Minarets, Ansel Adams Wilderness

Name: Minarets
Address: Ansel Adams Wilderness, United States

#6 among attractions in Ansel Adams Wilderness

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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The Minarets are a series of jagged peaks located in the Ritter Range, a sub-range of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the state of California. They are easily viewed from Minaret Summit, which is accessible by auto. Collectively, they form an arête, and are a prominent feature in the Ansel Adams Wilderness which was known as the Minaret Wilderness until it was renamed in honor of Ansel Adams in 1984. ()

First ascent: 1928Elevation: 12270 ftProminence: 1152 ftCoordinates: 37°39'43"N, 119°10'41"W

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Ansel Adams Wilderness United States

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Ansel Adams Wilderness

Day trips

Minarets – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Rainbow Falls, Thousand Island Lake, Banner Peak, Minaret Lake.

6.6 miSE
Natural attraction, Waterfall, Park
Rainbow Falls, Mammoth Lakes
169 min walk • Rainbow Falls is the highest waterfall on the Middle Fork of the San Joaquin River, in the eastern Sierra Nevada mountains of California, in the United States.
4.1 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Thousand Island Lake, Ansel Adams Wilderness
104 min walk • Thousand Island Lake is a large alpine lake in the Sierra Nevada, within the Ansel Adams Wilderness in eastern Madera County, California. The lake is named for the many small rocky islands that dot its surface. Theodore Solomons probably established the 'Thousand Island' name, as this appears on his 1896 map.
2.6 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Banner Peak, Ansel Adams Wilderness
66 min walk • Banner Peak is the second tallest peak in the Ritter Range of California's Sierra Nevada. The mountain is 12,942 feet tall, and there are several glaciers on its slopes.
1.1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Minaret Lake, Ansel Adams Wilderness
28 min walk • Minaret Lake is a lake in the Ritter Range, a subrange of the Sierra Nevada, in California. It is located in extreme northeastern Madera County, within the Ansel Adams Wilderness of the Inyo National Forest.
7.4 miNW
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Mount Lyell, Yosemite National Park
189 min walk • Mount Lyell is the highest point in Yosemite National Park, at 13,114 feet. It is located at the southeast end of the Cathedral Range, 1.2 miles northwest of Rodgers Peak.
2.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Ritter, Ansel Adams Wilderness
57 min walk • Mount Ritter is the highest mountain in Madera County, California, in the Western United States, at an elevation of 13,149 feet.
5.4 miNW
Mountain
Electra Peak, Yosemite National Park
138 min walk • Electra Peak is a mountain, broadly in the Tuolumne Meadows area of Yosemite National Park, if far, from the road. Electra Peak is the 14th highest mountain in Yosemite National Park. Electra Peak may have been named for a play called Electra.
7.4 miNW
Natural attraction, Mountain, Park
Cathedral Range, Yosemite National Park
189 min walk • The Cathedral Range is a mountain range immediately to the south of Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite National Park. The range is an offshoot of the Sierra Nevada. The range is named after Cathedral Peak, which resembles a cathedral spire.
4.3 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Davis, Ansel Adams Wilderness
110 min walk • Mount Davis is a prominent peak in the Ansel Adams Wilderness on the Inyo National Forest and south of Yosemite National Park. The peak was named in honor of Lieutenant Milton Fennimore Davis, who was with the first troops detailed to guard Yosemite National Park.
2.1 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Cabin Lake, Ansel Adams Wilderness
54 min walk • Cabin Lake is a lake in Madera County, California, in the United States. Cabin Lake was named for a cabin which stood nearby.
3.9 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Altha Lake, Ansel Adams Wilderness
101 min walk • Altha Lake is a lake in the Sierra Nevada in eastern Madera County, California. It is within the boundaries of the Ansel Adams Wilderness, and in the Sierra National Forest.