Melissa Coray Peak
Melissa Coray Peak rises to 2,977 m in California. Round Top stands 3,164 m to the east-northeast, 2.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Covered Wagon Peak, a peak 0.6 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Alpine County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49049165, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,977 m
How to reach it
- 10.9 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
- 21.9 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 16 mi
- Liberty Vista Point · 18 mi
- Cave Rock · 28 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Covered Wagon Peak: 0.6 mi
- Fourth of July Peak: 1.0 mi
- Thimble Peak: 1.3 mi
- The Sisters: 1.9 mi
- Round Top: 2.3 mi
- Horse Thief Spring: 3.8 mi
- Tragedy Spring: 5.8 mi
- Ham Spring: 10.7 mi
- Singleton Springs: 10.7 mi
- Soda Spring: 10.9 mi
- Wester Park: 5.7 mi
- Turtle Rock County Park: 13.8 mi
- Tahoe Paradise Park: 14.1 mi
- Markleeville Library Park: 14.2 mi
- Elizabeth Coyan Park: 14.4 mi
- Machado Postpile: 2.5 mi
- Detox Wall: 10.7 mi
- Distillery Wall: 10.8 mi
- Lovers Leap: 11.4 mi
- Bloods Point: 12.9 mi
- Snowshoe Thompson Historical Monument: 4.0 mi
- Kit Carson Historical Monument: 4.0 mi
- Iron Mountain Ski Resort: 9.5 mi
- Old Jail: 15.0 mi
- Glen Alpine Resort: 15.8 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 13.1 mi
- Modjeska Falls: 15.8 mi
- Cascade Falls: 19.8 mi
- Upper Eagle Falls: 21.0 mi
- Lower Eagle Falls: 21.1 mi
- Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 4.7 mi
- Shot Rock Vista Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
- Chickaree Day Use: 12.0 mi
- Marmot Day Use: 12.3 mi
- Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 21.1 mi
- Pope Beach: 19.7 mi
- Kiva Beach: 20.0 mi
- El Dorado Beach: 20.8 mi
- Lakeside Beach: 21.8 mi
- Nevada Beach: 23.1 mi
- Grover Hot Springs State Park: 11.0 mi
- Linder Grove: 11.1 mi
- Andrews Meadows: 12.2 mi
- Washoe Meadows State Park: 15.2 mi
- Johnson Meadow: 18.4 mi
- Tallac Historic Site: 19.8 mi
- Balancing Rock: 23.7 mi
- Round Hill Pines Beach Resort: 23.8 mi
- Rubicon Point Light: 24.0 mi
- Alpine County Museum: 14.2 mi
- Baldwin Home: 19.9 mi
- Lake Tahoe Historic Society Museum: 20.2 mi
- Peep Sight: 14.8 mi
- Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 19.8 mi
- St Theresa: 20.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Melissa Coray Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Top | ENE 69° | 3,164 m | 2.3 mi |
| The Sisters | ENE 67° | 3,094 m | 1.9 mi |
| Red Lake Peak | NE 34° | 3,067 m | 5.0 mi |
| Stevens Peak | NNE 29° | 3,061 m | 6.4 mi |
| Raymond Peak | ESE 107° | 3,055 m | 11.6 mi |
| Hawkins Peak | ENE 56° | 3,052 m | 10.8 mi |
| Thimble Peak | WNW 303° | 2,988 m | 1.3 mi |
| Deadwood Peak | ESE 123° | 2,987 m | 3.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:49 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 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, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358802942
Day trips start here
- Bliss State Park · 23 mi
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