False White Mountain
False White Mountain rises to 3,655 m in California. Mount Dana stands 3,976 m to the east-southeast, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is White Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 2.6 miles off. 188 named places lie within 25 miles, 58 of them named summits.
The story
False White Mountain is a mountain, in the northern part of Yosemite National Park. It is the 24th highest mountain, in Yosemite National Park. False White Mountain can be climbed, as a day hike, from Tioga Pass. False White Mountain is near Mount Conness, Tioga Peak, Mount Dana, and Lembert Dome, thus is in the Tuolumne Meadows area. Of importance, False White Mountain has been often confused with White Mountain, thus the "false" reference. There have been proposals, to re-name False White Mountain, as Peak 12,002, Sharsmith Peak, False White, and False White Mountain Peak.
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Wikidata Q65083975, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,655 m
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 2 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 4 mi
- Lembert Dome · 5 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 13 mi
188 named places within 25 miles
- White Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Gaylor Peak: 2.0 mi
- Mount Conness: 2.6 mi
- Tioga Peak: 2.7 mi
- Ragged Peak: 3.3 mi
- Tuolumne Falls: 7.1 mi
- White Cascade: 7.1 mi
- California Falls: 8.1 mi
- LeConte Falls: 8.7 mi
- Waterwheel Falls: 9.0 mi
- Soda Springs: 5.7 mi
- Jordan Spring: 9.4 mi
- Mono Vista Spring: 10.2 mi
- Rancheria Gulch Spring: 14.4 mi
- Coyote Spring: 17.0 mi
- California Historic Civil Engineering Landmark: 3.5 mi
- Soda Springs Cabin: 5.7 mi
- Ghost Cabin: 6.5 mi
- Lee Vining: 9.6 mi
- Avalanche of 1911: 10.5 mi
- Dore Cliff: 4.2 mi
- Bunnell Cliff: 16.8 mi
- Cascade Cliffs: 18.2 mi
- Diving Board: 19.0 mi
- Castle Cliffs: 20.3 mi
- Mono Basin Historical Society: 9.6 mi
- Nature Center at Happy Isles: 20.3 mi
- Ansel Adams residence: 20.6 mi
- Yosemite Exploration Center: 20.6 mi
- Indian Village: 20.7 mi
- Upside-Down House: 9.6 mi
- South Tufa Area: 14.5 mi
- Navy Beach: 14.9 mi
- Perched Boulder: 16.0 mi
- Indian Arch: 18.0 mi
- Gus Hess Community Park: 9.6 mi
- Mono Lake Park: 9.9 mi
- Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area: 12.8 mi
- Gull Lake Park: 16.0 mi
- Clark Canyon: 23.1 mi
- Aerie Crag Picnic Area: 13.5 mi
- Gull Lake Picnic Area: 15.9 mi
- Swinging Bridge Picnic Area: 21.7 mi
- El Capitan Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
- Minaret Vista Picnic: 23.1 mi
- Bennettville: 1.8 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 11.8 mi
- Dog Town: 17.0 mi
- Mono Mills: 18.5 mi
- Bodie: 24.4 mi
- Danburg Beach: 10.2 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 13.8 mi
- Navy Beach: 14.8 mi
- June Lake Beach: 15.7 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 15.2 mi
- Warm Springs: 22.0 mi
- Crestview Rest Area: 22.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of False White Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Dana | ESE 123° | 3,976 m | 4.7 mi |
| Mount Gibbs | SE 133° | 3,893 m | 6.1 mi |
| Mount Conness | NW 324° | 3,825 m | 2.6 mi |
| Excelsior Mountain | N 354° | 3,791 m | 6.1 mi |
| Dunderberg Peak | N 7° | 3,774 m | 8.9 mi |
| Mount Lewis | SE 139° | 3,765 m | 8.6 mi |
| Mount Warren | NE 46° | 3,758 m | 5.3 mi |
| North Peak | NNW 340° | 3,728 m | 3.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:35 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:44 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 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, 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/11183805871
Day trips start here
- Mono Lake · 16 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 20 mi
- Sierra Nevada · 21 mi
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