Devils Dance Floor

Devils Dance Floor rises to 2,078 m in California. Mount Starr King stands 2,767 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Cascades, a waterfall 1.5 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 2.3 miles off.
The story
mountain in California, United States of America
Wikidata Q49024448, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2078 m
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 4 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 15 mi
- Lembert Dome · 23 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Elephant Rock: 2.1 mi
- Turtleback Dome: 2.5 mi
- Old Inspiration Point: 4.1 mi
- Stanford Point: 4.4 mi
- Eagle Peak: 4.6 mi
- Upper Cascades: 1.5 mi
- Wildcat Falls: 1.5 mi
- The Cascades: 1.6 mi
- Little Nellie Falls: 2.9 mi
- Foresta Falls: 3.5 mi
- Fern Spring: 4.2 mi
- Black Spring: 4.3 mi
- Moss Spring: 4.5 mi
- Barrel Spring: 6.6 mi
- Iron Spring: 10.0 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Museum: 5.3 mi
- Indian Village: 8.1 mi
- Yosemite Museum & Library: 8.1 mi
- Yosemite Exploration Center: 8.2 mi
- Ansel Adams residence: 8.2 mi
- Valley View Parking: 4.0 mi
- Valley View Yosemite (Sunset Spot): 4.0 mi
- Tunnel Tree: 4.3 mi
- Yosemite Valley Railroad Caboose Number 15: 5.3 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Number 6: 5.3 mi
- Fireplace Bluffs: 2.8 mi
- Rockslides: 4.2 mi
- Profile Cliff: 7.4 mi
- The Fissures: 7.5 mi
- Castle Cliffs: 8.2 mi
- Cathedral Beach Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
- El Capitan Picnic Area: 6.3 mi
- Summit Meadow: 6.4 mi
- Red Bud Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
- Swinging Bridge Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
- John Muir: 7.8 mi
- World Heritage Site: 8.1 mi
- Foster Curry Cabin: 9.0 mi
- Women's Club Building: 9.1 mi
- Mt Buckingham School (historic): 16.3 mi
- El Portal Park: 5.2 mi
- Midpines Park: 17.8 mi
- Greeley Hill County Park: 20.2 mi
- Red Cloud: 21.6 mi
- Mariposa Art Park: 21.7 mi
- Cat Town: 20.4 mi
- Agua Fria: 23.5 mi
- Mount Ophir: 23.8 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 12.6 mi
- Nelder Grove Historical Area: 22.9 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 22.5 mi
- Dedication Garden: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Devils Dance Floor. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Starr King | ESE 102° | 2,767 m | 12.2 mi |
| Half Dome | E 88° | 2,694 m | 11.1 mi |
| Indian Rock | ENE 74° | 2,592 m | 10.5 mi |
| Mount Watkins | ENE 76° | 2,590 m | 12.3 mi |
| Boundary Hill | ENE 74° | 2,575 m | 6.1 mi |
| Subdome | E 87° | 2,564 m | 11.3 mi |
| West Quarter Dome | E 84° | 2,490 m | 12.4 mi |
| Ostrander Rocks | ESE 114° | 2,482 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:37 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:46 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:23 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:03 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 36 | 38 | 42 | 50 | 60 | 68 | 67 | 62 | 53 | 43 | 37 |
| Precip in | 6.9 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 4.4 | 7.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yosemite Village 12 W, 5 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 252487 — Devils Dance Floor, Mariposa County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358795272
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 9 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 10 mi
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