Yosemite National Park: Mountain
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Clouds Rest
Clouds Rest is a mountain in Yosemite National Park east northeast of Yosemite Village, California. Although there are many peaks in the park having far greater elevation, Clouds Rest's proximity to the valley gives it a very high degree of visual prominence.
Echo Peaks
Echo Peaks consists of nine peaks, in the Tuolumne Meadows region of Yosemite National Park, California. They are near Echo Ridge.
Tuolumne Peak
Tuolumne Peak is a mountain, in Yosemite National Park, in the area of Tuolumne Meadows. It is a fractured granite, twin summited peak, and is close to geographic center of the park.
Mount Lyell
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.
Puppy Dome
Puppy Dome is a granite dome in Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, California.
Cathedral Peak
Cathedral Peak is part of the Cathedral Range, a mountain range in the south-central portion of Yosemite National Park in eastern Mariposa and Tuolumne Counties. The range is an offshoot of the Sierra Nevada.
Mount Hoffmann
Mount Hoffmann is a prominent peak in northeastern Mariposa County in the center of Yosemite National Park, California, United States. It rises above May Lake and is a day hike of 6.2 miles from Tioga Pass Road. The mountain is named for the cartographer Charles F.
Grizzly Peak
Grizzly Peak in Yosemite Valley is a promontory on the southwest wall below the popular Half Dome. It can be seen on the hike to Vernal Fall and Nevada Fall, from northeastern Glacier Point, and various other locations in the Yosemite Valley.
Cockscomb
Cockscomb is a mountain, in the area of Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, California.
Unicorn Peak
Unicorn Peak is a peak, in Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park. Unicorn Peak is due east of Cathedral Peak, and the north summit is highest. Unicorn Peak is part of the Cathedral Range.
Dozier Dome
Dozier Dome is a granite dome, in the Tuolumne Meadows region of Yosemite National Park. It is named after Jeff Dozier.
Johnson Peak
Johnson Peak is the highest mountain, in Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park. Johnson Peak is made of eroded granite. At 85 Ma, the Johnson Granite Porphyry is the youngest granite rock in the Yosemite National Park, though the entire peak formed beneath the Earth's crust.
Simmons Peak
Simmons Peak is a mountain, in the Tuolumne Meadows region of Yosemite National Park. In difficulty, its routes range from scrambling to class 4. It is a few miles north of Mount Lyell.
Vogelsang Peak
Vogelsang Peak is a peak in the Cathedral Range of Yosemite National Park, located in northeastern Mariposa County, California.
Kolana Rock
Kolana Rock is a prominent granite dome located along the southern edge of Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park. John Muir stated that Kolana was the Indian name for the rock.
Triple Divide Peak
Triple Divide Peak is a mountain on the boundary between Yosemite National Park and the Ansel Adams Wilderness in Madera County, California. It is located 0.7 miles north of Walton Lake and 1.3 miles southeast of Merced Peak.
Tenaya Peak
Tenaya Peak is a mountain in the Yosemite high country, rising above Tenaya Lake. Tenaya Peak is named after Chief Tenaya, who met the Mariposa Battalion near the shores of the Tenaya lake.
Electra Peak
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.
Merced Peak
Merced Peak, with an elevation of 11,731 feet, is the highest point in the Clark Range, just surpassing three other peaks; Red Peak, Gray Peak, and Mount Clark.
Cathedral Range
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.
Mount Florence
Mount Florence is a mountain, in the Tuolumne Meadows region of Yosemite National Park. Its easiest route is a class 2 scramble. Mount Florence is the tenth highest mountain in Yosemite.
Mount Clark
Mount Clark is a 11,527-foot granite peak in the Clark Range, a sub-range of the Sierra Nevada. It is a popular destination for mountaineers.
Tresidder Peak
Tresidder Peak is a mountain in Yosemite National Park, California. The mountain has two summits, about half a mile apart, with the southern peak being the highest.
