mi
- Linder Grove: 9.8 mi
- Andrews Meadows: 10.7 mi
- Washoe Meadows State Park: 12.3 mi
- Johnson Meadow: 13.7 mi
- Snowshoe Thompson Historical Monument: 5.9 mi
- Kit Carson Historical Monument: 7.0 mi
- Old Jail: 10.8 mi
- Barney Riley: 11.3 mi
- Glen Alpine Resort: 15.4 mi
- Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
- Chickaree Day Use: 18.9 mi
- Shot Rock Vista Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
- Marmot Day Use: 19.5 mi
- Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 19.7 mi
- El Dorado Beach: 15.3 mi
- Lakeside Beach: 15.9 mi
- Pope Beach: 16.1 mi
- Kiva Beach: 16.9 mi
- Nevada Beach: 17.2 mi
- Tallac Historic Site: 16.7 mi
- Round Hill Pines Beach Resort: 17.9 mi
- Zephyr Cove Beach: 19.0 mi
- M. S. Dixie II Terminal: 19.0 mi
- Rubicon Point Light: 21.5 mi
- Alpine County Museum: 5.7 mi
- Lake Tahoe Historic Society Museum: 15.0 mi
- Carson Valley Museum and Cultural Center: 15.6 mi
- Baldwin Home: 16.8 mi
- Genoa Courthouse Museum: 18.5 mi
- St Theresa: 14.9 mi
- Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 16.7 mi
- Peep Sight: 17.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Hawkins Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freel Peak | N 350° | 3,305 m | 8.4 mi |
| Jobs Sister | N 356° | 3,299 m | 8.6 mi |
| Silver Peak | SSE 153° | 3,283 m | 13.5 mi |
| Jobs Peak | N 4° | 3,233 m | 8.3 mi |
| Round Top | SW 233° | 3,164 m | 8.7 mi |
| The Sisters | SW 234° | 3,094 m | 9.0 mi |
| Monument Peak | N 354° | 3,068 m | 12.8 mi |
| Red Lake Peak | WSW 254° | 3,067 m | 6.5 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 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 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 | 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, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358798087
Day trips start here
- Bliss State Park · 21 mi
- Lake Tahoe · 26 mi
- Homewood · 29 mi
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