Cockscomb
Cockscomb rises to 3,369 m in California. Parsons Peak stands 3,699 m to the southeast, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Unicorn Peak, a peak 0.7 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 2.6 miles off.
The story
Cockscomb is a mountain, in the area of Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, California.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q49684829, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3369 m
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lembert Dome · 4 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 6 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 6 mi
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Unicorn Peak: 0.7 mi
- Echo Peak #8: 0.9 mi
- Echo Peak #9: 0.9 mi
- Echo Peak #7: 0.9 mi
- Echo Peak #5: 1.0 mi
- Tenaya Creek Waterslide: 5.0 mi
- Tuolumne Falls: 5.2 mi
- White Cascade: 5.4 mi
- Florence Falls: 5.8 mi
- California Falls: 6.3 mi
- Soda Springs Cabin: 3.1 mi
- Ghost Cabin: 8.8 mi
- California Historic Civil Engineering Landmark: 11.2 mi
- Women's Club Building: 12.2 mi
- Foster Curry Cabin: 12.3 mi
- Soda Springs: 3.1 mi
- Iron Spring: 11.2 mi
- Black Spring: 17.1 mi
- Moss Spring: 17.2 mi
- Fern Spring: 17.4 mi
- Bunnell Cliff: 8.2 mi
- Cascade Cliffs: 9.6 mi
- Diving Board: 10.7 mi
- Panorama Cliff: 12.3 mi
- Castle Cliffs: 12.4 mi
- Indian Arch: 10.1 mi
- Upside-Down House: 16.8 mi
- Perched Boulder: 17.4 mi
- Valley View Parking: 17.6 mi
- Valley View Yosemite (Sunset Spot): 17.6 mi
- Nature Center at Happy Isles: 12.0 mi
- Yosemite Conservation Heritage Center: 12.5 mi
- Ansel Adams residence: 12.6 mi
- Yosemite Exploration Center: 12.6 mi
- Indian Village: 12.6 mi
- Swinging Bridge Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
- El Capitan Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
- Aerie Crag Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
- Cathedral Beach Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
- Gull Lake Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
- Gus Hess Community Park: 16.8 mi
- Gull Lake Park: 17.1 mi
- Mono Lake Park: 18.2 mi
- Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area: 19.4 mi
- El Portal Park: 24.6 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 14.8 mi
- June Lake Beach: 17.5 mi
- Danburg Beach: 18.4 mi
- Navy Beach: 21.1 mi
- Bennettville: 9.8 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 19.9 mi
- Mono Mills: 23.5 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 8.6 mi
- free natural hot pool: 22.7 mi
- Crestview Rest Area: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Cockscomb. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parsons Peak | SE 134° | 3,699 m | 5.8 mi |
| Mammoth Peak | ENE 78° | 3,685 m | 6.8 mi |
| Amelia Earhart Peak | ESE 123° | 3,648 m | 6.3 mi |
| Vogelsang Peak | SSE 154° | 3,488 m | 4.4 mi |
| Fletcher Peak | SE 138° | 3,477 m | 4.0 mi |
| Choo-Choo Mountain | SSE 154° | 3,451.97 m | 2.6 mi |
| Rafferty Peak | SE 132° | 3,382 m | 2.1 mi |
| Johnson Peak | E 90° | 3,369 m | 2.0 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 | 19:44 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:01 | 16:43 |
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, 4 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 254754 — Cockscomb, Mariposa County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/11404642398
Day trips start here
- Yosemite National Park · 11 mi
- Sierra Nevada · 12 mi
- Mono Lake · 24 mi
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