Pyramid Peak
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Pyramid Lake and Mount Price.
Pyramid Lake
Lake
Photo: Phreakdigital, Public domain.
Pyramid Lake is a lake in the backcountry of the Desolation Wilderness in the Sierra Nevada of El Dorado County, California.
Mount Price
Peak
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Mount Price is a mountain in the Sierra Nevada at the southern end of the Crystal Range, and southwest of Lake Tahoe. The summit is located in the Desolation Wilderness and the El Dorado County, California.
Blue Mountain
Peak
Blue Mountain is a mountain in the Crystal Range, a subrange of the Sierra Nevada. It is west of Lake Tahoe on the western boundary of the Desolation Wilderness in El Dorado County, California.
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 Peak
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 9,957 feet
- Description: mountain in California, United States of America
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: El Dorado County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.84501° or 38° 50′ 42″ northLongitude
-120.15784° or 120° 9′ 28″ westElevation
9,957 feet (3,035 metres)Open location code
84CXRRWR+2VOpenStreetMap ID
node 334238115OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ladin—“Pyramid Peak” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pyramid Peak (bukid sa Estados Unidos, California, El Dorado County)”
- Cebuano: “Pyramid Peak”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل پيراميد پياك”
- Ladin: “Pyramid Peak”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Upper Forni and Strawberry Tract.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Agassiz and American Lake.
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