Glen Alpine Spring
Glen Alpine Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,073 m. Freel Peak stands 3,305 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Glen Alpine Resort, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 10 miles off.
Slightly carbonated soda spring, slight sulfur smell and taste.
How to reach it
- 10.2 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
- 21.0 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
- 26.7 mi off the Mount Rose Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Cave Rock · 14 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 15 mi
- Memorial Point Scenic Overlook · 25 mi
- Scenic lookout · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Keiths Dome: 1.2 mi
- Indian Rock: 1.3 mi
- Angora Peak: 1.4 mi
- Cracked Crag: 1.8 mi
- Echo Peak: 1.8 mi
- Fallen Leaf Recreation Center: 1.5 mi
- Tahoe Paradise Park: 4.0 mi
- Lake Valley State Recreation Area: 4.4 mi
- Bonanza Community Park: 5.5 mi
- Thomas F Regan Memorial City Beach: 7.7 mi
- Folsom Spring: 11.0 mi
- Granite Spring: 14.5 mi
- Tragedy Spring: 16.5 mi
- Jim Quinn Spring: 17.1 mi
- Singleton Springs: 18.0 mi
- Kiva Beach: 5.2 mi
- Pope Beach: 5.7 mi
- El Dorado Beach: 8.6 mi
- Lester Beach: 8.6 mi
- Lakeside Beach: 9.8 mi
- Glen Alpine Resort: 0.1 mi
- Fannette Island Tea House: 5.5 mi
- Kit Carson Historical Monument: 13.7 mi
- Snowshoe Thompson Historical Monument: 13.7 mi
- Stephen Downey: 14.5 mi
- Washoe Meadows State Park: 4.0 mi
- Andrews Meadows: 4.6 mi
- Linder Grove: 5.7 mi
- Johnson Meadow: 6.4 mi
- Ed Z'berg Sugar Pine Point State Park: 11.8 mi
- Cathedral Peak: 1.1 mi
- Tallac Point: 5.1 mi
- Lovers Leap: 5.6 mi
- Distillery Wall: 7.0 mi
- Detox Wall: 7.0 mi
- Modjeska Falls: 0.4 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 3.4 mi
- Cascade Falls: 4.1 mi
- Upper Eagle Falls: 5.3 mi
- Lower Eagle Falls: 5.3 mi
- Tallac Historic Site: 5.2 mi
- Balancing Rock: 8.0 mi
- Rubicon Point Light: 8.4 mi
- Round Hill Pines Beach Resort: 11.1 mi
- M. S. Dixie II Terminal: 12.1 mi
- Baldwin Home: 5.2 mi
- Lake Tahoe Historic Society Museum: 7.9 mi
- Genoa Courthouse Museum: 16.2 mi
- Carson Valley Museum and Cultural Center: 19.2 mi
- Gatekeeper's Museum: 20.3 mi
- Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
- Meeks Bay Beach: 11.2 mi
- Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
- Shot Rock Vista Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
- Cleveland Corral: 18.8 mi
- St Theresa: 7.9 mi
- The Big Tree: 20.6 mi
- Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 5.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Glen Alpine Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freel Peak | E 97° | 3,305 m | 10.7 mi |
| Jobs Sister | E 94° | 3,299 m | 11.5 mi |
| Monument Peak | ENE 73° | 3,068 m | 11.2 mi |
| Red Lake Peak | SSE 152° | 3,067 m | 12.7 mi |
| Stevens Peak | SSE 148° | 3,061 m | 11.6 mi |
| Pyramid Peak | WSW 237° | 3,042.818 m | 3.9 mi |
| Dicks Peak | WNW 301° | 3,042 m | 3.4 mi |
| Mount Price | W 259° | 3,040 m | 4.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:50 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:00 | 16:42 |
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, 6 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jun — fullest in May, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 42.0 | 42.5 | 60.3 | 129 | 272 | 217 | 68.2 | 14.5 | 9.1 | 14.2 | 20.2 | 31.9 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Upper Truckee RV AT Hwy 50 Abv Meyers, CA, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/3023773777
Day trips start here
- Bliss State Park · 7 mi
- Homewood · 15 mi
- Lake Tahoe · 15 mi
- Tahoe City · 21 mi
- Olympic Valley · 23 mi
- Tahoe Vista · 26 mi
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