Finger Peaks
Finger Peaks rises to 3,504 m in California. Excelsior Mountain stands 3,791 m to the southeast, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is The Doodad, a peak 1.3 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 14 miles off.
The story
Finger Peaks is a granitic mountain summit with an elevation of 11,498 feet (3,505 m) located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in northern California, United States. The three peaks are situated in Yosemite National Park and Tuolumne County. The landform is set immediately west of Burro Pass, 1.5 mile south of Eocene Peak, and 1.4 mile southwest of Matterhorn Peak. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,700 feet (520 meters) above Piute Creek in one-half mile. The first ascent of the summit was made July 19, 1931, by Jules Eichorn, Glen Dawson, and Walter Brem. This landform's toponym has been in publications since at least 1925, and was officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names in 1932.
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Wikidata Q49028865, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3504 m
How to reach it
- 14.2 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 14 mi
- Lembert Dome · 15 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 16 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Doodad: 1.3 mi
- The Three Teeth: 1.3 mi
- The Sawblade: 1.3 mi
- Cleaver Peak: 1.4 mi
- The Dragtooth: 1.4 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 3.9 mi
- Waterwheel Falls: 11.4 mi
- Cascade Falls: 11.5 mi
- LeConte Falls: 11.6 mi
- Lower Cathedral Creek Falls: 11.9 mi
- Jordan Spring: 10.9 mi
- Buck Springs: 13.3 mi
- Doe Springs: 13.8 mi
- The Hot Springs: 14.1 mi
- The Hot Springs: 14.1 mi
- Hunewill Upper Sawmill: 11.2 mi
- Little Bodie Monument: 12.8 mi
- Avalanche of 1911: 13.5 mi
- California Historic Civil Engineering Landmark: 14.0 mi
- Soda Springs Cabin: 14.6 mi
- Dore Cliff: 10.0 mi
- Locomotive Point: 19.4 mi
- East Flange Rock: 22.5 mi
- Bodie Bluff: 23.9 mi
- Bunnell Cliff: 24.4 mi
- Mono Lake Park: 15.2 mi
- Gus Hess Community Park: 17.9 mi
- Bridgeport: 19.6 mi
- Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area: 21.2 mi
- Bridgeport Training Range: 22.3 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 8.6 mi
- Dog Town: 12.7 mi
- Bennettville: 13.1 mi
- Bodie: 23.1 mi
- Masonic: 24.9 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 15.5 mi
- Upside-Down House: 18.0 mi
- Indian Arch: 22.9 mi
- South Tufa Area: 22.9 mi
- Navy Beach: 23.4 mi
- Mono County Museum: 15.1 mi
- Old Mono County Jail: 15.2 mi
- Mono Basin Historical Society: 18.0 mi
- Bodie Museum and Visitor Center: 23.1 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 7.9 mi
- Danburg Beach: 15.6 mi
- Navy Beach: 23.3 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 18.2 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 18.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Finger Peaks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Excelsior Mountain | SE 128° | 3,791 m | 7.0 mi |
| Dunderberg Peak | ESE 102° | 3,774 m | 7.4 mi |
| Twin Peaks | E 95° | 3,756 m | 2.6 mi |
| Matterhorn Peak | ENE 74° | 3,749.3 m | 1.4 mi |
| Twin Peaks-East Peak | E 96° | 3,731 m | 2.9 mi |
| The Dragtooth | ENE 59° | 3,695.4 m | 1.4 mi |
| Whorl Mountain | SE 125° | 3,667 m | 1.6 mi |
| Virginia Peak | ESE 119° | 3,657 m | 3.0 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 | 19:45 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 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, 15 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/358765869
Day trips start here
- Mono Lake · 22 mi
- Sierra Nevada · 26 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 26 mi
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