Maggies Peaks
Maggies Peaks rises to 2,639 m in California. Freel Peak stands 3,305 m to the east-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Maggies Peaks - North, a peak 0.7 miles away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 9.4 miles off.
The story
Maggies Peaks refers to a mountain in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, southwest of Lake Tahoe. There are two peaks on the mountain about 0.7 miles (1 km) apart. The northern peak has an elevation of about 8,499 feet (2,590 m) and the southern peak has an elevation of 8,703 feet (2,653 m). The mountain is located in the Desolation Wilderness in El Dorado County, California. The summits overlook Lake Tahoe and affords very good views of the lake.
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Wikidata Q6730348, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2639 m
How to reach it
- 9.4 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
- 23.2 mi off the Mount Rose Highway
- 24.2 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Cave Rock · 12 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 13 mi
- Memorial Point Scenic Overlook · 22 mi
- Scenic lookout · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Maggies Peaks - North: 0.7 mi
- Inspiration Point: 1.3 mi
- Mount Tallac: 1.9 mi
- Janine's Peak: 2.0 mi
- Phipps Peak: 2.5 mi
- Fallen Leaf Recreation Center: 4.3 mi
- Bonanza Community Park: 6.3 mi
- Lake Valley State Recreation Area: 6.8 mi
- Thomas F Regan Memorial City Beach: 6.9 mi
- Tahoe Paradise Park: 7.0 mi
- Kiva Beach: 3.5 mi
- Pope Beach: 4.6 mi
- Lester Beach: 4.8 mi
- El Dorado Beach: 7.9 mi
- Lakeside Beach: 9.0 mi
- Glen Alpine Spring: 4.0 mi
- Folsom Spring: 10.0 mi
- Granite Spring: 15.8 mi
- Big Spring: 17.2 mi
- Chicken Hawk Spring: 19.4 mi
- Washoe Meadows State Park: 6.3 mi
- Johnson Meadow: 6.7 mi
- Ed Z'berg Sugar Pine Point State Park: 7.8 mi
- Andrews Meadows: 8.3 mi
- Linder Grove: 9.4 mi
- Fannette Island Tea House: 1.7 mi
- Glen Alpine Resort: 3.9 mi
- Stephen Downey: 11.6 mi
- Elkus: 15.1 mi
- Ralph R. Steele Memorial: 16.2 mi
- Tallac Point: 3.3 mi
- Cathedral Peak: 3.5 mi
- Lovers Leap: 9.2 mi
- Distillery Wall: 10.6 mi
- Detox Wall: 10.6 mi
- Baldwin Home: 3.6 mi
- Lake Tahoe Historic Society Museum: 7.4 mi
- Genoa Courthouse Museum: 15.2 mi
- Gatekeeper's Museum: 16.3 mi
- Watson Cabin: 16.6 mi
- Cascade Falls: 0.7 mi
- Upper Eagle Falls: 1.3 mi
- Lower Eagle Falls: 1.4 mi
- Eagle Falls: 1.4 mi
- Modjeska Falls: 3.9 mi
- Tallac Historic Site: 3.7 mi
- Balancing Rock: 4.1 mi
- Rubicon Point Light: 4.6 mi
- Round Hill Pines Beach Resort: 9.5 mi
- M. S. Dixie II Terminal: 10.2 mi
- Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 1.4 mi
- Meeks Bay Beach: 7.2 mi
- Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 18.5 mi
- Cleveland Corral: 19.7 mi
- French Meadows Day Use Site: 20.9 mi
- St Theresa: 7.4 mi
- The Big Tree: 16.6 mi
- Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 3.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Maggies Peaks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freel Peak | ESE 114° | 3,305 m | 12.6 mi |
| Monument Peak | E 93° | 3,068 m | 11.6 mi |
| Pyramid Peak | SSW 202° | 3,042.818 m | 6.4 mi |
| Dicks Peak | SW 223° | 3,042 m | 2.9 mi |
| Mount Price | SW 215° | 3,040 m | 5.7 mi |
| Agassiz | SSW 211° | 3,038 m | 5.9 mi |
| Trimmer Peak | ESE 112° | 3,016 m | 11.1 mi |
| Jacks Peak | SW 217° | 3,002 m | 3.6 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 | 16:00 | 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 263117 — Maggies Peaks, El Dorado County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358798690
Day trips start here
- Bliss State Park · 4 mi
- Homewood · 11 mi
- Lake Tahoe · 12 mi
- Tahoe City · 17 mi
- Olympic Valley · 19 mi
- Tahoe Vista · 22 mi
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