Excelsior Mountain
Excelsior Mountain rises to 3,791 m in California. Mount Dana stands 3,976 m to the south-southeast, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 8.2 miles off.
The story
Excelsior Mountain is the 21st-highest mountain in Yosemite National Park, on the northeastern border of Yosemite. It is the next high peak, north of Mount Conness. Excelsior Mountain is mostly made of rust-colored metamorphic rock, similar to Mount Dana, which is also close.
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Wikidata Q49028344, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,791 m
How to reach it
- 8.2 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 8 mi
- Lembert Dome · 10 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 10 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Black Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Epidote Peak: 2.4 mi
- Camiaca Peak: 2.7 mi
- Mount Scowden: 2.7 mi
- Page Peaks West: 2.9 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 8.9 mi
- White Cascade: 10.2 mi
- Tuolumne Falls: 10.2 mi
- California Falls: 10.5 mi
- LeConte Falls: 10.6 mi
- Jordan Spring: 5.6 mi
- Mono Vista Spring: 9.1 mi
- Soda Springs: 10.6 mi
- Rancheria Gulch Spring: 10.9 mi
- Coyote Spring: 13.7 mi
- California Historic Civil Engineering Landmark: 7.1 mi
- Avalanche of 1911: 7.9 mi
- Soda Springs Cabin: 10.6 mi
- Little Bodie Monument: 10.9 mi
- Lee Vining: 11.2 mi
- Mono Basin Historical Society: 11.1 mi
- Mono County Museum: 16.5 mi
- Old Mono County Jail: 16.6 mi
- Bodie Museum and Visitor Center: 20.5 mi
- Ansel Adams residence: 24.5 mi
- Dore Cliff: 3.0 mi
- Locomotive Point: 19.8 mi
- Bodie Bluff: 21.3 mi
- Bunnell Cliff: 21.8 mi
- Cascade Cliffs: 23.1 mi
- Upside-Down House: 11.1 mi
- South Tufa Area: 16.1 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 16.2 mi
- Navy Beach: 16.6 mi
- Perched Boulder: 20.9 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 6.2 mi
- Bennettville: 6.5 mi
- Dog Town: 11.6 mi
- Bodie: 20.5 mi
- Mono Mills: 21.1 mi
- Mono Lake Park: 8.9 mi
- Gus Hess Community Park: 11.0 mi
- Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area: 14.4 mi
- Bodie State Historic Park: 20.7 mi
- Gull Lake Park: 21.0 mi
- Danburg Beach: 9.3 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 11.9 mi
- Navy Beach: 16.5 mi
- June Lake Beach: 20.5 mi
- Aerie Crag Picnic Area: 18.5 mi
- Gull Lake Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
- Warm Springs: 21.8 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 23.1 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 18.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Excelsior Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Dana | SSE 152° | 3,976 m | 9.8 mi |
| Mount Conness | SSW 192° | 3,825 m | 4.1 mi |
| Dunderberg Peak | NNE 31° | 3,774 m | 3.2 mi |
| Mount Warren | ESE 118° | 3,758 m | 5.1 mi |
| Twin Peaks | NW 325° | 3,756 m | 5.0 mi |
| Matterhorn Peak | NW 319° | 3,749 m | 6.3 mi |
| Twin Peaks-East Peak | NNW 327° | 3,731 m | 4.8 mi |
| North Peak | S 190° | 3,728 m | 3.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:35 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:45 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:00 | 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358797754
Day trips start here
- Mono Lake · 16 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 24 mi
- Sierra Nevada · 25 mi
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