Grizzly Giant
Grizzly Giant is an attraction in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,788 m. Merced Peak stands 3,575 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Mariposa Grove Museum, a museum 0.7 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 20 miles off.
The story
giant sequoia in Mariposa Grove, California; 25th largest giant sequoia
Wikidata Q5609795, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 63.7 m
- Elevation
- 1788 m
How to reach it
- 19.7 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 22 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 22 mi
- Lembert Dome · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wawona Point: 1.0 mi
- Goat Meadow Hill: 1.7 mi
- Mount Savage: 2.7 mi
- Mount Raymond: 2.9 mi
- Speckerman Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Lower Chilnualna Falls: 3.7 mi
- Chilnualna Fall: 4.2 mi
- Chilnualna Creek Cascades: 4.3 mi
- Red Rock Falls: 5.2 mi
- Corlieu Falls: 6.1 mi
- Mariposa Grove Museum: 0.7 mi
- Yosemite History Center: 3.9 mi
- Thornberry Museum: 4.2 mi
- Fresno Flats Historic Village and Park: 12.2 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Museum: 15.5 mi
- Mariposa Welcome Plaza: 1.6 mi
- Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Historical Railroad: 4.2 mi
- Bull Buck Tree: 5.2 mi
- Big Ed: 5.2 mi
- Willow Creek Trail: 11.8 mi
- Gold Rush BBQ: 2.9 mi
- Summit Meadow: 12.1 mi
- The Falls Picnic Site: 12.1 mi
- Lakeside Day Use Area: 13.7 mi
- Pine Point Day Use: 14.1 mi
- Cold Spring: 8.1 mi
- Barrel Spring: 13.4 mi
- Moss Spring: 15.0 mi
- Fern Spring: 15.0 mi
- Black Spring: 15.3 mi
- Ahwahnee Hills Regional Park: 11.0 mi
- Wassama Roundhouse State Historic Park: 11.1 mi
- Oakhurst Community Park: 12.3 mi
- El Portal Park: 15.6 mi
- Midpines Park: 17.5 mi
- The Fissures: 14.4 mi
- Profile Cliff: 14.5 mi
- Panorama Cliff: 15.0 mi
- Rockslides: 15.6 mi
- Glacier Point: 15.8 mi
- Mt Buckingham School (historic): 12.9 mi
- Foster Curry Cabin: 16.1 mi
- Women's Club Building: 16.2 mi
- John Muir: 16.8 mi
- World Heritage Site: 16.9 mi
- Nelder Grove Historical Area: 5.2 mi
- Whisky Snowmobile Area: 19.0 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 23.4 mi
- Kinsman Flat Wildlife Area: 24.5 mi
- Oakhurst Mural: 12.3 mi
- Arch Rock: 18.3 mi
- Agua Fria: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Grizzly Giant. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merced Peak | NE 51° | 3,575.4 m | 14.5 mi |
| Red Peak | NE 45° | 3,566.6 m | 14.8 mi |
| Gale Peak | ENE 69° | 3,258 m | 12.5 mi |
| Sing Peak | ENE 73° | 3,201 m | 12.2 mi |
| Madera Peak | E 79° | 3,197 m | 12.6 mi |
| Redtop | ENE 75° | 3,039 m | 11.2 mi |
| Moraine Mountain | NE 53° | 2,979 m | 10.0 mi |
| Mount Bruce | NE 42° | 2,964 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:45 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:04 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 36 | 39 | 43 | 50 | 59 | 65 | 65 | 60 | 51 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 7.6 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 5.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SO Entrance Yosemite NP, 2 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Yosemite National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Aug.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/3331427773
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 16 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 16 mi
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