Pyramid Lake
Pyramid Lake is a lake in the backcountry of the Desolation Wilderness in the Sierra Nevada of El Dorado County, California.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Phreakdigital, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pyramid Peak and Lake of the Woods.
Pyramid Peak
Peak
Photo: Phreakdigital, Public domain.
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.
Lake of the Woods
Lake
Photo: Phreakdigital, Public domain.
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.
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.
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.
Pyramid Lake
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake of the United States of America
- Category: body of water
- Location: El Dorado County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.84732° or 38° 50′ 50″ northLongitude
-120.14118° or 120° 8′ 28″ westElevation
8,064 feet (2,458 metres)Open location code
84CXRVW5+WGOpenStreetMap ID
way 234388306OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
5385254Wikidata ID
Q7263253
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Hebrew—“Pyramid Lake” goes by many names.
- French: “Pyramid Lake”
- Hebrew: “אגם פירמיד”
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