Thunder Mountain
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Thunder Mountain rises to 2,865 m in California. Round Top stands 3,164 m to the east, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Glove Rock, a peak 0.5 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.
The story
Thunder Mountain in the Sierra Nevada in Amador County, California, United States, east of Silver Lake and west of Kirkwood Mountain Resort in the Eldorado National Forest.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q7798994, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2865 m
How to reach it
- 13.8 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
- 21.3 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 17 mi
- Liberty Vista Point · 18 mi
- Cave Rock · 27 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Glove Rock: 0.5 mi
- Martin Point: 1.0 mi
- Two Sentinels: 1.7 mi
- Thimble Peak: 1.8 mi
- Carson Spur: 2.1 mi
- Old Emigrant Trail Historical Marker: 3.5 mi
- Wester Park: 7.2 mi
- Tahoe Paradise Park: 13.0 mi
- Lake Valley State Recreation Area: 14.1 mi
- Fallen Leaf Recreation Center: 14.2 mi
- Tragedy Spring: 3.8 mi
- Horse Thief Spring: 4.3 mi
- Jim Quinn Spring: 8.3 mi
- Singleton Springs: 8.3 mi
- Ham Spring: 9.9 mi
- Machado Postpile: 1.8 mi
- Lovers Leap: 9.0 mi
- Detox Wall: 10.2 mi
- Distillery Wall: 10.2 mi
- Sugar Bun: 13.7 mi
- Kit Carson Historical Monument: 5.6 mi
- Snowshoe Thompson Historical Monument: 5.6 mi
- Iron Mountain Ski Resort: 7.2 mi
- Glen Alpine Resort: 13.9 mi
- Old Jail: 18.0 mi
- Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 2.0 mi
- Shot Rock Vista Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
- Chickaree Day Use: 14.3 mi
- Marmot Day Use: 14.5 mi
- Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 10.9 mi
- Modjeska Falls: 14.1 mi
- Cascade Falls: 18.0 mi
- Upper Eagle Falls: 19.1 mi
- Lower Eagle Falls: 19.2 mi
- Tallac Historic Site: 18.4 mi
- Balancing Rock: 21.9 mi
- Rubicon Point Light: 22.3 mi
- Leoni House: 23.0 mi
- Round Hill Pines Beach Resort: 23.0 mi
- Pope Beach: 18.5 mi
- Kiva Beach: 18.6 mi
- El Dorado Beach: 20.0 mi
- Lakeside Beach: 21.2 mi
- Nevada Beach: 22.4 mi
- Linder Grove: 10.1 mi
- Andrews Meadows: 11.1 mi
- Grover Hot Springs State Park: 13.4 mi
- Washoe Meadows State Park: 14.1 mi
- Johnson Meadow: 17.5 mi
- Alpine County Museum: 16.7 mi
- Baldwin Home: 18.5 mi
- Lake Tahoe Historic Society Museum: 19.4 mi
- Nature Center and Observatory: 22.7 mi
- Peep Sight: 17.8 mi
- Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 18.4 mi
- St Theresa: 19.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Thunder Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Top | E 99° | 3,164 m | 4.9 mi |
| The Sisters | E 100° | 3,094 m | 4.5 mi |
| Red Lake Peak | ENE 65° | 3,067 m | 6.2 mi |
| Stevens Peak | NE 55° | 3,061 m | 7.1 mi |
| Raymond Peak | ESE 109° | 3,055 m | 14.7 mi |
| Hawkins Peak | ENE 69° | 3,052 m | 12.6 mi |
| Pyramid Peak | NNW 343° | 3,042.818 m | 12.3 mi |
| Mount Price | NNW 341° | 3,040 m | 13.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:49 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 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 | 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, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358802530
Day trips start here
- Bliss State Park · 21 mi
- Homewood · 29 mi
- Lake Tahoe · 29 mi
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