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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
2713 m
Getting there

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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: 55
  • 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
Historic sites: 25
Nature reserves: 24
Cliffs: 24
  • Tunnel Rock: 5.2 mi
  • Tunnel Rock: 5.2 mi
  • Snowshed East Face: 5.2 mi
  • Snowshed: 5.3 mi
  • Snowshed North Face: 5.3 mi
Beaches: 18
Museums: 13
Attractions: 10
Picnic sites: 10
  • 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 12.9 miles of Tinker Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Castle PeakNNW 338°2,773 m9.0 mi
Granite ChiefS 182°2,749 m3.2 mi
Basin PeakNNW 336°2,749 m10.4 mi
Lyon PeakSSW 212°2,713 m3.1 mi
Needle PeakSSW 196°2,711 m3.2 mi
Washeshu PeakS 170°2,706 m4.5 mi
Twin PeaksSSE 163°2,701 m9.6 mi
Anderson PeakNNW 326°2,646 m1.2 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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