Gale Peak
Gale Peak rises to 3,258 m in California. Mount Ritter stands 4,007 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Sing Peak, a peak 1.0 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 18 miles off.
The story
Gale Peak is a 10,690-foot-elevation (3,260-meter) mountain summit located in Madera County, California, United States. It is situated in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in the southeast corner of Yosemite National Park, on the common boundary which the park shares with the Ansel Adams Wilderness. The mountain rises 1.3 miles (2.1 km) south of Fernandez Pass, 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south of the Clark Range, and 2.2 miles (3.5 km) north-northwest of Madera Peak. Precipitation runoff from this landform drains west into tributaries of the South Fork Merced River, and east into tributaries of the San Joaquin River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,400 feet (430 meters) above Upper Chain Lake in 0.38 miles (0.61 km). The peak can be climbed via the class 2 northwest ridge which separates Breeze Lake from the Chain Lakes.
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Wikidata Q49030895, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,258 m
How to reach it
- 17.6 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- View on Tenaya Lake · 18 mi
- Lembert Dome · 22 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 22 mi
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sing Peak: 1.0 mi
- Redtop: 1.7 mi
- Madera Peak: 2.2 mi
- Moraine Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Triple Divide Peak: 4.5 mi
- Camino Falls: 10.3 mi
- Granite Creek Falls: 10.4 mi
- Chilnualna Creek Cascades: 12.3 mi
- Chilnualna Fall: 12.6 mi
- Cascade Fall: 12.7 mi
- Chetwood Cabin: 7.3 mi
- Heitz Meadow Guard Station: 15.2 mi
- Women's Club Building: 15.3 mi
- Foster Curry Cabin: 15.4 mi
- World Heritage Site: 16.6 mi
- Gold Rush BBQ: 15.2 mi
- Summit Meadow: 16.3 mi
- Swinging Bridge Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
- Cathedral Beach Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
- El Capitan Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
- Cascade Cliffs: 12.0 mi
- Bunnell Cliff: 12.5 mi
- Panorama Cliff: 13.9 mi
- Diving Board: 14.7 mi
- Junction Bluffs: 15.1 mi
- Mariposa Grove Museum: 12.2 mi
- Nature Center at Happy Isles: 14.7 mi
- Yosemite History Center: 14.8 mi
- Yosemite Conservation Heritage Center: 15.9 mi
- Thornberry Museum: 16.1 mi
- Grizzly Giant: 12.5 mi
- Mariposa Welcome Plaza: 14.0 mi
- Bull Buck Tree: 14.2 mi
- Big Ed: 14.5 mi
- Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Historical Railroad: 16.1 mi
- Valentine Reserve Ecological Study Area: 21.8 mi
- Oakhurst Community Park: 22.0 mi
- Gull Lake Park: 22.2 mi
- Ahwahnee Hills Regional Park: 22.7 mi
- Wassama Roundhouse State Historic Park: 22.7 mi
- Iron Spring: 15.2 mi
- Reds Meadow Hot Springs: 17.5 mi
- Moss Spring: 18.0 mi
- Black Spring: 18.3 mi
- Fern Spring: 18.3 mi
- Nelder Grove Historical Area: 14.6 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 20.6 mi
- Whisky Snowmobile Area: 20.6 mi
- free natural hot pool: 17.5 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 20.0 mi
- Arch Rock: 10.5 mi
- Oakhurst Mural: 21.9 mi
- June Lake Beach: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Gale Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Ritter | NE 51° | 4,007 m | 13.2 mi |
| Rodgers Peak | NNE 33° | 3,956 m | 13.0 mi |
| Mount Florence | NNE 18° | 3,823 m | 12.5 mi |
| Electra Peak | NE 36° | 3,792 m | 11.8 mi |
| Michael Minaret | ENE 61° | 3,736 m | 13.0 mi |
| Eichorn Minaret | ENE 60° | 3,730 m | 13.1 mi |
| Rice Minaret | ENE 60° | 3,730 m | 13.1 mi |
| Ken Minaret | ENE 62° | 3,730 m | 13.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:44 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:02 | 16:43 |
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, 14 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 224008 — Gale Peak, Madera County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358766369
Day trips start here
- Yosemite National Park · 14 mi
- Sierra Nevada · 15 mi
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