Jacks Peak
Jacks Peak rises to 3,002 m in California. Pyramid Peak stands 3,043 m to the south, 3.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Dicks Peak, a peak 0.7 miles away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 12 miles off.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49039432, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,002 m
How to reach it
- 12.4 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
- 24.1 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
- 26.7 mi off the Mount Rose Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Cave Rock · 15 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 16 mi
- Memorial Point Scenic Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dicks Peak: 0.7 mi
- Janine's Peak: 1.7 mi
- Little Pyramid: 1.8 mi
- Cracked Crag: 2.0 mi
- Mount Price: 2.1 mi
- Fallen Leaf Recreation Center: 4.6 mi
- Tahoe Paradise Park: 7.2 mi
- Lake Valley State Recreation Area: 7.6 mi
- Bonanza Community Park: 8.2 mi
- Thomas F Regan Memorial City Beach: 9.8 mi
- Kiva Beach: 6.6 mi
- Pope Beach: 7.5 mi
- Lester Beach: 8.1 mi
- El Dorado Beach: 10.8 mi
- Lakeside Beach: 12.0 mi
- Glen Alpine Spring: 3.2 mi
- Granite Spring: 12.4 mi
- Folsom Spring: 13.1 mi
- Chicken Hawk Spring: 16.2 mi
- Jim Quinn Spring: 16.9 mi
- Washoe Meadows State Park: 7.1 mi
- Andrews Meadows: 7.7 mi
- Linder Grove: 8.6 mi
- Johnson Meadow: 9.0 mi
- Ed Z'berg Sugar Pine Point State Park: 10.5 mi
- Cathedral Peak: 3.8 mi
- Lovers Leap: 6.4 mi
- Tallac Point: 6.4 mi
- Distillery Wall: 10.0 mi
- Detox Wall: 10.0 mi
- Glen Alpine Resort: 3.2 mi
- Fannette Island Tea House: 5.3 mi
- Elkus: 12.0 mi
- Kit Carson Historical Monument: 16.1 mi
- Snowshoe Thompson Historical Monument: 16.1 mi
- Modjeska Falls: 3.5 mi
- Cascade Falls: 4.2 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 4.5 mi
- Upper Eagle Falls: 4.6 mi
- Lower Eagle Falls: 4.8 mi
- Baldwin Home: 6.7 mi
- Lake Tahoe Historic Society Museum: 10.1 mi
- Genoa Courthouse Museum: 18.3 mi
- Gatekeeper's Museum: 19.1 mi
- Watson Cabin: 19.4 mi
- Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 4.8 mi
- Meeks Bay Beach: 10.2 mi
- Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
- Cleveland Corral: 16.4 mi
- Shot Rock Vista Picnic Area: 18.5 mi
- Tallac Historic Site: 6.7 mi
- Balancing Rock: 7.3 mi
- Rubicon Point Light: 8.0 mi
- Round Hill Pines Beach Resort: 12.8 mi
- M. S. Dixie II Terminal: 13.6 mi
- St Theresa: 10.1 mi
- The Big Tree: 19.4 mi
- Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 6.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Jacks Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pyramid Peak | S 184° | 3,043 m | 3.1 mi |
| Dicks Peak | NNE 14° | 3,042 m | 0.7 mi |
| Mount Price | SSW 211° | 3,040 m | 2.1 mi |
| Agassiz | SSW 201° | 3,038 m | 2.4 mi |
| Trimmer Peak | E 96° | 3,016 m | 12.5 mi |
| Mount Tallac | ENE 70° | 2,967 m | 3.1 mi |
| Little Round Top | SSE 152° | 2,924 m | 11.8 mi |
| Janine's Peak | NE 49° | 2,920 m | 1.7 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 | 19:50 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 226070 — Jacks Peak, El Dorado County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358768176
Day trips start here
- Bliss State Park · 7 mi
- Homewood · 14 mi
- Lake Tahoe · 15 mi
- Tahoe City · 19 mi
- Olympic Valley · 22 mi
- Tahoe Vista · 25 mi
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