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Pass · California

Beckwourth Pass

1,589 m5,213 ft
Connects
Reno Junction – Chilcoot
Tonight
24°FFair · Wind 5–10 mph NE

Beckwourth Pass is a mountain pass at 1,589 m in California, United States. It links Reno Junction and Chilcoot.

All facts
Saddle
1,589 m
Lowest point
1,456 m / 1,523 m
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Pass

Beckwourth Pass: the climb from each side

Saddle 1,589 mReno Junction 1,456 m+133 m · 3.0 kmChilcoot 1,523 m+66 m · 3.0 km

Crossed by: CA 70 Feather River Highway, Old Highway Road

Distances are straight lines from the saddle to the lowest ground on each side; the road is longer.

3D map

Beckwourth Pass 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 8 × 8 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Beckwourth Pass terrain and contours

20 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

Beckwourth Pass elevation profile

West → east through the centre

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.
Weather

Beckwourth Pass weather

Tonight · Fair · 24°F (-4°C) · Wind 5–10 mph NE

Beckwourth Pass forecast for about 1,632 m.

  • Tonight24°–5–10 mph NE
  • Sat24°57°–5–10 mph E
  • Sun29°64°–0–5 mph W
  • Mon25°61°4%5–20 mph SW
  • Tue25°59°4%0–5 mph SW
  • Wed27°61°2%0–5 mph S
  • Thu28°60°11%0–5 mph S

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:30 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Beckwourth Pass

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Beckwourth Pass, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

All mapped places 2
PlaceDistance
Parking6.0 km WNW
Parking6.4 km ESE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 78% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
77.7%
Moderate, 15–30°
19.8%
Steep, 30–45°
2.5%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
2.5% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view
531 m low point 1,424 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 95.1%Shrubland 2.4%Trees 1.5%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4 km; 110 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Linearleaf Phacelia9
  • Pronghorn4
  • Brown's Peony4
  • Desert Peach4
  • Granite Prickly Phlox3
  • Woolly mule's ears3
Where it sits

Where Beckwourth Pass sits

Range
American Cordillera467North American Cordillera271Sierra Nevada36
Region
California152United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
More in the Sierra Nevada 6
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Downloads

Beckwourth Pass downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-30)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast
Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia