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Red Peak

Red Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Red Peak rises to 2,833 m in California. Pyramid Peak stands 3,043 m to the south-southeast, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Silver Peak, a peak 0.8 miles away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 15 miles off.

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The story

Red Peak is a mountain in the Sierra Nevada mountain range at the north end of the Crystal Range, to the west of Lake Tahoe. It is located in the Desolation Wilderness in El Dorado County, California.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q7304711, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2,833 m
Getting there

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Coordinates38.92546, -120.22130

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 42
  • Fallen Leaf Recreation Center: 8.7 mi
  • Kailua Park: 10.9 mi
  • Tahoe Paradise Park: 11.5 mi
  • Lake Valley State Recreation Area: 11.7 mi
  • Bonanza Community Park: 11.9 mi
Beaches: 19
Springs: 15
Nature reserves: 15
Cliffs: 14
Historic sites: 12
  • Fannette Island Tea House: 6.8 mi
  • Glen Alpine Resort: 7.5 mi
  • Elkus: 10.0 mi
  • Johnson Monument: 16.1 mi
  • Ralph R. Steele Memorial: 17.0 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Upper Eagle Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Lower Eagle Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Eagle Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Bassi Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 6.5 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
  • Meeks Bay Beach: 9.3 mi
  • Cleveland Corral: 14.8 mi
  • French Meadows Day Use Site: 17.3 mi
  • Bridal Veil Picnic Area: 17.9 mi
Attractions: 7
Museums: 7
  • Baldwin Home: 9.4 mi
  • Lake Tahoe Historic Society Museum: 13.2 mi
  • Gatekeeper's Museum: 17.2 mi
  • Watson Cabin: 17.5 mi
  • UC Davis Eriksson Education Center: 18.7 mi
Artworks: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 9.5 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Red Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pyramid PeakSSE3,043 m6.5 mi
Dicks PeakESE3,042 m4.2 mi
Mount PriceSSE3,040 m4.9 mi
AgassizSSE3,038 m5.4 mi
Jacks PeakSE3,002 m4.3 mi
Mount TallacESE2,967 m6.7 mi
Janine's PeakESE2,920 m5.0 mi
Little PyramidSSE2,876 m3.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:3619:5020:30
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
December solstice07:1716:0116:43

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303034384655626155463629
Precip in6.46.95.52.82.00.80.50.40.62.03.46.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tahoma, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 231366 — Red Peak, El Dorado County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358773364

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