Tells Peak
Tells Peak rises to 2,699 m in California. Pyramid Peak stands 3,043 m to the south-southeast, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is McConnell Peak, a peak 1.0 miles away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 16 miles off.
The story
Tells Peak is a mountain in the Sierra Nevada at the very north end of the Crystal Range (California), to the west of Lake Tahoe. It is located in the Desolation Wilderness in El Dorado County, California. The origin of the name is not certain. It is probably named for a Swiss homesteader named Tell who lived a few miles to the west. At least one historian believes it was named for Ciperano Pedrini, a storekeeper in Garden Valley, who was known as Bill Tell.
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Wikidata Q7697644, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2699 m
How to reach it
- 16.3 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
- 25.1 mi off the Mount Rose Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Cave Rock · 17 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 18 mi
- Memorial Point Scenic Overlook · 24 mi
- Scenic lookout · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- McConnell Peak: 1.0 mi
- McConnell Spur: 1.6 mi
- Silver Peak: 2.2 mi
- Brown Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Red Peak: 3.0 mi
- Kailua Park: 9.8 mi
- Fallen Leaf Recreation Center: 11.4 mi
- Kaspian Day Use Area: 11.8 mi
- Kilner Park: 13.2 mi
- Lake Tahoe Park: 13.6 mi
- Lester Beach: 8.7 mi
- Kiva Beach: 11.1 mi
- Pope Beach: 12.3 mi
- William Kent Beach: 13.6 mi
- El Dorado Beach: 15.4 mi
- Red Cliffs: 8.3 mi
- Cathedral Peak: 10.4 mi
- Tallac Point: 10.8 mi
- Lovers Leap: 12.8 mi
- Sugar Bun: 13.2 mi
- Ed Z'berg Sugar Pine Point State Park: 8.4 mi
- Ward Creek: 13.0 mi
- Washoe Meadows State Park: 13.8 mi
- Johnson Meadow: 14.5 mi
- Andrews Meadows: 14.9 mi
- Stephen Downey: 4.2 mi
- Fannette Island Tea House: 8.3 mi
- Glen Alpine Resort: 10.3 mi
- Elkus: 10.7 mi
- Albert Givan: 12.0 mi
- Glen Alpine Spring: 10.3 mi
- Granite Spring: 12.8 mi
- Big Spring: 13.1 mi
- Chicken Hawk Spring: 14.6 mi
- Chicken Hawk Spring: 14.6 mi
- Bassi Falls: 6.2 mi
- Upper Eagle Falls: 7.5 mi
- Lower Eagle Falls: 7.7 mi
- Eagle Falls: 7.7 mi
- Cascade Falls: 8.4 mi
- Balancing Rock: 8.1 mi
- Rubicon Point Light: 8.9 mi
- Tallac Historic Site: 11.3 mi
- Five Lakes Trailhead: 15.2 mi
- Round Hill Pines Beach Resort: 16.3 mi
- Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
- Meeks Bay Beach: 8.8 mi
- French Meadows Day Use Site: 14.3 mi
- Cleveland Corral: 15.4 mi
- Bridal Veil Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
- Baldwin Home: 11.2 mi
- Lake Tahoe Historic Society Museum: 15.0 mi
- Gatekeeper's Museum: 15.5 mi
- Watson Cabin: 15.8 mi
- UC Davis Eriksson Education Center: 17.0 mi
- St Theresa: 15.1 mi
- The Big Tree: 15.8 mi
- Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 11.3 mi
- Deadwood: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Tells Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pyramid Peak | SSE 147° | 3,042.818 m | 9.5 mi |
| Dicks Peak | SE 126° | 3,042 m | 6.9 mi |
| Mount Price | SSE 147° | 3,040 m | 7.9 mi |
| Agassiz | SSE 147° | 3,038 m | 8.4 mi |
| Jacks Peak | SE 132° | 3,002 m | 7.2 mi |
| Mount Tallac | ESE 114° | 2,967 m | 9.1 mi |
| Janine's Peak | ESE 119° | 2,919.679 m | 7.6 mi |
| Little Pyramid | SE 145° | 2,876.398 m | 6.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:51 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 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 | 30 | 30 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 55 | 62 | 61 | 55 | 46 | 36 | 29 |
| Precip in | 6.4 | 6.9 | 5.5 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 6.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tahoma, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358800320
Day trips start here
- Bliss State Park · 8 mi
- Homewood · 10 mi
- Lake Tahoe · 15 mi
- Olympic Valley · 16 mi
- Tahoe City · 16 mi
- Tahoe Vista · 23 mi
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