Phipps Peak
Phipps Peak rises to 2,813 m in California. Pyramid Peak stands 3,043 m to the south, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Middle Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 11 miles off.
The story
Phipps Peak is a mountain in the Sierra Nevada to the west of Emerald Bay and Lake Tahoe; and to the east of Rockbound Valley and the Crystal Range. The peak is in El Dorado County, California and the Desolation Wilderness. Phipps Peak is named after William Phipps, a California pioneer originally from Kentucky that fought in the American Army during the American Indian Wars. He claimed to be a "General" in the Army, though that was a self-proclaimed title. In 1854, he settled in the small settlement of Georgetown, California (named after George Phipps who is unrelated) about 100 miles west of Tahoe, and six years later relocated to McKinney Bay at Lake Tahoe where he settled on a 160-acre homestead near General Creek. Nearby Phipps Pass and General Creek are also named after Phipps.
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Wikidata Q7186412, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2813 m
How to reach it
- 10.9 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
- 22.5 mi off the Mount Rose Highway
- 26.7 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Cave Rock · 13 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 13 mi
- Memorial Point Scenic Overlook · 21 mi
- Scenic lookout · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Middle Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Jakes Peak: 1.8 mi
- Hidden Peak: 2.0 mi
- Maggies Peaks - North: 2.1 mi
- Crag Peak: 2.2 mi
- Fallen Leaf Recreation Center: 6.7 mi
- Kailua Park: 7.9 mi
- Bonanza Community Park: 8.6 mi
- Thomas F Regan Memorial City Beach: 8.8 mi
- Lake Valley State Recreation Area: 9.3 mi
- Lester Beach: 4.1 mi
- Kiva Beach: 5.5 mi
- Pope Beach: 6.7 mi
- El Dorado Beach: 9.8 mi
- Nevada Beach: 10.7 mi
- Ed Z'berg Sugar Pine Point State Park: 6.1 mi
- Washoe Meadows State Park: 8.9 mi
- Johnson Meadow: 9.0 mi
- Andrews Meadows: 10.7 mi
- Linder Grove: 11.8 mi
- Glen Alpine Spring: 6.2 mi
- Folsom Spring: 11.6 mi
- Big Spring: 14.9 mi
- Granite Spring: 15.5 mi
- Chicken Hawk Spring: 18.6 mi
- Fannette Island Tea House: 2.7 mi
- Glen Alpine Resort: 6.1 mi
- Stephen Downey: 9.2 mi
- Elkus: 14.3 mi
- Ralph R. Steele Memorial: 14.5 mi
- Tallac Point: 5.2 mi
- Cathedral Peak: 5.9 mi
- Lovers Leap: 10.8 mi
- Red Cliffs: 12.6 mi
- Distillery Wall: 13.0 mi
- Upper Eagle Falls: 1.9 mi
- Lower Eagle Falls: 2.1 mi
- Eagle Falls: 2.1 mi
- Cascade Falls: 3.0 mi
- Modjeska Falls: 6.2 mi
- Baldwin Home: 5.6 mi
- Lake Tahoe Historic Society Museum: 9.4 mi
- Gatekeeper's Museum: 14.7 mi
- Watson Cabin: 15.0 mi
- UC Davis Eriksson Education Center: 15.9 mi
- Balancing Rock: 3.3 mi
- Rubicon Point Light: 4.1 mi
- Tallac Historic Site: 5.7 mi
- Round Hill Pines Beach Resort: 10.9 mi
- M. S. Dixie II Terminal: 11.3 mi
- Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 2.0 mi
- Meeks Bay Beach: 5.8 mi
- French Meadows Day Use Site: 18.4 mi
- Cleveland Corral: 19.0 mi
- Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 20.1 mi
- St Theresa: 9.4 mi
- The Big Tree: 15.0 mi
- Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 5.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Phipps Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pyramid Peak | S 183° | 3,042.818 m | 7.6 mi |
| Dicks Peak | S 181° | 3,042 m | 3.7 mi |
| Mount Price | SSW 192° | 3,040 m | 6.4 mi |
| Agassiz | S 189° | 3,038 m | 6.8 mi |
| Jacks Peak | S 183° | 3,002 m | 4.4 mi |
| Mount Tallac | SE 141° | 2,967 m | 4.3 mi |
| Janine's Peak | SSE 163° | 2,919.679 m | 3.5 mi |
| Little Pyramid | SSW 203° | 2,876.398 m | 5.2 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 | 07:17 | 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 | 30 | 30 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 55 | 62 | 61 | 55 | 46 | 36 | 29 |
| Precip in | 6.4 | 6.9 | 5.5 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 6.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tahoma, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358772633
Day trips start here
- Bliss State Park · 3 mi
- Homewood · 9 mi
- Lake Tahoe · 11 mi
- Tahoe City · 15 mi
- Olympic Valley · 17 mi
- Tahoe Vista · 21 mi
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