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Peak name Height ft m Phipps Peak: 9,238 2,816 Mount Tallac: 9,735 2,967 Mount Pluto: 8,610 2,624 Rubicon Peak: 9,183 2,799 Granite Chief: 9,010 2,746 Genoa Peak
Boundary Peak is the highest summit in the U.S. State of Nevada. This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks [Notes 1] of the U.S. State of Nevada. The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways: The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level.
Lake Tahoe (/ ˈ t ɑː h oʊ /; Washo: Dáʔaw) is a freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada of the Western United States, straddling the border between California and Nevada.Lying at 6,225 ft (1,897 m) above sea level, Lake Tahoe is the largest alpine lake in North America, [4] and at 122,160,280 acre⋅ft (150.7 km 3) it trails only the five Great Lakes as the largest by volume in the United ...
At 10,886 feet (3,318 m), it is the tallest summit in the Carson Range, El Dorado County, and the Tahoe Basin. [2] Due to its elevation, most of the precipitation that falls on the mountain is snow. [6] In 1893, the U.S. Geological Survey assigned the name Freel Peak to what was then known as Jobs Peak. James Freel was an early settler in the area.
The area is named for Freel Peak, which rises to 10,843 feet [10] elevation and is both the highest point in the Lake Tahoe Basin and in the Carson Range. [11] Of the few lakes in the area, Star Lake is at the highest elevation, 9,100 feet (2,800 m).
An extinct volcano, [6] the mountain is in between Lake Tahoe and Reno. [7] State Route 431 traverses Mount Rose Summit southeast of Mount Rose. [7] Due to the high elevation, most of the precipitation that falls on the mountain is snow. [8] The view from Mount Rose facing east is the Truckee Meadows, the second largest population center in Nevada.
Mount Tallac above Lake Tahoe. There are several notable geographical features in the Sierra Nevada: Lake Tahoe is a large, clear freshwater lake in the northern Sierra Nevada, with an elevation of 6,225 ft (1,897 m) and an area of 191 sq mi (490 km 2). [24] Lake Tahoe lies between the main Sierra and the Carson Range, a spur of the Sierra. [24]
Mount Tallac is a mountain peak southwest of Lake Tahoe, in El Dorado County, California. The peak lies within the Desolation Wilderness in the Eldorado National Forest. It is quite visible from State Routes 89 and 28, and U.S. Route 50. A "cross of snow" is clearly visible on the mountain's face during the winter, spring, and early summer months.