Pyramid Peak
Pyramid Peak rises to 3,043 m in California. Red Lake Peak stands 3,067 m to the southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Agassiz, a peak 1.1 miles away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 14 miles off.
The story
Pyramid Peak is a mountain in the California's Sierra Nevada in the Crystal Range to the west of Lake Tahoe. It is the highest point in the Desolation Wilderness. With an elevation gain of almost 4,100 feet (1,250 m), the Rocky Canyon route is the mountain's most popular approach although it is very arduous. To the east, at the base of the peak, lies Pyramid Lake.
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Wikidata Q7263270, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3042.818 m
How to reach it
- 14.1 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
- 22.7 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
- 29.7 mi off the Mount Rose Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Cave Rock · 18 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 19 mi
- Memorial Point Scenic Overlook · 28 mi
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Agassiz: 1.1 mi
- Mount Price: 1.6 mi
- Blue Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Cracked Crag: 2.3 mi
- Keiths Dome: 2.9 mi
- Fallen Leaf Recreation Center: 5.3 mi
- Tahoe Paradise Park: 7.1 mi
- Lake Valley State Recreation Area: 7.9 mi
- Bonanza Community Park: 9.4 mi
- Thomas F Regan Memorial City Beach: 11.5 mi
- Glen Alpine Spring: 3.9 mi
- Granite Spring: 10.7 mi
- Jim Quinn Spring: 13.8 mi
- Tragedy Spring: 14.2 mi
- Folsom Spring: 14.9 mi
- Lovers Leap: 3.4 mi
- Cathedral Peak: 4.9 mi
- Tallac Point: 8.6 mi
- Detox Wall: 8.7 mi
- Distillery Wall: 8.8 mi
- Glen Alpine Resort: 3.9 mi
- Fannette Island Tea House: 8.1 mi
- Elkus: 11.1 mi
- Stephen Downey: 13.7 mi
- Kit Carson Historical Monument: 13.8 mi
- Andrews Meadows: 6.7 mi
- Linder Grove: 7.3 mi
- Washoe Meadows State Park: 7.4 mi
- Johnson Meadow: 10.2 mi
- Ed Z'berg Sugar Pine Point State Park: 13.7 mi
- Kiva Beach: 8.8 mi
- Pope Beach: 9.5 mi
- Lester Beach: 11.2 mi
- El Dorado Beach: 12.4 mi
- Lakeside Beach: 13.7 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 2.1 mi
- Modjeska Falls: 4.3 mi
- Cascade Falls: 6.9 mi
- Upper Eagle Falls: 7.6 mi
- Lower Eagle Falls: 7.8 mi
- Baldwin Home: 8.8 mi
- Lake Tahoe Historic Society Museum: 11.7 mi
- Genoa Courthouse Museum: 20.1 mi
- Gatekeeper's Museum: 22.2 mi
- Watson Cabin: 22.6 mi
- Tallac Historic Site: 8.8 mi
- Balancing Rock: 10.4 mi
- Rubicon Point Light: 11.0 mi
- Round Hill Pines Beach Resort: 14.9 mi
- M. S. Dixie II Terminal: 15.8 mi
- Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 7.8 mi
- Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
- Meeks Bay Beach: 13.3 mi
- Cleveland Corral: 15.0 mi
- Shot Rock Vista Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
- St Theresa: 11.7 mi
- The Big Tree: 22.5 mi
- Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 8.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Pyramid Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Lake Peak | SE 135° | 3,067 m | 13.0 mi |
| Stevens Peak | SE 129° | 3,061 m | 12.2 mi |
| Dicks Peak | N 6° | 3,042 m | 3.9 mi |
| Mount Price | NW 325° | 3,040 m | 1.6 mi |
| Agassiz | NW 322° | 3,038 m | 1.1 mi |
| Trimmer Peak | E 82° | 3,016 m | 12.8 mi |
| Jacks Peak | N 4° | 3,002 m | 3.1 mi |
| Mount Tallac | NE 37° | 2,967 m | 5.3 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 | 16:01 | 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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/334238115
Day trips start here
- Bliss State Park · 10 mi
- Homewood · 17 mi
- Lake Tahoe · 18 mi
- Tahoe City · 23 mi
- Olympic Valley · 25 mi
- Tahoe Vista · 28 mi
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