Ascension Mountain
Ascension Mountain rises to 1,604 m in California. Boundary Hill stands 2,575 m to the east-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Bear Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 2.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q35724506, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,604.4 m
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 7 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bear Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Sawmill Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Ackerson Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Joes Point: 4.4 mi
- Sunrise Peak: 4.5 mi
- Preston Falls: 3.7 mi
- Carlon Falls: 4.0 mi
- Diana Falls: 9.9 mi
- Little Nellie Falls: 10.4 mi
- Tueeulala Falls: 11.5 mi
- Pilot Peak Spring: 4.9 mi
- Rackerby Jack Spring: 9.8 mi
- Walton Cabin Spring: 10.8 mi
- Indian Spring: 11.2 mi
- Shingle Spring: 12.3 mi
- Greeley Hill County Park: 12.2 mi
- El Portal Park: 12.8 mi
- Red Cloud: 13.6 mi
- Mary Laveroni Park: 17.5 mi
- Groveland Sports Complex: 17.5 mi
- Interpretive Center: 4.3 mi
- Nature Museum: 4.3 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Museum: 12.9 mi
- Groveland Museum: 17.5 mi
- Groveland Jail: 17.8 mi
- Fireplace Bluffs: 14.0 mi
- Rockslides: 15.3 mi
- Castle Cliffs: 18.2 mi
- Profile Cliff: 18.5 mi
- The Fissures: 18.6 mi
- Carlon Day Use Area: 2.8 mi
- Remote Camp: 12.0 mi
- Red Bud Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
- Indian Flat Day Use: 12.4 mi
- Cathedral Beach Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
- Merced Grove: 6.9 mi
- Tunnel Tree: 7.1 mi
- Yosemite Valley Railroad Caboose Number 15: 12.9 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Number 6: 12.9 mi
- Valley View Yosemite (Sunset Spot): 15.4 mi
- Miner’s Camp: 12.0 mi
- World Heritage Site: 18.4 mi
- Foster Curry Cabin: 19.5 mi
- Women's Club Building: 19.6 mi
- Fremont’s Fort: 20.8 mi
- Lake Lodge Beach: 15.5 mi
- Pine Mountain Lake Marina Beach: 16.1 mi
- Dunn Court Beach: 16.2 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 24.4 mi
- Cat Town: 16.5 mi
- Horseshoe Bend: 20.9 mi
- Mount Ophir: 23.8 mi
- Agua Fria: 25.0 mi
- Dedication Garden: 12.1 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 19.8 mi
- Scoutmaster Grotto: 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Ascension Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boundary Hill | ESE 108° | 2,575 m | 15.9 mi |
| Mount Gibson | NE 45° | 2,547 m | 15.8 mi |
| El Capitan | ESE 115° | 2,307 m | 16.2 mi |
| Dewey Point | ESE 123° | 2,236 m | 16.6 mi |
| Bald Mountain | ENE 77° | 2,208 m | 6.5 mi |
| Lookout Point | N 6° | 2,201 m | 15.4 mi |
| Crocker Point | ESE 124° | 2,165 m | 16.2 mi |
| Hells Mountain | N 358° | 2,115 m | 16.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:47 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:24 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:04 | 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358805967
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 20 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 21 mi
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