Nature Center at Happy Isles
Nature Center at Happy Isles is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,238 m. Gray Peak stands 3,526 m to the east-southeast, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Grizzly Peak, a peak 0.5 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 5.2 miles off.
The story
Dates from 1927.
Wikidata Q98950656, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1238.05 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 5.2 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- View on Tenaya Lake · 7 mi
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 14 mi
- Lembert Dome · 16 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Grizzly Peak: 0.5 mi
- Washington Column: 1.2 mi
- Mount Broderick: 1.3 mi
- Moran Point: 1.4 mi
- Sentinel Dome: 1.4 mi
- Vernal Fall: 0.9 mi
- Staircase Falls: 0.9 mi
- Silver Apron: 1.1 mi
- Illilouette Fall: 1.1 mi
- Royal Arch Cascade: 1.5 mi
- Indian Arch: 3.2 mi
- Valley View Yosemite (Sunset Spot): 6.0 mi
- Valley View Parking: 6.0 mi
- Yosemite Valley Railroad Caboose Number 15: 13.0 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Number 6: 13.0 mi
- Glacier Point: 0.8 mi
- Panorama Cliff: 0.9 mi
- Diving Board: 1.3 mi
- Castle Cliffs: 2.4 mi
- The Fissures: 2.7 mi
- Yosemite Conservation Heritage Center: 1.3 mi
- Ansel Adams residence: 2.0 mi
- Yosemite Exploration Center: 2.0 mi
- Yosemite Museum & Library: 2.0 mi
- Indian Village: 2.0 mi
- Women's Club Building: 0.7 mi
- Foster Curry Cabin: 0.7 mi
- World Heritage Site: 2.0 mi
- John Muir: 2.2 mi
- Soda Springs Cabin: 14.7 mi
- Swinging Bridge Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
- El Capitan Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
- Cathedral Beach Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
- Summit Meadow: 6.4 mi
- Red Bud Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
- Iron Spring: 1.0 mi
- Moss Spring: 5.6 mi
- Black Spring: 5.6 mi
- Fern Spring: 5.9 mi
- Barrel Spring: 12.7 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 7.6 mi
- Nelder Grove Historical Area: 20.9 mi
- El Portal Park: 13.0 mi
- Midpines Park: 24.2 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 20.1 mi
- Bennettville: 21.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Nature Center at Happy Isles. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gray Peak | ESE 117° | 3,525.5 m | 8.6 mi |
| Mount Clark | ESE 108° | 3,512 m | 7.5 mi |
| Mount Hoffmann | NNE 18° | 3,308 m | 8.5 mi |
| Obelisk Lake Peak | ESE 104° | 3,206 m | 8.2 mi |
| Quartzite Peak | E 98° | 3,182 m | 7.4 mi |
| Tenaya Peak | NE 43° | 3,129 m | 9.3 mi |
| Clouds Rest | NE 56° | 3,028 m | 4.6 mi |
| Sunrise Mountain | NE 54° | 3,026 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:45 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:03 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 41 | 45 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 44 | 37 |
| Precip in | 7.0 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 4.0 | 5.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yosemite Park HQ, 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/1667739187
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 1 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 1 mi
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