Middle Mountain is a mountain in the
Sierra Nevada
The Sierra Nevada () is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primar ...
mountain range to the west of
Lake Tahoe
Lake Tahoe (; was, Dáʔaw, meaning "the lake") is a freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada of the United States. Lying at , it straddles the state line between California and Nevada, west of Carson City. Lake Tahoe is the largest alpine lake i ...
in the
Desolation Wilderness
The Desolation Wilderness is a federally protected wilderness area in the Eldorado National Forest and Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, in El Dorado County, California. The crest of the Sierra Nevada runs through it, just west of Lake Tahoe.
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in
El Dorado County, California
El Dorado County (), officially the County of El Dorado, is a List of counties in California, county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 191,185. The county seat is Place ...
. The mountain is east of the
Crystal Range
The Crystal Range is a small chain of mountain peaks in the Desolation Wilderness in the U.S. state of California. It is a subrange of the Sierra Nevada. The highest and most southerly peak is Pyramid Peak at 9985 ft; Mount Agassiz is next n ...
and Rockbound Valley, and west of
Emerald Bay Emerald Bay may refer to:
Geography
* Emerald Bay, Catalina Island, California
* Emerald Bay, Orange County, California
* Emerald Bay State Park in El Dorado County, California
* Emerald Bay, Lake Arrowhead, California
* Emerald Bay, Texas
Othe ...
and
Lake Tahoe
Lake Tahoe (; was, Dáʔaw, meaning "the lake") is a freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada of the United States. Lying at , it straddles the state line between California and Nevada, west of Carson City. Lake Tahoe is the largest alpine lake i ...
.
References
Mountains of the Desolation Wilderness
Mountains of El Dorado County, California
Mountains of Northern California
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