Lovers Leap
Lover's Leap is a steep granite cliff band in El Dorado County, California, United States, a landmark which catches the eye as one travels by, and a popular destination for climbers.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Justin.Johnsen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Cliff with an elevation of 6,768 feet
- Description: mountain in United States of America
- Also known as: “Lover’s Leap”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Twin Bridges trailhead and Horsetail Falls.
Twin Bridges trailhead
Trailhead
The Twin Bridges trailhead or Pyramid Creek trailhead is located off U.S. Route 50 a couple miles east of Strawberry, California, west of Echo Pass. Some of the destinations most accessed by the trailhead are Horsetail Falls and Ropi Lake or Lake of the Woods as well as the rest of the Desolation Wilderness.
Horsetail Falls
Waterfall
Photo: Phreakdigital, GFDL.
Horsetail Falls is a waterfall in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, to the west of Lake Tahoe in the Desolation Wilderness of El Dorado County, California, United States. Horsetail Falls is situated 2 miles north of Lovers Leap.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Strawberry and Sciots Camp.
Strawberry
Village
Photo: Barabas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Strawberry is a small unincorporated community on the South Fork American River, 3.25 miles south-southwest of Pyramid Peak, along U.S. Route 50 in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada.
Sciots Camp
Neighborhood
Sciots Camp is a small unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California. It is located on the South Fork of the American River 4 miles south of Pyramid Peak, at an elevation of 5659 feet.
Lovers Leap
- Categories: climbing area and landform
- Location: El Dorado County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.79935° or 38° 47′ 58″ northLongitude
-120.13546° or 120° 8′ 8″ westElevation
6,768 feet (2,063 metres)Open location code
84CXQVX7+PROpenStreetMap ID
node 358798654OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cliff
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Dutch—“Lovers Leap” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lovers Leap (pangpang sa Estados Unidos, California, El Dorado County)”
- Cebuano: “Lovers Leap”
- Dutch: “Lover’s Leap”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Lovers Leap”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Strawberry Meadows and Strawberry Heights.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lover’s Leap and Chapel of Our Lady of the Sierras.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lovers Leap”. Photo: Justin.Johnsen, CC BY-SA 3.0.