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Stevens Peak

Stevens Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Stevens Peak rises to 3,061 m in California. Freel Peak stands 3,305 m to the north-northeast, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Lake Peak, a peak 1.5 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.

The story

Stevens Peak is a 10,059-foot-elevation (3,066-meter) mountain summit located in Alpine County, California, United States.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q49078100, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3,061 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.73352, -119.98268

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 38
Springs: 24
Cliffs: 11
Waterfalls: 9
  • Horsetail Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Modjeska Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 15.3 mi
  • Eagle Falls: 16.6 mi
  • Lower Eagle Falls: 16.6 mi
Historic sites: 8
Picnic sites: 7
  • Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
  • Shot Rock Vista Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
  • Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
  • Chickaree Day Use: 17.4 mi
  • Marmot Day Use: 17.9 mi
Beaches: 7
Attractions: 6
  • Tallac Historic Site: 14.6 mi
  • Round Hill Pines Beach Resort: 17.8 mi
  • Zephyr Cove Beach: 19.0 mi
  • Balancing Rock: 19.0 mi
  • M. S. Dixie II Terminal: 19.0 mi
Museums: 5
Artworks: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 14.6 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Peep Sight: 18.0 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Stevens Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Freel PeakNNE3,305 m9.7 mi
Jobs SisterNNE3,299 m10.4 mi
Jobs PeakNE3,233 m10.8 mi
Round TopSSW3,164 m4.9 mi
The SistersSSW3,094 m5.1 mi
Monument PeakNNE3,068 m13.9 mi
Red Lake PeakS3,067 m1.5 mi
Raymond PeakSE3,055 m12.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3719:12
June solstice05:3619:4920:29
September equinox06:4818:2318:59
December solstice07:1516:0016:42

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313136404855626054463730
Precip in2.83.72.91.31.30.50.40.40.31.41.93.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — S Lake Tahoe AP, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 267734 — Stevens Peak, Alpine County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358800078

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