Bath Mountain
Bath Mountain rises to 3,206 m in California. Twin Peaks stands 3,756 m to the east-northeast, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Slide Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 13 miles off.
The story
Bath Mountain is a summit in Yosemite National Park, United States. With an elevation of 10,482 feet (3,195 m), Bath Mountain is the 517th highest summit in the state of California. Bath Mountain was so named when a USGS topographer took a bath in a lake at its base in 1905.
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Wikidata Q19600362, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3206 m
How to reach it
- 12.7 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lembert Dome · 14 mi
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 15 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 16 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Slide Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Doghead Peak: 1.9 mi
- Quarry Peak: 2.6 mi
- Slide Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Quarry Peak-South Peak: 3.0 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 7.3 mi
- Lower Cathedral Creek Falls: 9.0 mi
- Waterwheel Falls: 9.1 mi
- Upper Cathedral Creek Falls: 9.1 mi
- LeConte Falls: 9.3 mi
- Soda Springs: 13.5 mi
- Jordan Spring: 13.8 mi
- Buck Springs: 15.7 mi
- Doe Springs: 16.0 mi
- The Hot Springs: 17.7 mi
- Soda Springs Cabin: 13.5 mi
- Hunewill Upper Sawmill: 14.4 mi
- California Historic Civil Engineering Landmark: 15.1 mi
- Avalanche of 1911: 16.4 mi
- Little Bodie Monument: 16.5 mi
- Mono County Museum: 18.7 mi
- Old Mono County Jail: 18.8 mi
- Mono Basin Historical Society: 20.0 mi
- Ansel Adams residence: 22.4 mi
- Indian Village: 22.4 mi
- Dore Cliff: 11.6 mi
- East Flange Rock: 21.0 mi
- Castle Cliffs: 21.9 mi
- Bunnell Cliff: 22.2 mi
- Diving Board: 22.2 mi
- Mono Lake Park: 17.8 mi
- Gus Hess Community Park: 20.0 mi
- Bridgeport: 20.8 mi
- Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area: 23.3 mi
- Bridgeport Training Range: 23.5 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 12.1 mi
- Bennettville: 13.9 mi
- Dog Town: 16.4 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 19.1 mi
- Upside-Down House: 20.0 mi
- Indian Arch: 20.0 mi
- Swinging Bridge Picnic Area: 23.4 mi
- El Capitan Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
- Cathedral Beach Picnic Area: 24.8 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 4.2 mi
- Danburg Beach: 18.2 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 15.7 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 20.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Bath Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Peaks | ENE 73° | 3,756 m | 6.0 mi |
| Matterhorn Peak | ENE 62° | 3,749.3 m | 5.1 mi |
| Twin Peaks-East Peak | ENE 74° | 3,731 m | 6.3 mi |
| The Dragtooth | ENE 58° | 3,695.4 m | 5.2 mi |
| Whorl Mountain | ENE 76° | 3,667 m | 4.6 mi |
| Virginia Peak | E 85° | 3,657 m | 5.8 mi |
| Cleaver Peak | NE 50° | 3,616.8 m | 5.0 mi |
| Blacksmith Peak | NE 47° | 3,616.3 m | 5.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:45 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:01 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 25 | 29 | 34 | 40 | 49 | 55 | 53 | 49 | 42 | 33 | 26 |
| Precip in | 6.2 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tuolumne Meadows RS, 14 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 256588 — Bath Mountain, Tuolumne County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358796781
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 23 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 23 mi
- Mono Lake · 25 mi
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