Red Peak, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Name: Red Peak
Address: Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, United States

#33 among attractions in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Red Peak is a mountain in the Sierra Nevada mountain range at the north end of the Crystal Range, to the west of Lake Tahoe. It is located in the Desolation Wilderness in El Dorado County, California. ()

Elevation: 9311 ftProminence: 107 ftCoordinates: 38°55'32"N, 120°13'16"W

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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit United States

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Red Peak – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Eagle Lake, Wrights Lake, Loon Lake, Waca Lake.

5.4 miE
Natural attraction, Lake, Body of water
Eagle Lake, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
139 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.
5.3 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Wrights Lake, Eldorado National Forest
136 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.
6.9 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loon Lake, Eldorado National Forest
176 min walk • Loon Lake is a reservoir in the Eldorado National Forest of El Dorado County, California, United States.
6.5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Waca Lake, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
166 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.
5.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake Aloha, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
143 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.
6.5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Pyramid Peak, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
166 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.
7.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake of the Woods, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
193 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.
6.9 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Pyramid Lake, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
176 min walk • Pyramid Lake is a lake in the backcountry of the Desolation Wilderness in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of El Dorado County, California.
0.8 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Silver Peak, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
21 min walk • Silver Peak is a mountain in the Sierra Nevada mountain range at the north end of the Crystal Mountains, to the east of Lake Tahoe. It is located in the Desolation Wilderness in El Dorado County, California.
4.3 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Phipps Peak, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
110 min walk • Phipps Peak is a mountain in the Sierra Nevada to the west of Emerald Bay and Lake Tahoe; and to the east of Rockbound Valley and the Crystal Range. The peak is in El Dorado County, California and the Desolation Wilderness.
6.4 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Rubicon Peak, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
164 min walk • Rubicon Peak is a mountain in the Sierra Nevada mountain range to the west of Lake Tahoe in the Desolation Wilderness in El Dorado County, California.