Bedayan Minaret
Bedayan Minaret rises to 3,690 m in California. Mount Ritter stands 4,007 m to the north-northwest, 2.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Dawson Minaret, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 16 miles off.
The story
summit in the Sierra Nevada of California
Wikidata Q119724000, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3690 m
How to reach it
- 15.8 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Disappearing Meadows · 16 mi
- Lembert Dome · 18 mi
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 18 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dawson Minaret: 0.0 mi
- Rice Minaret: 0.1 mi
- Minarets: 0.1 mi
- Dyer Minaret: 0.1 mi
- Eichorn Minaret: 0.1 mi
- Minarets Falls: 5.2 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 6.7 mi
- Lower Rainbow Falls: 6.8 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 7.4 mi
- Twin Falls: 9.9 mi
- Reds Meadow Hot Springs: 6.5 mi
- Hartley Springs: 10.5 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 12.4 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 12.5 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 12.6 mi
- Chetwood Cabin: 6.2 mi
- Mill City Mine: 10.5 mi
- Julia E. Townsend Memorial: 10.7 mi
- Legend of June Lake Slot Machines: 11.3 mi
- Assay Office: 11.4 mi
- The Buttresses: 6.2 mi
- Junction Bluffs: 9.7 mi
- Bunnell Cliff: 16.7 mi
- The Alcove: 16.9 mi
- The Wave: 16.9 mi
- free natural hot pool: 6.6 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 12.4 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 12.4 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 12.5 mi
- Hot Spring: 16.7 mi
- Gull Lake Park: 9.6 mi
- Valentine Reserve Ecological Study Area: 10.3 mi
- Community Center Park: 10.7 mi
- Mammoth Creek Park West: 11.8 mi
- Trails End Park: 12.7 mi
- Mammoth Museum: 12.0 mi
- Mono Basin Historical Society: 20.7 mi
- Nature Center at Happy Isles: 21.3 mi
- Yosemite Conservation Heritage Center: 22.5 mi
- Ansel Adams residence: 23.0 mi
- Devils Postpile: 5.8 mi
- Perched Boulder: 10.1 mi
- Upside-Down House: 20.7 mi
- South Tufa Area: 21.0 mi
- Navy Beach: 21.1 mi
- Minaret Vista Picnic: 6.5 mi
- Gull Lake Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
- Aerie Crag Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
- Mono Creek Picnic Site: 23.3 mi
- Swinging Bridge Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
- June Lake Beach: 11.0 mi
- Navy Beach: 21.1 mi
- Danburg Beach: 24.4 mi
- Bennettville: 19.5 mi
- Mono Mills: 19.6 mi
- Crestview Rest Area: 12.4 mi
- Arch Rock: 16.1 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Bedayan Minaret. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Ritter | NNW 328° | 4,007 m | 2.1 mi |
| Mount Lyell | NW 316° | 3,993 m | 7.3 mi |
| Rodgers Peak | NW 315° | 3,956 m | 6.0 mi |
| Banner Peak | NNW 340° | 3,940 m | 2.5 mi |
| Mount Maclure | NW 315° | 3,933 m | 7.9 mi |
| Blacktop Peak | N 354° | 3,881 m | 9.1 mi |
| Mount Wood | N 4° | 3,858 m | 10.1 mi |
| Mount Florence | NW 305° | 3,822.9 m | 9.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:43 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:21 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 16:01 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 29 | 34 | 39 | 47 | 56 | 63 | 62 | 56 | 46 | 36 | 29 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mammoth Lakes RS, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/8676752935
Day trips start here
- Yosemite National Park · 21 mi
- Sierra Nevada · 22 mi
- Mono Lake · 26 mi
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