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The Thimble, California

Prominence: 179 ft, 54 m

Elevation: 5779 feet, 1761 meters

True Isolation: 0.36 mi, 0.58 km

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 5782 ft / 1762 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	33° 14' 50'' N, 116° 29' 52'' W 33.247259, -116.497653 (Dec Deg) 546796 E 3678811 N, Zone 11 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	California
County/Second Level Region	San Diego
Links Search Engines - search the web for "The Thimble": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Other Web Sites The Thimble at SummitPost.org The Thimble at ListsOfJohn.com Weather and Snow National Weather Service Forecast NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain The Thimble: San Diego 100 Peaks List (Rank #11)
Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 118 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 116) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 2004-11-27 by Bob Burd 2011-01-25 by Marit Chrislock-Lauterbach 2011-04-10 by Derek Loranger 2012-11-24 by Albert Herrera 2013-03-31 by Michael Sullivan (GPS Track) 2013-12-18 by Keith Winston 2014-01-05 by Greg Gerlach 2014-03-19 by Patrick ONeill (GPS Track) 2014-12-27 by Mark Lyons 2015-01-23 by Jim Wick (GPS Track) 2015-05-17 by Greg Gerlach 2016-03-23 by Michael Dillenback (Unsuccessful) 2016-11-11 by David Comerzan 2018-11-17 by Justin Bayne 2019-03-21 by Chris Griffith (Unsuccessful) (GPS Track) 2019-04-06 by Coby King (GPS Track) 2019-05-05 by Ginger Partyka (Unsuccessful) (GPS Track) 2019-10-20 by Chris Griffith (GPS Track) 2019-11-02 by Thomas Brennan (Unsuccessful) (GPS Track) 2020-02-01 by Greg Gerlach (GPS Track) 2020-02-14 by Keith Winston (GPS Track) 2020-02-14 by Chloë Sells (GPS Track) 2020-03-02 by James Allen (GPS Track) 2020-03-28 by TJ Kodras (GPS Track)
Nearby Peak Searches: Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to The Thimble Elevation Ladder from The Thimble Prominence Ladder from The Thimble

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The Thimble viewed from White BM (2014-02-05). Photo by Larry Edmonds.
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Prominence

Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)
  Clean Prominence: 179 ft/54 m
  Optimistic Prominence: 219 ft/66 m
  Key Col: 5600 ft/1707 m

Isolation

Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)
   Distance: 0.36 mi/0.58 km
   Isolation Limit Point: 33.2525, -116.4983
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
    San Ysidro Mountain  (N)

Ranges

Continent: North America
Range2: Pacific Ranges
Range3: Central and Southern California Ranges
Range4: Peninsular Southern California Ranges
Range5: San Diego Area Ranges

Ridges/Divides

Pacific Crest

Drainage Basins

Salton Sea
Internal Drainage-N.A.
Worldwide Internal Drainage

Pacific-Western USA
Pacific Ocean

Ownership

Land: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

Topo Map

Tubb Canyon O33116b4 1:24,000

Data Source

1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
This peak was submitted to the Peakbagger.com database by Terry Flood.

Dynamic Map

The Thimble

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Other Photos

The Thimble looking to the east (2019-03-09). Photo by Chris Griffith.
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