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Castle Peak

2,776 m9,109 ft

Prominence: 410 m1,345 ft
Isolation: 7.4 km
Tonight: 26°FFair · Wind 10–20 mph NE

Castle Peak is a 2,776 m (9,109 ft) mountain in the Sierra Nevada, California, United States.

All facts

Elevation: 2,776 m · 9,109 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Lola (2,788 m)
Range: Sierra Nevada
Region: California, United States
Protected area: Tahoe National Forest
Coordinates: 39.3655° N, 120.3491° W

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3D map

Castle Peak 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Castle Peak terrain and contours

50 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 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Castle Peak elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Castle Peak weather

Tonight · Fair · 26°F (-3°C) · 1% chance of precipitation · Wind 10–20 mph NE

Castle Peak forecast for the summit, about 2,289 m.

Tonight26°1%10–20 mph NE
Sat28°50°–5–16 mph ENE
Sun31°51°–5–8 mph SW
Mon27°46°7%12–15 mph SW
Tue28°48°6%5–8 mph SSW
Wed30°49°3%5–8 mph SSW
Thu30°47°20%7 mph SSW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 21:00 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Castle Peak

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

Nearest campsite
0.7 km NE
+2 more within 4.1 km
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Nearest hut
Peter Grubb Hut
1.6 km W · +2 more within 7.8 km
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Nearest parking
2.7 km SSE
+2 more within 2.8 km
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Nearest trailhead
Donner Peak Trailhead
6.0 km SSE
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All mapped places 10

Place	Distance
Campsite	0.7 km NE
Campsite	0.8 km N
Peter Grubb HutHut	1.6 km W
Frog Lake Backcountry HutsHut	2.5 km ENE
Parking	2.7 km SSE
Parking	2.8 km S
Parking	2.8 km SSE
Paradise LakeCampsite	4.1 km NNW
Donner Peak TrailheadTrailhead	6.0 km SSE
Wildy HutHut	7.8 km SW

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 50% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

50.1%

Moderate, 15–30°

38.5%

Steep, 30–45°

9.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.7%

Steeper than 30°: 11.3% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 833 m low point 1,937 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 74.6%Grassland 15.6%Bare rock / sparse 8.6%Water 0.6%Built-up 0.6%

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 3 km; 726 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Leichtlin's Mariposa Lily134
Mountain Spirea105
Mountain Pride97
Corn Lily89
Woolly mule's ears86
Red-berried elder81

Where it sits

Where Castle Peak sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Loon Lake42 km S

Castle Peak downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGCastle Peak satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-30.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,769 m at the summit; the official height is 2,776 m.

A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal. The 90 m model misses by 36 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,776 m	—
USGS 3DEP lidar	2,775 m	-2 m
USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page)	2,769 m	-7 m
Copernicus GLO-30	2,751 m	-25 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,741 m	-36 m

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)
Protected area: USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © 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.
Accuracy comparison, 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

Castle Peak

West → east through the summit

Nearest campsite

Nearest hut

Nearest parking

Nearest trailhead

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