Fresno Dome
Fresno Dome rises to 2,298 m in California. Merced Peak stands 3,575 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is White Chief Mountain, a peak 2.4 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 24 miles off.
The story
Fresno Dome is a dominant granite dome rising in isolation above the forest of Soquel Meadow in the Sierra National Forest in Madera County, California. The dome as known to the Mono Indians as "the greeting place" ("wah-me-yelo"). John Muir encountered Fresno Dome, calling it "Wamello", in the 1870s, and used its summit to locate Fresno Grove (now known as Nelder Grove). It is accessible by a trailhead which is a three-mile drive from the Sierra Vista Scenic Byway (part of the National Scenic Byway system). The nearest town is Bass Lake, California, 9.1 miles (14.6 km) to the south. At its base, sits the Fresno Dome campground, a backwoods campground accessible only by jeep trails. The campground is a favorite spot for deer hunters and is largely empty other than during deer season. The dome offers several technical free climbs rated class 5 or better, with "Guides in a Snowbank" rated at 5.10a.
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Wikidata Q5503178, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,298 m
How to reach it
- 24.3 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- View on Tenaya Lake · 25 mi
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- White Chief Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Speckerman Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Iron Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Greys Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Mount Raymond: 3.8 mi
- Corlieu Falls: 5.5 mi
- Red Rock Falls: 5.7 mi
- Camino Falls: 6.9 mi
- Angel Falls: 8.2 mi
- Lower Chilnualna Falls: 8.5 mi
- Mariposa Grove Museum: 5.4 mi
- Thornberry Museum: 5.9 mi
- Yosemite History Center: 8.8 mi
- Fresno Flats Historic Village and Park: 10.3 mi
- Sierra-Mono Indian Museum: 15.7 mi
- Gold Rush BBQ: 5.6 mi
- The Falls Picnic Site: 8.8 mi
- Lakeside Day Use Area: 10.0 mi
- Pine Point Day Use: 10.3 mi
- Rocky Point Picnic Ground: 10.5 mi
- Oakhurst Community Park: 10.8 mi
- Wassama Roundhouse State Historic Park: 11.6 mi
- Ahwahnee Hills Regional Park: 11.6 mi
- North Fork Recreation Area Memorial Park: 15.3 mi
- Indian Lakes Park: 18.4 mi
- Cold Spring: 11.4 mi
- Arnold Spring: 17.2 mi
- Barrel Spring: 18.3 mi
- Moss Spring: 19.2 mi
- Fern Spring: 19.4 mi
- South Fork Bluffs: 12.9 mi
- The Fissures: 18.2 mi
- Profile Cliff: 18.3 mi
- Panorama Cliff: 18.3 mi
- Cascade Cliffs: 18.7 mi
- Bull Buck Tree: 2.9 mi
- Big Ed: 3.2 mi
- Grizzly Giant: 4.9 mi
- Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Historical Railroad: 5.9 mi
- Mariposa Welcome Plaza: 6.3 mi
- Whites Cabin: 12.9 mi
- Mt Buckingham School (historic): 17.0 mi
- Chetwood Cabin: 18.2 mi
- Foster Curry Cabin: 19.6 mi
- Women's Club Building: 19.6 mi
- Nelder Grove Historical Area: 3.4 mi
- Whisky Snowmobile Area: 14.3 mi
- Kinsman Flat Wildlife Area: 19.8 mi
- Oakhurst Mural: 10.7 mi
- Arch Rock: 14.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of Fresno Dome. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merced Peak | NNE 32° | 3,575 m | 14.7 mi |
| Red Peak | NNE 27° | 3,567 m | 15.4 mi |
| Triple Divide Peak | NE 36° | 3,533 m | 15.3 mi |
| Gray Peak | NNE 23° | 3,526 m | 16.5 mi |
| Ottoway Peak | NNE 31° | 3,512 m | 15.2 mi |
| Post Peak | NE 43° | 3,354 m | 16.6 mi |
| Gale Peak | NE 46° | 3,258 m | 11.3 mi |
| Sing Peak | NE 50° | 3,201 m | 10.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:44 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 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 | 36 | 36 | 39 | 43 | 50 | 59 | 65 | 65 | 60 | 51 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 7.6 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 5.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SO Entrance Yosemite NP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 252267 — Fresno Dome, Madera County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358795155
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 19 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 19 mi
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