Granite Spring
Granite Spring is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,793 m. Pyramid Peak stands 3,043 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugarloaf, a peak 2.0 miles away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 25 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1793 m
How to reach it
- 24.6 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
- 27.3 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Cave Rock · 28 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 28 mi
- Liberty Vista Point · 28 mi
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sugarloaf: 2.0 mi
- Eagle Rock: 4.3 mi
- Table Rock: 5.0 mi
- Big Hill: 5.1 mi
- Four Cornered Peak: 5.6 mi
- Bullion Bend Historic Marker: 11.8 mi
- Pollock Pines Recreation Park: 12.9 mi
- Sportsmans Hall State Historic Landmark 704: 14.7 mi
- Sportsmans Hall State Historic Landmark 704: 14.9 mi
- Archery: 15.0 mi
- Chicken Hawk Spring: 4.8 mi
- Chicken Hawk Spring: 4.9 mi
- Jay Bird Spring: 9.7 mi
- Jim Quinn Spring: 10.6 mi
- Buckskin Joe Spring: 11.4 mi
- Sugar Bun: 2.1 mi
- Lovers Leap: 11.2 mi
- Cathedral Peak: 15.5 mi
- Machado Postpile: 16.9 mi
- Detox Wall: 18.3 mi
- Elkus: 3.1 mi
- Albert Givan: 7.7 mi
- Trails West marker: 10.3 mi
- Trails West Marker: 11.2 mi
- Iron Mountain Ski Resort: 13.0 mi
- Bassi Falls: 7.2 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 8.1 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 12.2 mi
- Modjeska Falls: 14.9 mi
- Cascade Falls: 16.5 mi
- Cleveland Corral: 4.4 mi
- Bridal Veil Picnic Area: 7.8 mi
- Shot Rock Vista Picnic Area: 13.8 mi
- Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
- Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
- Andrews Meadows: 16.8 mi
- Linder Grove: 17.0 mi
- Washoe Meadows State Park: 18.1 mi
- Ed Z'berg Sugar Pine Point State Park: 20.7 mi
- Johnson Meadow: 20.9 mi
- Kiva Beach: 19.0 mi
- Lester Beach: 19.6 mi
- Pope Beach: 19.8 mi
- El Dorado Beach: 23.0 mi
- Lakeside Beach: 24.2 mi
- Leoni House: 15.2 mi
- Balancing Rock: 18.8 mi
- Tallac Historic Site: 19.1 mi
- Rubicon Point Light: 19.6 mi
- Twin Bridges Swimming Hole: 22.3 mi
- Nature Center and Observatory: 15.2 mi
- Baldwin Home: 19.1 mi
- Lake Tahoe Historic Society Museum: 22.3 mi
- Fountain and Tallman Soda Factory Museum: 24.9 mi
- Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 19.1 mi
- St Theresa: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Granite Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pyramid Peak | ENE 69° | 3,042.818 m | 10.7 mi |
| Dicks Peak | NE 53° | 3,042 m | 12.9 mi |
| Mount Price | ENE 60° | 3,040 m | 10.5 mi |
| Agassiz | ENE 63° | 3,038 m | 10.5 mi |
| Jacks Peak | NE 55° | 3,002 m | 12.4 mi |
| Janine's Peak | NE 54° | 2,919.679 m | 14.0 mi |
| Little Pyramid | NE 52° | 2,876.398 m | 10.7 mi |
| Red Peak | NE 35° | 2,833 m | 11.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:51 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:02 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 41 | 44 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 72 | 71 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 37 |
| Precip in | 9.6 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 5.3 | 9.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pacific House, 9 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 | 166 | 194 | 301 | 676 | 1,198 | 822 | 190 | 33.0 | 30.2 | 47.4 | 81.7 | 142 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge SF American R NR Kyburz(river Only) CA, 2 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- fivespot7 obs
- Mountain Misery6 obs
- heart-leaf milkweed6 obs
- blue elder6 obs
- California black oak5 obs
- Pacific Bleeding Heart5 obs
- cardinal catchfly5 obs
- Torrey's monkeyflower5 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13025926516
Day trips start here
- Bliss State Park · 19 mi
- Homewood · 23 mi
- Placerville · 25 mi
- Lake Tahoe · 26 mi
- Placer County · 28 mi
- Olympic Valley · 29 mi
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