Highland Peak
Highland Peak rises to 3,324 m in California. Sonora Peak stands 3,484 m to the south-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Silver Peak, a peak 1.4 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 2.8 miles off.
The story
Highland Peak is a prominent 10,936-foot-elevation (3,333-meter) mountain summit located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Alpine County of northern California, United States. It is situated 3.5 miles east of Ebbetts Pass in the Carson-Iceberg Wilderness, on land managed by Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest. Although it ranks as the 680th-highest summit in California, it ranks 36th-highest of those with at least 500 meters of topographic prominence. Also, there is no higher peak than Highland Peak to the north within the Sierra Nevada. Highland Peak has a subsidiary South Peak (10,824 ft; 3,299 m), with one-half mile separation between summits. The Pacific Crest Trail traverses the western foot of this mountain, providing an approach option. Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains into tributaries of the East Fork Carson River. . Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over 2,900 feet (884 meters) above Noble Canyon in 1.6 mile (2.6 km).
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Wikidata Q49036458, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3324 m
How to reach it
- 2.8 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
- 24.9 mi off the Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 20 mi
- Liberty Vista Point · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Silver Peak: 1.4 mi
- Tryon Peak: 2.3 mi
- Ebbetts Peak: 3.2 mi
- Folger Peak: 4.7 mi
- Arnot Peak: 4.9 mi
- Grover Hot Springs: 11.5 mi
- Soda Spring: 11.7 mi
- Virgil Connell Spring: 13.0 mi
- Big Spring: 13.2 mi
- Indian Spring: 14.8 mi
- Elizabeth Coyan Park: 10.4 mi
- Markleeville Library Park: 10.4 mi
- Heritage Park and Nature Area: 10.5 mi
- Turtle Rock County Park: 12.7 mi
- Indian Creek Recreation Lands: 13.0 mi
- Hangman's Cave: 10.1 mi
- 4-second Climbing Area: 16.5 mi
- Bloods Point: 16.9 mi
- Machado Postpile: 19.3 mi
- East Flange Rock: 20.8 mi
- Old Jail: 4.3 mi
- Snowshoe Thompson Historical Monument: 15.9 mi
- Barney Riley: 16.0 mi
- Snowshoe Thompson Historical Monument: 16.4 mi
- Kit Carson Historical Monument: 16.4 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
- Chickaree Day Use: 13.5 mi
- Marmot Day Use: 14.3 mi
- Shingle Mill Flat Picnic Site: 17.4 mi
- Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 21.6 mi
- Carson Falls: 5.5 mi
- Llewellyn Falls: 10.0 mi
- Sardine Falls: 17.8 mi
- Silver Falls: 17.8 mi
- Leavitt Falls: 18.7 mi
- Carson-Iceberg Wilderness: 5.5 mi
- Grover Hot Springs State Park: 12.0 mi
- Aspen Glen Reserve: 14.2 mi
- Linder Grove: 23.7 mi
- Andrews Meadows: 24.8 mi
- Peep Sight: 6.5 mi
- Alpine County Museum: 10.5 mi
- Columns of the Giants: 14.6 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 23.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Highland Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonora Peak | SSE 154° | 3,484 m | 14.6 mi |
| White Mountain | SE 146° | 3,470 m | 13.6 mi |
| Stanislaus Peak | SSE 157° | 3,426 m | 12.0 mi |
| Lost Cannon Peak | SE 130° | 3,355 m | 14.7 mi |
| Whitecliff Peak | SE 140° | 3,296 m | 9.7 mi |
| Wells Peak | SE 137° | 3,294 m | 13.8 mi |
| Silver Peak | N 350° | 3,283 m | 1.4 mi |
| Fish Valley Peak | SE 127° | 3,209 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:48 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:00 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 38 | 43 | 48 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 53 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Topaz Lake, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358767479
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