Ralston Peak
Ralston Peak is a mountain in the Sierra Nevada mountain range to the west of Lake Tahoe within the Desolation Wilderness in El Dorado County, California.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: jfdervin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 9,209 feet
- Description: mountain in the Lake Tahoe area of California, in the the United States of America
- Also known as: “Mount Ralston” and “Mt Ralston”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Horsetail Falls and Lake of the Woods.
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.
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.
Talking Mountain
Peak
Photo: Peter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Talking Mountain in El Dorado County, California is a peak in the Sierra Nevada located on the high ridge that extends eastward from the summit of Ralston Peak in the Eldorado National Forest.
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.
Meyers
Village
Meyers is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place in El Dorado County, California, United States, along U.S. Route 50 in the northern Sierra Nevada. Meyers is situated 5 miles east of Ralston Peak.
Ralston Peak
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: El Dorado County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.83306° or 38° 49′ 59″ northLongitude
-120.10183° or 120° 6′ 7″ westElevation
9,209 feet (2,807 metres)Open location code
84CXRVMX+67OpenStreetMap ID
node 358799288OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ladin—“Ralston Peak” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ralston Peak (bukid sa Estados Unidos, El Dorado County)”
- Cebuano: “Ralston Peak”
- Dutch: “Ralston Peak”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل رالستون پياك”
- Ladin: “Ralston Peak”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cup Lake and Ralston Lake.
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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 “Ralston Peak”. Photo: jfdervin, CC BY-SA 2.0.