Andrews Peak
Andrews Peak is a summit in Tuolumne County, California, in the United States. With an elevation of 8,537 feet, Andrews Peak is the 880th highest summit in the state of California. Andrews Peak was named for Professor George Leonard Andrews of West Point.
Sentinel Rock
Sentinel Rock is a granitic peak in Yosemite National Park, California, United States. It towers over Yosemite Valley, opposite Yosemite Falls. Sentinel Rock lies 0.7 miles northwest of Sentinel Dome.
Matthes Crest
Matthes Crest is an approximately mile-long fin of rock with two summits separated by a deep notch. It is a part of the Cathedral Range, which is a mountain range in the south-central portion of Yosemite National Park. The range is part of the Sierra Nevada.
Mount Maclure
Mount Maclure is the nearest neighbor to Mount Lyell, the highest point in Yosemite National Park. Mount Maclure is the fifth-highest mountain of Yosemite.
Parsons Peak
Parsons Peak is a mountain in Yosemite National Park and the Cathedral Range of California's Sierra Nevada. The peak, located on the Madera–Tuolumne county line, rises to an elevation of 12,153 feet.
Mount Ansel Adams
Mount Ansel Adams is a peak in the Sierra Nevada of California. At an elevation of 11,766 ft. the summit is in Yosemite National Park near the park's eastern boundary.
Drug Dome
Drug Dome is a granite dome in the Tuolumne Meadows area of Yosemite National Park. Drug Dome is just west of Fairview Dome. It is also near Mariolumne Dome, Lamb Dome and Medlicott Dome.
Smith Peak
Smith Peak, in Yosemite National Park in the United States, overlooks the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir and provides grand vistas of the Hetch Hetchy Valley and surrounding wilderness.
Mount Broderick
Mount Broderick is a summit in Yosemite National Park, United States. With an elevation of 6,696 feet, Mount Broderick is the 1573rd highest summit in the state of California. Mount Broderick was named for David C. Broderick, a United States Senator from California. There are rock climbing routes on Mount Broderick.
Basket Dome
Basket Dome is a granite dome in Yosemite National Park, United States. Basket Dome was named from a Native American legend involving a woman carrying a basket, who was turned by anger into stone, forming the dome.
Eagle Peak
Eagle Peak is the highest of the Three Brothers, a rock formation, above Yosemite Valley in California. This independent peak is located just east of El Capitan.
Chittenden Peak
Chittenden Peak is a summit in Yosemite National Park, United States. With an elevation of 9,580 feet, Chittenden Peak is the 649th highest summit in the state of California. Chittenden Peak was named for Hiram M. Chittenden, an engineer for the Army Corps of Engineers.
Colby Mountain
Colby Mountain is a summit in Tuolumne County, California, in the United States. With an elevation of 9,639 feet, Colby Mountain is the 644th highest summit in the state of California.
Bunnell Point
Bunnell Point is a summit in Mariposa County, California, in the United States. With an elevation of 8,172 feet, Bunnell Point is the 978th highest summit in the state of California. Bunnell Point was named for the explorer Lafayette Bunnell.
Bath Mountain
Bath Mountain is a summit in Yosemite National Park, United States. With an elevation of 10,482 feet, Bath Mountain is the 517th highest summit in the state of California. Bath Mountain was so named when a USGS topographer took a bath in a lake at its base in 1905.
Ackerson Mountain
Ackerson Mountain is a summit in Tuolumne County, California, in the United States. With an elevation of 5,243 feet, Ackerson Mountain is the 2438th highest summit in the state of California. Ackerson Mountain was named in honor of James F. Ackerson, a figure in the California Gold Rush.
Bigelow Peak
Bigelow Peak is a summit in Yosemite National Park, United States. With an elevation of 10,541 feet, Bigelow Peak is the 504th highest summit in the state of California. Bigelow Peak was named for John Bigelow, Jr. a Yosemite National Park official.
Mount Bruce
Mount Bruce is a summit in Yosemite National Park, United States. With an elevation of 9,724 feet, Mount Bruce is the 626th highest summit in the state of California. Mount Bruce was named for the Bruce family of pioneer settlers.
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