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Rubicon Peak

Rubicon Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Rubicon Peak rises to 2,798 m in California. Pyramid Peak stands 3,043 m to the south, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Hidden Peak, a peak 1.0 miles away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 9.6 miles off.

The story

Rubicon Peak is a mountain in the Sierra Nevada mountain range to the west of Lake Tahoe in the Desolation Wilderness in El Dorado County, California.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q7376080, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2798 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.98852, -120.13324

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Kailua Park: 5.6 mi
  • Fallen Leaf Recreation Center: 8.3 mi
  • Thomas F Regan Memorial City Beach: 8.5 mi
  • Kaspian Day Use Area: 8.8 mi
  • Tahnu Leweh: 8.9 mi
Beaches: 23
Cliffs: 22
Historic sites: 19
  • Fannette Island Tea House: 3.0 mi
  • Glen Alpine Resort: 8.0 mi
  • Stephen Downey: 9.5 mi
  • Ralph R. Steele Memorial: 12.2 mi
  • Johnson Monument: 15.1 mi
Springs: 16
Museums: 15
Attractions: 11
Waterfalls: 11
  • Upper Eagle Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Lower Eagle Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Eagle Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Modjeska Falls: 8.0 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 2.7 mi
  • Meeks Bay Beach: 3.3 mi
  • French Meadows Day Use Site: 17.7 mi
  • Cleveland Corral: 21.3 mi
  • Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
Artworks: 3
Gardens: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Rubicon Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pyramid PeakS 188°3,042.818 m10.0 mi
Dicks PeakS 189°3,042 m6.2 mi
Mount PriceSSW 195°3,040 m8.9 mi
AgassizSSW 192°3,038 m9.3 mi
Jacks PeakS 189°3,002 m6.9 mi
Mount TallacSSE 162°2,967 m6.0 mi
Janine's PeakS 179°2,919.679 m5.7 mi
East PeakESE 105°2,899 m12.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:3619:5020:30
September equinox06:4918:2418:59
December solstice07:1716:0016:42

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °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, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358773932

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