Blacktop Peak
Blacktop Peak rises to 3,881 m in California. Mount Ritter stands 4,007 m to the south, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Koip Peak, a peak 1.4 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 7.4 miles off.
The story
Blacktop Peak is a 12,724-foot-elevation (3,878-meter) mountain summit located along the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Mono County of northern California, United States. It is situated in the Ansel Adams Wilderness, on land managed by Inyo National Forest. The summit lies one-half mile outside of Yosemite National Park's eastern boundary, and some of the lower western slope lies within the park. Blacktop Peak ranks as the 228th-highest summit in the state of California. Blacktop Peak was likely named from its appearance. This geographical feature's name was officially adopted in 1932 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.
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Wikidata Q19600537, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3881 m
How to reach it
- 7.4 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Disappearing Meadows · 7 mi
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 9 mi
- Lembert Dome · 10 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Koip Peak: 1.4 mi
- Kuna Peak: 1.5 mi
- Parker Peak: 1.5 mi
- Mount Andrea Lawrence: 1.6 mi
- Mount Wood: 2.0 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 4.3 mi
- Florence Falls: 9.1 mi
- Minarets Falls: 12.1 mi
- Tuolumne Falls: 14.4 mi
- White Cascade: 14.5 mi
- Hartley Springs: 8.7 mi
- Soda Springs: 11.0 mi
- Reds Meadow Hot Springs: 13.8 mi
- Big Springs: 14.2 mi
- Mono Vista Spring: 15.9 mi
- Ghost Cabin: 4.8 mi
- Legend of June Lake Slot Machines: 7.2 mi
- Memorial to the Unknown Prospector: 8.6 mi
- California Historic Civil Engineering Landmark: 10.4 mi
- Soda Springs Cabin: 11.0 mi
- The Buttresses: 13.9 mi
- Dore Cliff: 14.3 mi
- The Alcove: 15.4 mi
- Bunnell Cliff: 15.5 mi
- The Wave: 15.5 mi
- free natural hot pool: 13.8 mi
- Hot Spring: 20.2 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 20.3 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 20.3 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 20.4 mi
- Gull Lake Park: 6.4 mi
- Gus Hess Community Park: 12.2 mi
- Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area: 13.1 mi
- Community Center Park: 15.2 mi
- Clark Canyon: 15.4 mi
- Mono Basin Historical Society: 12.2 mi
- Mammoth Museum: 16.8 mi
- Nature Center at Happy Isles: 20.3 mi
- Yosemite Conservation Heritage Center: 21.3 mi
- Ansel Adams residence: 21.6 mi
- Aerie Crag Picnic Area: 4.6 mi
- Gull Lake Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
- Minaret Vista Picnic: 12.0 mi
- Swinging Bridge Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
- El Capitan Picnic Area: 23.6 mi
- Perched Boulder: 6.8 mi
- Upside-Down House: 12.1 mi
- Devils Postpile: 13.1 mi
- South Tufa Area: 13.8 mi
- Navy Beach: 14.0 mi
- June Lake Beach: 7.0 mi
- Navy Beach: 13.9 mi
- Danburg Beach: 15.6 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 23.8 mi
- Bennettville: 10.5 mi
- Mono Mills: 14.4 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 21.6 mi
- Crestview Rest Area: 13.1 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 19.2 mi
- Arch Rock: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Blacktop Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Ritter | S 182° | 4,007 m | 7.2 mi |
| Mount Lyell | SW 228° | 3,993 m | 5.6 mi |
| Mount Dana | N 349° | 3,976 m | 7.5 mi |
| Kuna Peak | NNW 333° | 3,958 m | 1.5 mi |
| Rodgers Peak | SW 215° | 3,956 m | 5.8 mi |
| Koip Peak | NNW 347° | 3,954 m | 1.4 mi |
| Banner Peak | S 179° | 3,940 m | 6.7 mi |
| Mount Maclure | SW 233° | 3,933 m | 5.8 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 | 19:44 | 20:23 |
| 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: 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, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 257186 — Blacktop Peak, Mono County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358796948
Day trips start here
- Mono Lake · 18 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 20 mi
- Sierra Nevada · 21 mi
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