Craig Peak
Craig Peak rises to 3,379 m in California. Cleaver Peak stands 3,617 m to the east, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Snow Peak, a peak 1.2 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 19 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,379 m
How to reach it
- 19.1 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lembert Dome · 21 mi
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 22 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 22 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Snow Peak: 1.2 mi
- Tower Peak: 1.2 mi
- Wells Peak: 1.7 mi
- Keyes Peak: 1.9 mi
- The Watchtower: 1.9 mi
- Cascade Falls: 5.1 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 9.8 mi
- Sardine Falls: 12.8 mi
- Leavitt Falls: 13.1 mi
- Lower Cathedral Creek Falls: 14.0 mi
- Doe Springs: 13.4 mi
- Buck Springs: 13.5 mi
- Sachse Spring: 15.8 mi
- Salt Spring: 18.4 mi
- Box Spring: 18.8 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 7.8 mi
- Beach 2: 23.8 mi
- Pinecrest Dog Beach: 23.9 mi
- Beach 1: 23.9 mi
- Danburg Beach: 24.4 mi
- Hunewill Upper Sawmill: 14.5 mi
- Soda Springs Cabin: 20.2 mi
- Little Bodie Monument: 20.4 mi
- California Historic Civil Engineering Landmark: 22.1 mi
- Avalanche of 1911: 22.2 mi
- Bridgeport: 15.8 mi
- Bridgeport Training Range: 18.3 mi
- Douglas Picnic Ground: 18.4 mi
- Mono Lake Park: 24.0 mi
- Mono County Museum: 19.9 mi
- Old Mono County Jail: 20.0 mi
- Nature Museum: 23.4 mi
- Interpretive Center: 23.4 mi
- East Flange Rock: 13.9 mi
- Dore Cliff: 18.4 mi
- Locomotive Point: 24.5 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 16.9 mi
- Dog Town: 19.8 mi
- Bennettville: 21.0 mi
- Columns of the Giants: 19.5 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 20.8 mi
- Indian Arch: 24.4 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 22.7 mi
- Shingle Mill Flat Picnic Site: 22.7 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 17.6 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 20.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Craig Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleaver Peak | E 101° | 3,617 m | 9.1 mi |
| Blacksmith Peak | E 100° | 3,616 m | 8.9 mi |
| The Doodad | ESE 103° | 3,606 m | 9.5 mi |
| Eagle Peak | ENE 67° | 3,603 m | 8.9 mi |
| The Three Teeth | ESE 102° | 3,595 m | 9.4 mi |
| Tower Peak | NNE 30° | 3,582 m | 1.2 mi |
| Hunewill Peak | ENE 72° | 3,562 m | 6.6 mi |
| Victoria Peak | ENE 70° | 3,561 m | 7.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:46 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:01 | 16:42 |
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 | 40 | 43 | 46 | 51 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 58 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 6.3 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hetch Hetchy, 17 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358796087
Day trips start here
- Yosemite National Park · 27 mi
- Sierra Nevada · 28 mi
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