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Wassama Roundhouse State Historic Park

Wassama Roundhouse State Historic Park from directly overhead

Wassama Roundhouse State Historic Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 692 m. Iron Mountain stands 2,794 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Ahwahnee Hills Regional Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 26 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
692 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.37421, -119.72203

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 18
  • Ahwahnee Hills Regional Park: 0.5 mi
  • Oakhurst Community Park: 4.8 mi
  • Indian Lakes Park: 11.5 mi
  • Yosemite Lakes Park Recreation Area: 12.6 mi
  • Yosemite Lakes Park Recreation Area: 13.4 mi
Waterfalls: 18
Springs: 16
  • Cold Spring: 6.9 mi
  • Specimen Springs: 9.3 mi
  • Rogers Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Big Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Arnold Spring: 14.2 mi
Picnic sites: 11
Attractions: 10
Museums: 9
Cliffs: 6
Nature reserves: 5
Ghost towns: 2
Artworks: 1
  • Oakhurst Mural: 5.1 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Arch Rock: 24.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Wassama Roundhouse State Historic Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Iron MountainENE 60°2,794 m14.8 mi
Mount RaymondNE 46°2,650 m13.3 mi
White Chief MountainNE 52°2,637 m13.0 mi
Little Shuteye PeakE 84°2,546 m13.9 mi
Fresno DomeENE 62°2,298 m11.6 mi
Speckerman MountainNE 55°2,181 m9.5 mi
Greys MountainE 79°2,158 m11.1 mi
Devil PeakN 355°2,114 m10.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3719:11
June solstice05:3919:4520:24
September equinox06:4718:2318:57
December solstice07:1016:0416:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363639435059656560514235
Precip in7.66.75.23.41.90.50.20.10.52.23.35.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SO Entrance Yosemite NP, 11 mi away.

  • interior live oak11 obs
  • Warrior's Plume10 obs
  • Menzies' baby blue eyes9 obs
  • Acorn Woodpecker8 obs
  • henbit deadnettle8 obs
  • Redstem Stork's-bill7 obs
  • California Quail6 obs
  • valley oak5 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/40186826

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