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Lost Corner Mountain

Lost Corner Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Lost Corner Mountain rises to 2,516 m in California. Pyramid Peak stands 3,043 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Sourdough Hill, a peak 1.2 miles away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 13 miles off.

About

The story

Lost Corner Mountain is a mountain summit in the Sierra Nevada mountain range to the west of Lake Tahoe on the border of the Desolation Wilderness in El Dorado County, California. The city closest to it is Meyers, California which is 4.4 miles away. The Pacific Crest Trail skirts the mountain on its west flank.

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Wikidata Q8523893, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2516 m
Getting there

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Coordinates39.01343, -120.20434

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Kailua Park: 5.2 mi
  • Kaspian Day Use Area: 7.4 mi
  • Kilner Park: 8.8 mi
  • Lake Tahoe Park: 9.2 mi
  • Lake Tahoe Commons Beach: 11.4 mi
Nature reserves: 26
Beaches: 23
Cliffs: 22
Historic sites: 17
  • Stephen Downey: 5.7 mi
  • Fannette Island Tea House: 6.9 mi
  • Ralph R. Steele Memorial: 10.9 mi
  • Glen Alpine Resort: 11.1 mi
  • Johnson Monument: 11.2 mi
Museums: 15
  • Baldwin Home: 9.9 mi
  • Gatekeeper's Museum: 11.1 mi
  • Watson Cabin: 11.4 mi
  • UC Davis Eriksson Education Center: 12.6 mi
  • Lake Tahoe Historic Society Museum: 13.2 mi
Springs: 14
Waterfalls: 11
  • Upper Eagle Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Lower Eagle Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Eagle Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Bassi Falls: 10.8 mi
Attractions: 10
  • Balancing Rock: 5.4 mi
  • Rubicon Point Light: 6.0 mi
  • Tallac Historic Site: 10.0 mi
  • Five Lakes Trailhead: 11.5 mi
  • Round Hill Pines Beach Resort: 13.6 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Meeks Bay Beach: 4.7 mi
  • Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
  • French Meadows Day Use Site: 13.6 mi
  • Cleveland Corral: 20.0 mi
  • Bridal Veil Picnic Area: 22.7 mi
Artworks: 4
Rest areas: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 10.0 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Lost Corner Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pyramid PeakSSE 168°3,042.818 m11.9 mi
Dicks PeakSSE 160°3,042 m8.3 mi
Mount PriceS 171°3,040 m10.5 mi
AgassizS 170°3,038 m10.9 mi
Jacks PeakSSE 162°3,002 m8.9 mi
Mount TallacSE 143°2,967 m9.3 mi
Janine's PeakSSE 152°2,919.679 m8.4 mi
Little PyramidS 174°2,876.398 m9.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:3619:5120:31
September equinox06:4918:2418:59
December solstice07:1716:0016:42

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303034384655626155463629
Precip in6.46.95.52.82.00.80.50.40.62.03.46.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tahoma, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 262929 — Lost Corner Mountain, El Dorado County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358798648

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