The Pinnacles
The Pinnacles rises to 2,306 m in California. Red Peak stands 2,833 m to the southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Cliffs, a cliff 1.0 miles away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 22 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Placer County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49082845, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,306 m
How to reach it
- 22.2 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
- 24.7 mi off the Mount Rose Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Cave Rock · 22 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 23 mi
- Memorial Point Scenic Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- McKinstry Peak: 1.0 mi
- Bunker Hill: 1.2 mi
- Jerrett Peak: 2.6 mi
- Little Steamboat Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Guide Peak: 3.1 mi
- Kaspian Day Use Area: 11.6 mi
- Kailua Park: 12.1 mi
- Kilner Park: 12.3 mi
- Alpine Springs Community Park: 12.6 mi
- Lake Tahoe Park: 12.6 mi
- Ward Creek: 11.9 mi
- Ed Z'berg Sugar Pine Point State Park: 12.0 mi
- Olympic Meadow Preserve: 12.9 mi
- Burton Creek State Park: 15.0 mi
- Antone Meadows Natural Preserve: 15.0 mi
- Red Cliffs: 1.0 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 6.3 mi
- Little Crater: 10.9 mi
- Thunder Cliff: 12.4 mi
- Twin Crags: 12.9 mi
- Johnson Monument: 5.8 mi
- Watson Monument: 10.2 mi
- Olympic Flame: 13.4 mi
- Ralph R. Steele Memorial: 13.7 mi
- Elkus: 15.8 mi
- William Kent Beach: 12.6 mi
- Lester Beach: 14.6 mi
- Kiva Beach: 18.7 mi
- China Cove Beach: 19.0 mi
- Patton Beach: 19.1 mi
- Gatekeeper's Museum: 13.9 mi
- Watson Cabin: 14.2 mi
- UC Davis Eriksson Education Center: 15.5 mi
- Donner Summit Historical Society: 18.3 mi
- Baldwin Home: 18.9 mi
- Coyote Spring: 6.1 mi
- Big Spring: 8.0 mi
- Health Springs: 13.3 mi
- Dad Youngs Spring: 16.6 mi
- Dawson Spring: 17.4 mi
- French Meadows Day Use Site: 5.4 mi
- Meeks Bay Beach: 13.0 mi
- Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
- Cleveland Corral: 19.5 mi
- Ralston Picnic Area: 20.1 mi
- Bassi Falls: 11.7 mi
- East Snow Mountain Falls: 13.4 mi
- Upper Eagle Falls: 15.3 mi
- Lower Eagle Falls: 15.4 mi
- Eagle Falls: 15.4 mi
- Balancing Rock: 14.5 mi
- Rubicon Point Light: 15.0 mi
- China Wall: 17.9 mi
- Tallac Historic Site: 19.0 mi
- Rodeo Grounds: 21.2 mi
- The Big Tree: 14.2 mi
- "Snowshoe" Thompson: 19.2 mi
- The Ants: 22.2 mi
- St Theresa: 22.4 mi
- Donner Lake Vista Point: 18.8 mi
- Donner Summit Rest Area: 19.6 mi
- Deadwood: 17.6 mi
- Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 19.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of The Pinnacles. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Peak | SE 140° | 2,833 m | 12.0 mi |
| Phipps Peak | ESE 122° | 2,813 m | 13.5 mi |
| Rubicon Peak | ESE 111° | 2,798 m | 13.3 mi |
| Hidden Peak | ESE 114° | 2,795 m | 14.1 mi |
| McConnell Spur | SE 141° | 2,780 m | 10.6 mi |
| McConnell Peak | SE 140° | 2,770 m | 10.0 mi |
| Granite Chief | NNE 23° | 2,749 m | 10.4 mi |
| Silver Peak | SE 140° | 2,724 m | 11.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:38 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:51 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 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, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358777227
Day trips start here
- Homewood · 11 mi
- Olympic Valley · 12 mi
- Tahoe City · 14 mi
- Bliss State Park · 15 mi
- Lake Tahoe · 17 mi
- Placer County · 20 mi
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