Red Mountain
Red Mountain rises to 2,088 m in California. Dicks Peak stands 3,042 m to the east-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Johnnys Hill, a peak 1.0 miles away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 22 miles off.
The story
mountain in El Dorado County, California, United States of America
Wikidata Q49067615, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2088 m
How to reach it
- 21.5 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
- 26.6 mi off the Mount Rose Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Cave Rock · 22 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 23 mi
- Memorial Point Scenic Overlook · 27 mi
- Scenic lookout · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Johnnys Hill: 1.0 mi
- Jerrett Peak: 2.2 mi
- Chipmunk Bluff: 2.8 mi
- McKinstry Peak: 3.2 mi
- Bunker Hill: 3.2 mi
- Kailua Park: 12.5 mi
- Kaspian Day Use Area: 13.0 mi
- Kilner Park: 13.9 mi
- Lake Tahoe Park: 14.3 mi
- Alpine Springs Community Park: 15.2 mi
- Red Cliffs: 3.5 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 9.8 mi
- Little Crater: 10.9 mi
- Big Crater: 13.5 mi
- Thunder Cliff: 14.8 mi
- Ed Z'berg Sugar Pine Point State Park: 11.9 mi
- Ward Creek: 13.6 mi
- Olympic Meadow Preserve: 15.7 mi
- Burton Creek State Park: 17.2 mi
- Antone Meadows Natural Preserve: 17.4 mi
- Stephen Downey: 2.6 mi
- Johnson Monument: 9.3 mi
- Albert Givan: 10.7 mi
- Elkus: 12.2 mi
- Watson Monument: 13.4 mi
- Lester Beach: 13.8 mi
- William Kent Beach: 14.3 mi
- Kiva Beach: 17.2 mi
- Pope Beach: 18.3 mi
- Patton Beach: 21.3 mi
- Gatekeeper's Museum: 15.9 mi
- Watson Cabin: 16.3 mi
- Baldwin Home: 17.3 mi
- UC Davis Eriksson Education Center: 17.6 mi
- Lake Tahoe Historic Society Museum: 21.0 mi
- Coyote Spring: 9.6 mi
- Big Spring: 10.9 mi
- Jay Bird Spring: 14.8 mi
- Chicken Hawk Spring: 14.9 mi
- Chicken Hawk Spring: 14.9 mi
- Bassi Falls: 8.0 mi
- Upper Eagle Falls: 13.6 mi
- Lower Eagle Falls: 13.8 mi
- Eagle Falls: 13.8 mi
- Cascade Falls: 14.6 mi
- Balancing Rock: 13.4 mi
- Five Lakes Trailhead: 13.7 mi
- Rubicon Point Light: 14.1 mi
- Tallac Historic Site: 17.4 mi
- China Wall: 21.4 mi
- French Meadows Day Use Site: 8.9 mi
- Meeks Bay Beach: 12.8 mi
- Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
- Cleveland Corral: 16.0 mi
- Bridal Veil Picnic Area: 17.9 mi
- The Big Tree: 16.2 mi
- St Theresa: 21.1 mi
- "Snowshoe" Thompson: 22.8 mi
- Donner Lake Vista Point: 22.3 mi
- Donner Summit Rest Area: 23.2 mi
- Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 17.4 mi
- Deadwood: 18.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Red Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dicks Peak | ESE 123° | 3,042 m | 13.3 mi |
| Jacks Peak | SE 126° | 3,002 m | 13.6 mi |
| Little Pyramid | SE 133° | 2,876.398 m | 12.4 mi |
| Red Peak | SE 128° | 2,833 m | 9.2 mi |
| Phipps Peak | ESE 108° | 2,813 m | 11.7 mi |
| Rubicon Peak | E 96° | 2,798 m | 12.1 mi |
| Jakes Peak | ESE 101° | 2,797 m | 12.9 mi |
| Hidden Peak | E 100° | 2,794.711 m | 12.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:38 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:51 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 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 | 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, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 231351 — Red Mountain, El Dorado County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358773340
Day trips start here
- Homewood · 12 mi
- Bliss State Park · 14 mi
- Olympic Valley · 15 mi
- Tahoe City · 16 mi
- Lake Tahoe · 18 mi
- Placer County · 20 mi
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