Big Chief – Summit in Placer, California

Identifier

GNIS Feature ID 219159

Location

State California

County Placer

Feature Class Summit

Coordinates

DMS

39°14'27"N 120°11'46"W

Decimal Degrees

39.2409126, -120.1961865

Elevation

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USGS 7.5′ Quad Map

Quad Name Tahoe City

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Protected Areas

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Nearest Populated Place

Alpine Meadows

4.6 mi SSW

Also Known As

Big Chief Mountain

Hydrography

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Description

Located in secs 10 and 15,T16N,R16E, Mount Diablo Meridian

Nearby Features

Little Chief Summit · 0.4 mi NW
Bullshead Summit · 0.5 mi SW
Pole Creek Stream · 0.6 mi WSW
Silver Creek Stream · 1.1 mi SSW
Sawtooth Ridge Ridge · 1.2 mi ENE
Sawtooth Ridge Ridge · 1.2 mi ENE
Deer Creek Stream · 1.3 mi S
Deep Creek Stream · 1.4 mi NNW
Rocky Wash Stream · 1.9 mi NNW
Olympic Valley Valley · 2.0 mi S

Data Sources & Attribution

Feature data: U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) – U.S. Geological Survey.
Elevation: USGS Elevation Point Query Service (EPQS).
Topographic basemap: USGS National Map.
Quad map thumbnails: USGS US Topo.
Watershed boundaries: USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD).
Protected areas: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) – Gap Analysis Project.
Photos (where shown): Wikidata / Wikimedia Commons – individual licenses apply.
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