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Tinker Knob

Tinker Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Tinker Knob rises to 2,713 m in California. Castle Peak stands 2,773 m to the north-northwest, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Billy's Peak, a peak 0.8 miles away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 15 miles off.

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Tinker Knob is an 8,949-foot-elevation (2,728-meter) mountain summit in Placer County, California, United States.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q49083950, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2,713 m
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Coordinates39.24491, -120.28464

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Billy's Peak: 0.8 mi
  • Anderson Peak: 1.2 mi
  • Painted Rock: 1.9 mi
  • Silver Peak: 2.7 mi
  • Lyon Peak: 3.1 mi
Parks: 54
  • Donner Lake Property Owners Association Private Beach: 5.1 mi
  • Olympic Valley Park: 5.2 mi
  • Lamson-Cashion Donner Summit Hub: 5.4 mi
  • Donner Pines West Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Donner Lake Launching Facility: 5.5 mi
Nature reserves: 24
Historic sites: 23
Cliffs: 23
  • Tunnel Rock: 5.2 mi
  • Snowshed East Face: 5.2 mi
  • Snowshed: 5.3 mi
  • Snowshed North Face: 5.3 mi
  • Petroglyph Cliff: 5.3 mi
Beaches: 18
Museums: 13
Attractions: 9
Picnic sites: 9
  • French Meadows Day Use Site: 10.4 mi
  • Donner Camp Picnic Site: 10.6 mi
  • Meeks Bay Beach: 16.9 mi
  • Day Use Area: 17.2 mi
  • Lodgepole: 17.2 mi
Springs: 8
  • Health Springs: 6.5 mi
  • Big Spring: 6.7 mi
  • Coyote Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Brockway Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Juniper Ridge Spring: 15.4 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • East Snow Mountain Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Weber Falls: 17.5 mi
  • Upper Eagle Falls: 22.3 mi
  • Lower Eagle Falls: 22.3 mi
  • Eagle Falls: 22.3 mi
Artworks: 3
Rest areas: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Campbell Hot Springs: 23.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 24.7 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Tinker Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Castle PeakNNW2,773 m9.0 mi
Granite ChiefS2,749 m3.2 mi
Basin PeakNNW2,749 m10.4 mi
Lyon PeakSSW2,713 m3.1 mi
Needle PeakSSW2,711 m3.2 mi
Washeshu PeakS2,706 m4.5 mi
Twin PeaksSSE2,701 m9.6 mi
Ellis PeakSSE2,648 m13.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:3619:5220:32
September equinox06:5018:2419:00
December solstice07:1816:0016:42

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293135404856636155463628
Precip in6.76.66.22.72.10.70.30.40.52.23.66.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Donner MEM SP, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358800394

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