Mount Tallac
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Mount Tallac rises to 2,967 m in California. Freel Peak stands 3,305 m to the east-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Cathedral Peak, a cliff 1.5 miles away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 9.2 miles off.
The story
Mount Tallac is a mountain peak southwest of Lake Tahoe, in El Dorado County, California. The peak lies within the Desolation Wilderness in the Eldorado National Forest. It is quite visible from State Routes 89 and 28, and U.S. Route 50. A "cross of snow" is clearly visible on the mountain's face during the winter, spring, and early summer months. The Aetherius Society considers it to be one of its 19 holy mountains.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q3322135, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,967 m
How to reach it
- 9.2 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
- 22.4 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
- 24.7 mi off the Mount Rose Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Cave Rock · 13 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 13 mi
- Memorial Point Scenic Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Janine's Peak: 1.7 mi
- Maggies Peaks: 1.9 mi
- Maggies Peaks - North: 2.6 mi
- Inspiration Point: 2.8 mi
- Dicks Peak: 2.8 mi
- Fallen Leaf Recreation Center: 2.4 mi
- Lake Valley State Recreation Area: 5.2 mi
- Tahoe Paradise Park: 5.2 mi
- Bonanza Community Park: 5.2 mi
- Thomas F Regan Memorial City Beach: 6.6 mi
- Kiva Beach: 3.6 mi
- Pope Beach: 4.4 mi
- Lester Beach: 6.5 mi
- El Dorado Beach: 7.6 mi
- Lakeside Beach: 8.8 mi
- Glen Alpine Spring: 2.1 mi
- Folsom Spring: 9.9 mi
- Granite Spring: 15.4 mi
- Tragedy Spring: 18.6 mi
- Jim Quinn Spring: 18.9 mi
- Washoe Meadows State Park: 4.7 mi
- Johnson Meadow: 5.9 mi
- Andrews Meadows: 6.4 mi
- Linder Grove: 7.5 mi
- Ed Z'berg Sugar Pine Point State Park: 9.7 mi
- Cathedral Peak: 1.5 mi
- Tallac Point: 3.4 mi
- Lovers Leap: 7.6 mi
- Distillery Wall: 8.7 mi
- Detox Wall: 8.7 mi
- Glen Alpine Resort: 2.1 mi
- Fannette Island Tea House: 3.3 mi
- Elkus: 15.1 mi
- Kit Carson Historical Monument: 15.7 mi
- Snowshoe Thompson Historical Monument: 15.7 mi
- Cascade Falls: 2.0 mi
- Modjeska Falls: 2.0 mi
- Upper Eagle Falls: 3.2 mi
- Lower Eagle Falls: 3.2 mi
- Eagle Falls: 3.2 mi
- Baldwin Home: 3.6 mi
- Lake Tahoe Historic Society Museum: 7.0 mi
- Genoa Courthouse Museum: 15.2 mi
- Gatekeeper's Museum: 18.2 mi
- Watson Cabin: 18.5 mi
- Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
- Meeks Bay Beach: 9.1 mi
- Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
- Cleveland Corral: 19.5 mi
- Shot Rock Vista Picnic Area: 20.1 mi
- Tallac Historic Site: 3.6 mi
- Balancing Rock: 5.8 mi
- Rubicon Point Light: 6.2 mi
- Round Hill Pines Beach Resort: 9.8 mi
- M. S. Dixie II Terminal: 10.6 mi
- St Theresa: 7.0 mi
- The Big Tree: 18.5 mi
- Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 3.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Mount Tallac. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freel Peak | ESE 107° | 3,305 m | 11.2 mi |
| Jobs Sister | ESE 105° | 3,299 m | 11.9 mi |
| Monument Peak | E 84° | 3,068 m | 10.9 mi |
| Pyramid Peak | SW 217° | 3,043 m | 5.3 mi |
| Dicks Peak | W 262° | 3,042 m | 2.8 mi |
| Mount Price | SW 234° | 3,040 m | 5.0 mi |
| Agassiz | SW 229° | 3,038 m | 5.1 mi |
| Trimmer Peak | ESE 104° | 3,016 m | 9.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 268072 — Mount Tallac, El Dorado County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358800303
Day trips start here
- Bliss State Park · 5 mi
- Homewood · 13 mi
- Lake Tahoe · 13 mi
- Tahoe City · 19 mi
- Olympic Valley · 21 mi
- Tahoe Vista · 24 mi
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