Pikes Peak
Pikes Peak rises to 2,205 m in California. Leavitt Peak stands 3,516 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Bull Run Rock, a peak 1.5 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49061210, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,205 m
How to reach it
- 12.8 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 13 mi
- Liberty Vista Point · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bull Run Rock: 1.5 mi
- Pinecrest Peak: 3.4 mi
- Dome Rock: 5.4 mi
- Strawberry Peak: 5.6 mi
- Cooper Peak: 6.2 mi
- White Spring: 4.7 mi
- Salt Spring: 8.4 mi
- Box Spring: 9.7 mi
- Stoddard Spring: 11.5 mi
- Burnt Corral Spring: 12.0 mi
- Jawbone Falls: 17.4 mi
- Sardine Falls: 19.1 mi
- Carson Falls: 22.1 mi
- Leavitt Falls: 22.4 mi
- Cascade Falls: 22.6 mi
- Tuolumne State Game Refuge: 9.4 mi
- Douglas Picnic Ground: 11.9 mi
- White Pines Park: 20.2 mi
- Leach Field: 21.9 mi
- Wester Park: 22.1 mi
- East Flange Rock: 10.8 mi
- Bloods Point: 14.9 mi
- McKays Point: 17.7 mi
- Calaveras Dome: 21.0 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
- Marmot Day Use: 15.0 mi
- Chickaree Day Use: 15.3 mi
- Oak Leaf: 16.4 mi
- Pinecrest Dog Beach: 4.7 mi
- Beach 1: 4.9 mi
- Beach 2: 4.9 mi
- Columns of the Giants: 10.4 mi
- Big Stump: 18.3 mi
- Campfire Center: 18.4 mi
- Calaveras South Grove Natural Preserve: 14.8 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park: 16.1 mi
- Carson-Iceberg Wilderness: 17.6 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park Visitor Center: 18.4 mi
- Sierra Nevada Logging Museum: 20.3 mi
- Strawberry: 5.1 mi
- Scoutmaster Grotto: 8.6 mi
- Peep Sight: 17.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Pikes Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leavitt Peak | E 84° | 3,516 m | 17.3 mi |
| Molo Mountain | E 96° | 3,302 m | 17.0 mi |
| Relief Peak | E 96° | 3,294 m | 14.9 mi |
| Molo Pinnacle | E 97° | 3,292 m | 16.6 mi |
| Kennedy Peak | E 93° | 3,267 m | 17.1 mi |
| Night Cap Peak | ENE 78° | 3,243 m | 15.4 mi |
| Granite Dome | ESE 104° | 3,149 m | 12.5 mi |
| Black Hawk Mountain | ESE 105° | 3,138 m | 14.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:48 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:24 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:02 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 38 | 40 | 45 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 67 | 62 | 53 | 43 | 37 |
| Precip in | 10.6 | 9.8 | 8.5 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 5.2 | 9.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Calaveras BIG Trees, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 264728 — Pikes Peak, Tuolumne County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358799091
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