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Keyes Peak

Keyes Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Keyes Peak rises to 3,243 m in California. Cleaver Peak stands 3,617 m to the east-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Forsyth Peak, a peak 1.3 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 20 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
3242.7 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.13989, -119.59147

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls: 22
Springs: 14
Historic sites: 6
  • Hunewill Upper Sawmill: 15.6 mi
  • Soda Springs Cabin: 21.8 mi
  • Little Bodie Monument: 22.1 mi
  • Strawberry: 23.3 mi
  • California Historic Civil Engineering Landmark: 24.0 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Benson Lake Beach: 9.1 mi
  • Beach 2: 22.0 mi
  • Pinecrest Dog Beach: 22.0 mi
  • Beach 1: 22.1 mi
Museums: 4
Parks: 3
  • Bridgeport: 15.4 mi
  • Douglas Picnic Ground: 16.8 mi
  • Bridgeport Training Range: 17.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 2
Attractions: 2
  • Columns of the Giants: 17.8 mi
  • Travertine Hot Spring: 22.2 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Fales Hot Spring: 17.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Scoutmaster Grotto: 24.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Keyes Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cleaver PeakESE 103°3,616.8 m10.9 mi
Blacksmith PeakESE 102°3,616.3 m10.8 mi
Eagle PeakENE 74°3,603 m10.3 mi
Tower PeakE 82°3,581.8 m2.4 mi
Hunewill PeakE 81°3,562 m8.2 mi
Victoria PeakENE 78°3,561 m9.3 mi
Eocene PeakESE 103°3,528.6 m9.9 mi
Walker MountainNE 44°3,524 m9.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3619:11
June solstice05:3619:4620:25
September equinox06:4718:2218:57
December solstice07:1216:0116:43

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404346515866737267584740
Precip in6.35.75.73.52.40.60.40.10.42.23.85.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hetch Hetchy, 16 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 254851 — Keyes Peak, Tuolumne County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358796128

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