Granite Dome
Granite Dome rises to 3,149 m in California. Tower Peak stands 3,582 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Hawk Mountain, a peak 2.1 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off.
The story
Granite Dome is a 10,320-foot-elevation (3,150-meter) mountain summit located in Tuolumne County, California, United States.
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Wikidata Q49032693, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,149 m
How to reach it
- 22.4 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
- 25.3 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 23 mi
- Liberty Vista Point · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Black Hawk Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Relief Peak: 3.1 mi
- The Three Chimneys: 4.0 mi
- Molo Pinnacle: 4.5 mi
- Molo Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Salt Spring: 7.0 mi
- Box Spring: 10.5 mi
- Sachse Spring: 10.6 mi
- Shingle Spring: 15.9 mi
- White Spring: 17.1 mi
- Sardine Falls: 9.3 mi
- Cascade Falls: 10.2 mi
- Leavitt Falls: 12.3 mi
- Silver Falls: 14.0 mi
- Wapama Falls: 17.1 mi
- Douglas Picnic Ground: 8.5 mi
- Bridgeport: 15.7 mi
- Bridgeport Training Range: 16.8 mi
- Tuolumne State Game Refuge: 21.3 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
- Shingle Mill Flat Picnic Site: 22.5 mi
- Chickaree Day Use: 22.7 mi
- Marmot Day Use: 22.8 mi
- Beach 2: 13.4 mi
- Pinecrest Dog Beach: 13.4 mi
- Beach 1: 13.5 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 18.1 mi
- East Flange Rock: 2.3 mi
- Bloods Point: 24.0 mi
- Strawberry: 14.6 mi
- Hunewill Upper Sawmill: 22.5 mi
- Nature Museum: 23.7 mi
- Interpretive Center: 23.7 mi
- Columns of the Giants: 8.9 mi
- Scoutmaster Grotto: 16.9 mi
- Carson-Iceberg Wilderness: 17.4 mi
- Peep Sight: 20.1 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 21.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Granite Dome. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tower Peak | ESE 114° | 3,582 m | 11.8 mi |
| Leavitt Peak | NE 46° | 3,516 m | 7.1 mi |
| Hanna Mountain | E 97° | 3,491 m | 14.3 mi |
| Sonora Peak | NNE 32° | 3,484 m | 11.3 mi |
| White Mountain | NNE 32° | 3,470 m | 13.4 mi |
| Flatiron Butte | E 95° | 3,470 m | 13.8 mi |
| Ehrnbeck Peak | ESE 113° | 3,428 m | 13.6 mi |
| Stanislaus Peak | NNE 20° | 3,426 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:47 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:01 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 46 | 51 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 58 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 6.3 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hetch Hetchy, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358797967
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