Elephants Back
Elephants Back is a 9,585-foot-elevation mountain summit located in Alpine County, California, United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 9,580 feet
- Description: mountain in California, United States of America
- Also known as: “Elephant Mountain”, “Elephant’s Back”, and “The Elephant”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Carson Pass and Round Top.
Carson Pass
Mountain saddle
Photo: Hank Magnuski, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Carson Pass is a mountain pass on the crest of the central Sierra Nevada, in the Eldorado National Forest and Alpine County, eastern California. The pass is traversed by California State Route 88.
Round Top
Peak
Round Top is a 10,381-foot mountain located on the Sierra crest in Alpine County, California, United States. Its summit is the highest point in Eldorado National Forest and the Mokelumne Wilderness.
Red Lake Peak
Peak
Red Lake Peak is believed to be the vantage point from which John C. Fremont and Charles Preuss made the first recorded sighting of Lake Tahoe by Europeans in February 1844 as Fremont's exploratory expedition made a desperate crossing of the Sierra Nevada through what is now Carson Pass on their way to obtain provisions at Sutter's Fort.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kirkwood.
Kirkwood
Photo: Ian McKellar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kirkwood is an unincorporated community in Alpine and Amador counties, California, United States. Kirkwood's main attraction is the Kirkwood Mountain Resort.
Elephants Back
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Alpine County, Sierra Nevada, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.67842° or 38° 40′ 42″ northLongitude
-119.98315° or 119° 58′ 59″ westElevation
9,580 feet (2,920 metres)Open location code
85C2M2H8+9POpenStreetMap ID
node 358797695OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Dutch—“Elephants Back” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Elephants Back (bukid)”
- Cebuano: “Elephants Back”
- Dutch: “Elephants Back”
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