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Tells Peak

Tells Peak, seen from above at true elevation

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.

About

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.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q7697644, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2,699 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.95991, -120.25436

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 46
  • 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
Beaches: 21
Cliffs: 19
Nature reserves: 19
Springs: 14
Historic sites: 12
  • Fannette Island Tea House: 8.3 mi
  • Glen Alpine Resort: 10.3 mi
  • Elkus: 10.7 mi
  • Johnson Monument: 13.2 mi
  • Ralph R. Steele Memorial: 15.3 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • 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
Attractions: 8
Picnic sites: 7
  • 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
Museums: 7
  • 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
Artworks: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 11.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pyramid PeakSSE3,043 m9.5 mi
Dicks PeakSE3,042 m6.9 mi
Mount PriceSSE3,040 m7.9 mi
AgassizSSE3,038 m8.4 mi
Jacks PeakSE3,002 m7.2 mi
Mount TallacESE2,967 m9.1 mi
Janine's PeakESE2,920 m7.6 mi
Little PyramidSE2,876 m6.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:3619:5120:31
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
December solstice07:1716:0116:43

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °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, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358800320

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