Talking Mountain
Talking Mountain rises to 2,688 m in California. Freel Peak stands 3,305 m to the east, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Becker Peak, a peak 0.5 miles away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 11 miles off.
The story
Talking Mountain in El Dorado County, California is a peak in the Sierra Nevada located on the high ridge that extends eastward from the summit of Ralston Peak in the Eldorado National Forest. It is south of Lake Tahoe, south of Echo Lake and marks the border of the Desolation Wilderness. South of the summit, U.S. Route 50 follows the South Fork of the American River.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q7679830, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,688 m
How to reach it
- 11.1 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
- 18.2 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
- 29.3 mi off the Mount Rose Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Cave Rock · 16 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 17 mi
- Memorial Point Scenic Overlook · 27 mi
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Becker Peak: 0.5 mi
- Flagpole Peak: 1.1 mi
- Echo Peak: 1.7 mi
- Ralston Peak: 1.7 mi
- Indian Rock: 2.2 mi
- Tahoe Paradise Park: 2.8 mi
- Fallen Leaf Recreation Center: 3.2 mi
- Lake Valley State Recreation Area: 3.9 mi
- Bonanza Community Park: 6.2 mi
- Bijou Community Park: 8.7 mi
- Glen Alpine Spring: 3.3 mi
- Folsom Spring: 12.1 mi
- Tragedy Spring: 14.0 mi
- Granite Spring: 15.0 mi
- Soda Spring: 15.2 mi
- Kiva Beach: 7.5 mi
- Pope Beach: 7.6 mi
- El Dorado Beach: 9.6 mi
- Lakeside Beach: 10.9 mi
- Lester Beach: 11.7 mi
- Cathedral Peak: 3.8 mi
- Detox Wall: 4.0 mi
- Distillery Wall: 4.0 mi
- Lovers Leap: 4.2 mi
- Tallac Point: 7.5 mi
- Andrews Meadows: 1.9 mi
- Linder Grove: 2.6 mi
- Washoe Meadows State Park: 3.7 mi
- Johnson Meadow: 7.1 mi
- Ed Z'berg Sugar Pine Point State Park: 15.0 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 2.9 mi
- Modjeska Falls: 3.3 mi
- Cascade Falls: 7.3 mi
- Upper Eagle Falls: 8.5 mi
- Lower Eagle Falls: 8.5 mi
- Glen Alpine Resort: 3.3 mi
- Fannette Island Tea House: 8.6 mi
- Kit Carson Historical Monument: 10.4 mi
- Snowshoe Thompson Historical Monument: 10.4 mi
- Elkus: 15.8 mi
- Baldwin Home: 7.5 mi
- Lake Tahoe Historic Society Museum: 8.9 mi
- Genoa Courthouse Museum: 16.9 mi
- Alpine County Museum: 18.2 mi
- Carson Valley Museum and Cultural Center: 18.7 mi
- Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
- Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- Meeks Bay Beach: 14.3 mi
- Shot Rock Vista Picnic Area: 15.9 mi
- Cleveland Corral: 19.5 mi
- Tallac Historic Site: 7.4 mi
- Balancing Rock: 11.1 mi
- Rubicon Point Light: 11.4 mi
- Round Hill Pines Beach Resort: 12.5 mi
- Zephyr Cove Beach: 13.7 mi
- St Theresa: 8.9 mi
- The Big Tree: 23.7 mi
- Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 7.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Talking Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freel Peak | E 79° | 3,305 m | 9.3 mi |
| Jobs Sister | ENE 78° | 3,299 m | 10.2 mi |
| Jobs Peak | E 81° | 3,233 m | 11.3 mi |
| The Sisters | SSE 164° | 3,094 m | 12.2 mi |
| Monument Peak | NE 56° | 3,068 m | 11.1 mi |
| Red Lake Peak | SSE 152° | 3,067 m | 9.4 mi |
| Stevens Peak | SE 146° | 3,061 m | 8.3 mi |
| Pyramid Peak | W 280° | 3,043 m | 4.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:50 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:00 | 16:42 |
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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 268069 — Talking Mountain, El Dorado County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358800301
Day trips start here
- Bliss State Park · 10 mi
- Homewood · 18 mi
- Lake Tahoe · 18 mi
- Tahoe City · 24 mi
- Olympic Valley · 27 mi
- Incline Village · 29 mi
Take the scenic way to Talking Mountain.
Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.