Mount Gibbs, Ansel Adams Wilderness

Name: Mount Gibbs
Address: Ansel Adams Wilderness, United States

#8 among attractions in Ansel Adams Wilderness

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Mount Gibbs is located in the Sierra Nevada of the U.S. state of California, 2.6 miles south of Mount Dana. The mountain was named in honor of Oliver Gibbs, a professor at Harvard University and friend of Josiah Whitney. The summit marks the boundary between Yosemite National Park and the Ansel Adams Wilderness, and Mount Gibbs is the sixth-highest mountain, of Yosemite. ()

Alternative names: First ascent: 1864Elevation: 12779 ftProminence: 1093 ftCoordinates: 37°52'38"N, 119°12'43"W

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Ansel Adams Wilderness United States

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Mount Gibbs – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Tioga Lake, Mount Dana, Mammoth Peak, Lyell Canyon.

4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Tioga Lake, Yosemite National Park
102 min walk • Tioga Lake is a small glacial lake in the Inyo National Forest of Mono County, California, about two miles north of the Tioga Pass entrance to Yosemite National Park. The lake bed is alongside State Route 120 in the Sierra Nevada of California.
1.6 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Dana, Ansel Adams Wilderness
43 min walk • Mount Dana is a mountain in the U.S. state of California. Its summit marks the eastern boundary of Yosemite National Park and the western boundary of the Ansel Adams Wilderness.
3.2 miSW
Mountain
Mammoth Peak
82 min walk • Mammoth Peak is a mountain, in the area of Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, California. The summit is an easy hike.
5 miW
Natural attraction, Nature, Canyon
Lyell Canyon, Yosemite National Park
128 min walk • Lyell Canyon is a sub-alpine meadow in Yosemite National Park south of Tuolumne Meadows. For 13 kilometers most of the canyon has an approximate elevation of 2 700 meters, and then rapidly climbs to 3 370 meters to Donohue Pass, below Donohue Peak – which marks the eastern boundary of Yosemite.
3.4 miNW
Scenic drives, Outdoor activities, View point
Tioga Pass Entrance Station, Yosemite National Park
88 min walk • The Tioga Pass Entrance Station is the primary entrance for travelers entering Yosemite National Park from the east on the Tioga Pass Road. Open only during the summer months, the entrance station consists of two historical buildings, a ranger station and a comfort station, built in 1931 and 1934 respectively.
7.5 miNE
Town
Lee Vining
191 min walk • Lee Vining is a census-designated place in Mono County, California, United States. It is located 21 miles south-southeast of Bridgeport, at an elevation of 6781 feet. Lee Vining is located on the southwest shore of Mono Lake.
4.5 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Kuna Peak, Ansel Adams Wilderness
114 min walk • Kuna Peak is a summit on the boundary between Mono and Tuolumne counties, in the United States, is the highest point on Kuna Crest.
2.9 miSW
Natural attraction, Nature, Lake
Bingaman Lake, Yosemite National Park
73 min walk • Bingaman Lake is a lake in Tuolumne County, California, in the United States. Bingaman Lake was named for John W. Bingaman, a park ranger who stocked the lake with fish in exchange for the naming rights. The lake is below Kuna Crest and Kuna Peak.
6.2 miNW
Mountain
False White Mountain
158 min walk • False White Mountain is a mountain, in the northern part of Yosemite National Park. It is the 24th highest mountain, in Yosemite National Park. False White Mountain can be climbed, as a day hike, from Tioga Pass.
4.4 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Koip Peak, Ansel Adams Wilderness
113 min walk • Koip Peak is a 12,968-foot-elevation summit in Mono County, California, in the United States. It is located in the Ansel Adams Wilderness, on land managed by Inyo National Forest.
3.4 miNW
California's highest vehicle crossing
Tioga Pass, Devils Postpile National Monument
88 min walk • Tioga Pass is a mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada of California. State Route 120 runs through it, and serves as the eastern entry point for Yosemite National Park, at the Tioga Pass Entrance Station.