Keyes Peak
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
- 3,242.7 m
How to reach it
- 19.7 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lembert Dome · 22 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 23 mi
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 24 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Forsyth Peak: 1.3 mi
- Craig Peak: 1.9 mi
- Snow Peak: 2.0 mi
- Bigelow Peak: 2.1 mi
- Tower Peak: 2.4 mi
- Cascade Falls: 4.8 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 11.5 mi
- Sardine Falls: 11.8 mi
- Leavitt Falls: 12.5 mi
- Rancheria Falls: 14.3 mi
- Doe Springs: 13.9 mi
- Buck Springs: 14.2 mi
- Sachse Spring: 14.2 mi
- Salt Spring: 16.6 mi
- Box Spring: 17.1 mi
- 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
- Benson Lake Beach: 9.1 mi
- Beach 2: 22.0 mi
- Pinecrest Dog Beach: 22.0 mi
- Beach 1: 22.1 mi
- Mono County Museum: 21.2 mi
- Old Mono County Jail: 21.3 mi
- Nature Museum: 22.8 mi
- Interpretive Center: 22.8 mi
- Bridgeport: 15.4 mi
- Douglas Picnic Ground: 16.8 mi
- Bridgeport Training Range: 17.8 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 18.7 mi
- Dog Town: 21.5 mi
- Bennettville: 22.8 mi
- East Flange Rock: 12.1 mi
- Dore Cliff: 20.3 mi
- Columns of the Giants: 17.8 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 22.2 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 20.9 mi
- Carson-Iceberg Wilderness: 24.7 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
- Shingle Mill Flat Picnic Site: 22.5 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 17.9 mi
- Scoutmaster Grotto: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Keyes Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleaver Peak | ESE 103° | 3,617 m | 10.9 mi |
| Blacksmith Peak | ESE 102° | 3,616 m | 10.8 mi |
| Eagle Peak | ENE 74° | 3,603 m | 10.3 mi |
| Tower Peak | E 82° | 3,582 m | 2.4 mi |
| Hunewill Peak | E 81° | 3,562 m | 8.2 mi |
| Victoria Peak | ENE 78° | 3,561 m | 9.3 mi |
| The Sawblade | ESE 103° | 3,560 m | 11.1 mi |
| Eocene Peak | ESE 103° | 3,529 m | 9.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:46 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 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, 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
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 28 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 28 mi
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