This overlook sits at 8,380 feet along Tioga Road, facing 60 degrees toward a cluster of granite domes and one peak northeast and east-northeast across Tenaya Lake. The land drops 197 feet within 600 meters of the viewpoint. Stately Pleasure Dome, at 9,052 feet, is 2.2 miles northeast; it forms the south-southwestern portion of Polly Dome and consists of glaciated and exfoliated granite that rises 900 feet from the lake shore, with a steep east side used by rock climbers. Harlequin Dome (8,885 ft) lies 2.4 miles northeast, and Tenaya Peak (10,279 ft), named after Chief Tenaya, rises 2.4 miles east-northeast. Farther out, Pywiack Dome (8,833 ft) is 3.2 miles northeast, Polly Dome (9,802 ft) 3.4 miles north-northeast, Dozier Dome (9,336 ft) 3.8 miles northeast, and Medlicott Dome (9,892 ft) 4.4 miles northeast. The view faces toward sunrise, roughly 30 degrees off square, with sunrise times ranging from about 5:37 a.m. at the June solstice to 7:11 a.m. at the December solstice. June Lake is 22.3 miles east and Mammoth Lakes 30.5 miles east-southeast. The route continues north to Lembert Dome, following the earlier stop at the Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias.
Named terrain inside the view from this overlook, nearest first.
This overlook faces sunrise — 30° off square to it.
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 19:10 | 18:35 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 20:24 | 19:45 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:56 | 18:22 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:43 | 16:02 |
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Stately Pleasure Dome is the unofficial name for the prominent south-southwestern portion of Polly Dome, a granite dome on the northwest side of Tenaya Lake and Tioga Road in the Yosemite high country. Stately Pleasure Dome consists of glaciated and exfoliated granite rock that rises steeply 900 feet (270 m) from the lake shore; the very steep east side of the dome is popular with rock climbers, who gave the dome its name.
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. In 1851, the Mariposa Battalion under Captain John Boling expelled Chief Tenaya and his people from what was to become Yosemite National Park.
View on Tenaya Lake sits at about 8,380 feet (2,554 m).
From View on Tenaya Lake: Stately Pleasure Dome (NE, 2.2 mi); Harlequin Dome (NE, 2.4 mi); Tenaya Peak (ENE, 2.4 mi); Pywiack Dome (NE, 3.2 mi).
Sunrise. The land falls away from View on Tenaya Lake toward the sunrise, so at sunset the light is behind you. Exact times shift through the year; the page shows the current window.
June Lake, 22 miles E of View on Tenaya Lake.
Lembert Dome is the next surfaced lookout along the same route after View on Tenaya Lake.
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