Crystal Range, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Name: Crystal Range
Address: Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, United States

#44 among attractions in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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The Crystal Range is a small chain of mountain peaks in the Desolation Wilderness in the U.S. state of California. It is a subrange of the Sierra Nevada. The highest and most southerly peak is Pyramid Peak at 9985 ft; Mount Agassiz is next north at 9967 ft, with Mount Price rounding out the southern group of peaks. Tells Peak is the northernmost named peak in the range. ()

Maximum elevation: 9985 ftCoordinates: 38°54'35"N, 120°12'29"W

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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit United States

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Crystal Range – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Vikingsholm, Eagle Lake, Eagle Falls trailhead, Wrights Lake.

6.2 miNE
Museum, Forts and castles, Historical place
Vikingsholm, South Lake Tahoe
158 min walk • Vikingsholm is a 38-room mansion on the shore of Emerald Bay at Lake Tahoe, in El Dorado County, California, U.S. and on the National Register of Historic Places.
5.1 miNE
Natural attraction, Lake, Body of water
Eagle Lake, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
131 min walk • Eagle Lake is a backcountry lake in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, to the west of Lake Tahoe in the Desolation Wilderness. It can be reached by hiking west out of the Eagle Lake trailhead on HWY 89 at Emerald Bay State Park.
5.9 miNE
Hiking trail, Hiking, Trail
Eagle Falls trailhead, South Lake Tahoe
150 min walk • The Eagle Falls trailhead or Eagle Lake trailhead is located in the El Dorado National Forest, in the Sierra Nevada, within Emerald Bay State Park, on the western shore of Lake Tahoe, California.
4.4 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Wrights Lake, Eldorado National Forest
112 min walk • Wrights Lake is in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, west of Lake Tahoe on the western border of the Desolation Wilderness. It can be reached via Wrights Road off U.S. Route 50 and the Ice House Road.
5.2 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Waca Lake, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
133 min walk • Waca Lake is a backcountry lake in the Desolation Wilderness in the Sierra Nevada mountain range of California. It lies just south of Lake Aloha.
4.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake Aloha, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
111 min walk • Lake Aloha is a large shallow backcountry reservoir located at an elevation of 8,116 feet in the Sierra Nevada Range, west of Lake Tahoe in El Dorado County, in eastern California.
5.2 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Pyramid Peak, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
133 min walk • Pyramid Peak is a mountain in the California's Sierra Nevada in the Crystal Range to the west of Lake Tahoe. It is the highest point in the Desolation Wilderness.
6.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake of the Woods, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
161 min walk • The Lake of the Woods is a backcountry glacial lake in the Desolation Wilderness of the Eldorado National Forest, southwest of Lake Tahoe, in El Dorado County, California. It lies just southeast of Lake Aloha.
5 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Gilmore Lake, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
129 min walk • Gilmore Lake in California is a backcountry lake in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, to the west of Lake Tahoe in the Desolation Wilderness. It can be reached by hiking west out of the Glen Alpine Springs trailhead near the town of South Lake Tahoe. This lake offers great fishing for Lake trout.
5.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Pyramid Lake, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
143 min walk • Pyramid Lake is a lake in the backcountry of the Desolation Wilderness in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of El Dorado County, California.
5.3 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Maggies Peaks, South Lake Tahoe
135 min walk • Maggies Peaks refers to a mountain in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, southwest of Lake Tahoe. There are two peaks on the mountain about 0.7 miles apart.