Ackerson Mountain
Ackerson Mountain rises to 1,601 m in California. Boundary Hill stands 2,575 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Carlon Day Use Area, a picnic site 1.6 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 1.9 miles off.
The story
Ackerson Mountain is a summit in Tuolumne County, California, in the United States. With an elevation of 5,243 feet (1,598 m), 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.
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Wikidata Q19871488, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1600.8 m
How to reach it
- 1.9 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 6 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 21 mi
- Lembert Dome · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bear Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Ascension Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Sunrise Peak: 3.5 mi
- Sawmill Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Bald Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Carlon Falls: 2.6 mi
- Preston Falls: 3.4 mi
- Little Nellie Falls: 9.2 mi
- Tueeulala Falls: 10.1 mi
- Wapama Falls: 10.5 mi
- Pilot Peak Spring: 5.9 mi
- Rackerby Jack Spring: 11.4 mi
- Shingle Spring: 12.2 mi
- Walton Cabin Spring: 13.0 mi
- Indian Spring: 13.2 mi
- Interpretive Center: 3.2 mi
- Nature Museum: 3.3 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Museum: 12.1 mi
- Indian Village: 16.2 mi
- Yosemite Museum & Library: 16.3 mi
- El Portal Park: 11.9 mi
- Greeley Hill County Park: 14.3 mi
- Red Cloud: 15.7 mi
- Mary Laveroni Park: 19.8 mi
- Groveland Sports Complex: 19.8 mi
- Fireplace Bluffs: 12.2 mi
- Rockslides: 13.5 mi
- Castle Cliffs: 16.1 mi
- Profile Cliff: 16.6 mi
- The Fissures: 16.7 mi
- Carlon Day Use Area: 1.6 mi
- Red Bud Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
- Indian Flat Day Use: 12.1 mi
- Remote Camp: 14.3 mi
- Cathedral Beach Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
- Tunnel Tree: 5.7 mi
- Merced Grove: 6.2 mi
- Yosemite Valley Railroad Caboose Number 15: 12.0 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Number 6: 12.0 mi
- Valley View Parking: 13.6 mi
- Miner’s Camp: 14.3 mi
- John Muir: 16.0 mi
- World Heritage Site: 16.3 mi
- Foster Curry Cabin: 17.5 mi
- Women's Club Building: 17.5 mi
- Lake Lodge Beach: 17.8 mi
- Pine Mountain Lake Marina Beach: 18.4 mi
- Dunn Court Beach: 18.4 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 22.4 mi
- Cat Town: 18.1 mi
- Horseshoe Bend: 22.9 mi
- Mount Ophir: 24.8 mi
- Dedication Garden: 14.4 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 17.5 mi
- Scoutmaster Grotto: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of Ackerson Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boundary Hill | ESE 111° | 2,575 m | 13.8 mi |
| Mount Gibson | NE 39° | 2,547 m | 14.2 mi |
| Eagle Peak | ESE 115° | 2,362 m | 15.0 mi |
| Smith Peak | NE 49° | 2,356 m | 9.4 mi |
| El Capitan | ESE 120° | 2,307 m | 14.3 mi |
| Dewey Point | SE 128° | 2,236 m | 14.8 mi |
| Eagle Tower | ESE 112° | 2,220 m | 15.3 mi |
| Bald Mountain | ENE 73° | 2,208 m | 4.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:46 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:03 | 16:45 |
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 | 38 | 36 | 38 | 42 | 50 | 60 | 68 | 67 | 62 | 53 | 43 | 37 |
| Precip in | 6.9 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 4.4 | 7.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yosemite Village 12 W, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 256107 — Ackerson Mountain, Tuolumne County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358796580
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 18 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 19 mi
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