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Round Top, California

Prominence: 2541 ft, 774 m

Elevation: 10,381 feet, 3164 meters

Approx. Isolation: 14.43 mi, 23.23 km

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 10,386 ft / 3165 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	38° 39' 49'' N; 120° 0' 2'' W 38.663609, -120.000647 (Dec Deg) 760971E 4283718N Zone 10 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	California
County/Second Level Region	Alpine
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Round Top": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Other Web Sites Round Top at SummitPost.org Round Top at ListsOfJohn.com Weather and Snow National Weather Service Forecast NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Round Top: USA Lower 48 Range5 High Points (Rank #151) California Peaks with 2000 feet of Prominence (Rank #84) California Wilderness High Points (Rank #21) Western States Climbers List (Rank #194) Sierra Club Sierra Peaks Section (Rank #215) U.S. National Forest High Points (Rank #44) Western States Climbers Emblem Peaks (Rank #87) Sierra Sampler List (Rank #84) Tahoe-Ogul Peaks List (Rank #12) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 1949-06-25 by Frederick Johnson 1996-06-29 by Richard Carey 2006-07-29 by Al Sandorff 2008-07-12 by Brendon Chapman 2008-10-19 by Tim Berger 2012-04-28 by Brendon Chapman 2012-07-07 by Ron Wong 2013-05-25 by Vince Curry 2013-06-29 by Paul Wichman 2013-09-28 by Daniel Block 2014-04-05 by Tomoko Nakajima 2014-04-05 by Tomoko Nakajima 2014-09-20 by Marcus Sierra 2015-06-27 by Marcus Sierra 2016-04-03 by Mike Jay (GPS Track) 2016-04-03 by Dmitry Medvedev 2016-06-25 by David Sprenger 2016-07-31 by Dean Gaudet (GPS Track) 2016-08-21 by Tim Berger 2016-08-28 by Clément Guillaume (GPS Track) 2016-09-03 by Eric Kassan (GPS Track) View ascents of peak by registered Peakbagger.com members (176 total) Nearby Peak Searches: Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Round Top Elevation Ladder from Round Top Prominence Ladder from Round Top

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Round Top along with the Sisters from the summit of Hawkins Peak (2014-09-22). Photo by Arthur Caverly.
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Prominence

Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)
  Clean Prominence: 2541 ft/774 m
  Optimistic Prominence: 2581 ft/786 m
  Key Col: 7840 ft/2390 m

Isolation

14.43 mi/23.23 km
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
Freel Peak (NNE)
Not verified: May be a major NHN that is not in the database.

Ranges

Continent: North America
Range2: Pacific Ranges
Range3: Sierra Nevada
Range4: Lake Tahoe-Sonora Pass Sierra Nevada
Range5: Mokelumne Wilderness Area (Highest Point)

Drainage Basins

Sacramento
San Francisco Bay
Pacific Ocean

San Joaquin
San Francisco Bay
Pacific Ocean

Ownership

Land: Eldorado National Forest (Highest Point)
Wilderness/Special Area: Mokelumne Wilderness Area (Highest Point)

Topo Map

Carson Pass O38119f8 1:24,000

Data Source

1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map

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Round Top from just below Winnemucca Lake. The three rocky summit pinnacles are visible (2016-08-03). Photo by Andrew Kirmse.
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