Round Top
Round Top rises to 3,164 m in California. Freel Peak stands 3,305 m to the north-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is The Sisters, a peak 0.4 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.
The story
Round Top is a 10,381-foot (3,164 m) mountain located on the Sierra crest in Alpine County, California, United States. Its summit is the highest point in Eldorado National Forest and the Mokelumne Wilderness. The mountain lies just south of Carson Pass. With 2,541 feet (774 m) of prominence, Round Top is the 16th most prominent mountain in the Sierra Nevada.
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Wikidata Q49069985, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3164 m
How to reach it
- 10.3 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
- 20.7 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 17 mi
- Liberty Vista Point · 19 mi
- Cave Rock · 27 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Sisters: 0.4 mi
- Fourth of July Peak: 1.2 mi
- Elephants Back: 1.4 mi
- Black Butte: 1.8 mi
- Melissa Coray Peak: 2.3 mi
- Old Emigrant Trail Historical Marker: 3.3 mi
- Wester Park: 7.3 mi
- Turtle Rock County Park: 11.5 mi
- Markleeville Library Park: 12.0 mi
- Elizabeth Coyan Park: 12.2 mi
- Horse Thief Spring: 6.0 mi
- Tragedy Spring: 8.0 mi
- Soda Spring: 8.7 mi
- Grover Hot Springs: 8.8 mi
- Ham Spring: 12.9 mi
- Machado Postpile: 4.7 mi
- Detox Wall: 9.8 mi
- Distillery Wall: 9.8 mi
- 4-second Climbing Area: 10.8 mi
- Lovers Leap: 11.9 mi
- Snowshoe Thompson Historical Monument: 2.3 mi
- Kit Carson Historical Monument: 2.3 mi
- Iron Mountain Ski Resort: 11.7 mi
- Old Jail: 13.1 mi
- Snowshoe Thompson Historical Monument: 14.4 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 13.2 mi
- Modjeska Falls: 15.5 mi
- Cascade Falls: 19.5 mi
- Upper Eagle Falls: 20.8 mi
- Lower Eagle Falls: 20.8 mi
- Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
- Shot Rock Vista Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
- Chickaree Day Use: 12.6 mi
- Marmot Day Use: 13.0 mi
- Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 20.8 mi
- Grover Hot Springs State Park: 8.8 mi
- Linder Grove: 10.3 mi
- Andrews Meadows: 11.5 mi
- Washoe Meadows State Park: 14.4 mi
- Johnson Meadow: 17.4 mi
- Pope Beach: 19.0 mi
- Kiva Beach: 19.3 mi
- El Dorado Beach: 19.7 mi
- Lakeside Beach: 20.7 mi
- Nevada Beach: 22.0 mi
- Tallac Historic Site: 19.1 mi
- Round Hill Pines Beach Resort: 22.7 mi
- Balancing Rock: 23.3 mi
- Rubicon Point Light: 23.5 mi
- Zephyr Cove Beach: 23.9 mi
- Alpine County Museum: 12.0 mi
- Lake Tahoe Historic Society Museum: 19.1 mi
- Baldwin Home: 19.2 mi
- Carson Valley Museum and Cultural Center: 23.6 mi
- Peep Sight: 14.2 mi
- St Theresa: 19.0 mi
- Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 19.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Round Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freel Peak | NNE 22° | 3,305 m | 14.5 mi |
| The Sisters | W 260° | 3,094 m | 0.4 mi |
| Red Lake Peak | NNE 12° | 3,067 m | 3.4 mi |
| Stevens Peak | NNE 12° | 3,061 m | 4.9 mi |
| Raymond Peak | ESE 114° | 3,055 m | 10.0 mi |
| Hawkins Peak | NE 53° | 3,052 m | 8.7 mi |
| Thimble Peak | W 269° | 2,988 m | 3.2 mi |
| Deadwood Peak | S 170° | 2,987 m | 2.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:49 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 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, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358799479
Day trips start here
- Bliss State Park · 23 mi
- Lake Tahoe · 30 mi
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