Balancing Rock

Balancing Rock is a stone in El Dorado County, Gold Country, California. Balancing Rock is situated nearby to the trailhead Lighthouse Trail, as well as near Lester Beach.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rubicon Point Light and Rubicon Peak.

The Rubicon Point Light is a small lighthouse on Lake Tahoe in California. Rubicon Point Light is situated 1 mile northeast of Balancing Rock.

Peak

Rubicon Peak is a mountain in the Sierra Nevada mountain range to the west of Lake Tahoe in the Desolation Wilderness in El Dorado County, California.

Peak

Jakes Peak is a 9,187-foot-elevation mountain summit located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range in El Dorado County, California, United States. It is set within the Desolation Wilderness, on land managed by Eldorado National Forest. Jakes Peak is situated 1½ miles southwest of Balancing Rock.

Nearby places include Tahoma.

Tahoma is a census-designated place in Placer and El Dorado counties, California, United States. Tahoma is located along Lake Tahoe 2 miles southeast of Homewood. Tahoma is situated 5 miles north of Balancing Rock.

Latitude

38.99018° or 38° 59′ 25″ north

Longitude

-120.108° or 120° 6′ 29″ west

Open location code

84CXXVRR+3R

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=stone

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

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