Basket Dome
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Basket Dome rises to 2,315 m in California. Mount Clark stands 3,512 m to the southeast, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is North Dome, a peak 0.7 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 2.9 miles off.
The story
Basket Dome is a granite dome in Yosemite National Park, United States. Basket Dome was named from a Native American legend involving a woman carrying a basket, who was turned by anger into stone, forming the dome.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q19600358, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,315 m
How to reach it
- 2.9 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- View on Tenaya Lake · 5 mi
- Lembert Dome · 14 mi
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 14 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- North Dome: 0.7 mi
- Washington Column: 1.2 mi
- Ahwiyah Point: 1.2 mi
- Indian Rock: 1.3 mi
- Watkins Pinnacles: 1.5 mi
- Snow Creek Falls: 0.9 mi
- Three Chute Falls: 1.2 mi
- Royal Arch Cascade: 1.5 mi
- Lehamite Falls: 1.5 mi
- Staircase Falls: 2.4 mi
- Ansel Adams residence: 2.2 mi
- Yosemite Exploration Center: 2.2 mi
- Yosemite Conservation Heritage Center: 2.3 mi
- Indian Village: 2.3 mi
- Yosemite Museum & Library: 2.3 mi
- Indian Arch: 0.9 mi
- Valley View Yosemite (Sunset Spot): 7.2 mi
- Tunnel Tree: 13.9 mi
- Yosemite Valley Railroad Caboose Number 15: 14.3 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Number 6: 14.3 mi
- Diving Board: 1.6 mi
- Castle Cliffs: 2.1 mi
- Glacier Point: 2.6 mi
- Panorama Cliff: 3.1 mi
- Cascade Cliffs: 4.5 mi
- Swinging Bridge Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
- El Capitan Picnic Area: 4.6 mi
- Cathedral Beach Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
- Summit Meadow: 8.4 mi
- Red Bud Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
- Iron Spring: 1.4 mi
- Black Spring: 6.7 mi
- Moss Spring: 6.8 mi
- Fern Spring: 7.1 mi
- Soda Springs: 12.8 mi
- Women's Club Building: 2.1 mi
- Foster Curry Cabin: 2.2 mi
- World Heritage Site: 2.3 mi
- Soda Springs Cabin: 12.8 mi
- Ghost Cabin: 18.9 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 5.2 mi
- Nelder Grove Historical Area: 23.2 mi
- El Portal Park: 14.3 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 17.8 mi
- Bennettville: 19.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Basket Dome. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Clark | SE 125° | 3,512 m | 8.1 mi |
| Mount Hoffmann | NNE 21° | 3,308 m | 6.1 mi |
| The Bowmaiden | NNE 24° | 3,241 m | 7.6 mi |
| Tresidder Peak | NE 56° | 3,231 m | 8.4 mi |
| Quartzite Peak | ESE 116° | 3,182 m | 7.6 mi |
| Columbia Finger | ENE 61° | 3,158 m | 8.0 mi |
| Tenaya Peak | NE 53° | 3,129 m | 7.4 mi |
| Clouds Rest | E 85° | 3,028 m | 3.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:45 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:02 | 16:43 |
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.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 254589 — Basket Dome, Mariposa County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358795984
Day trips start here
- Yosemite National Park · 2 mi
- Sierra Nevada · 3 mi
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