Lamb Dome
Lamb Dome rises to 2,807 m in California. Choo-Choo Mountain stands 3,452 m to the southeast, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Drug Dome, a peak 0.4 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road runs past it.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2807.1 m
How to reach it
- On the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lembert Dome · 4 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 5 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 8 mi
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Drug Dome: 0.4 mi
- Mariuolumne Dome: 0.6 mi
- South Whizz Dome: 0.9 mi
- North Whizz Dome: 0.9 mi
- Medlicott Dome: 0.9 mi
- Tuolumne Falls: 2.5 mi
- White Cascade: 2.7 mi
- California Falls: 3.3 mi
- LeConte Falls: 4.0 mi
- Waterwheel Falls: 4.4 mi
- Soda Springs Cabin: 3.2 mi
- Ghost Cabin: 10.8 mi
- California Historic Civil Engineering Landmark: 11.7 mi
- Women's Club Building: 12.2 mi
- World Heritage Site: 12.2 mi
- Bunnell Cliff: 9.5 mi
- Cascade Cliffs: 10.7 mi
- Diving Board: 10.9 mi
- Castle Cliffs: 11.9 mi
- Dore Cliff: 12.1 mi
- Indian Arch: 9.6 mi
- Valley View Parking: 17.1 mi
- Valley View Yosemite (Sunset Spot): 17.1 mi
- Upside-Down House: 17.7 mi
- Perched Boulder: 20.1 mi
- Soda Springs: 3.2 mi
- Iron Spring: 11.2 mi
- Black Spring: 16.6 mi
- Moss Spring: 16.7 mi
- Fern Spring: 17.0 mi
- Nature Center at Happy Isles: 12.1 mi
- Ansel Adams residence: 12.2 mi
- Yosemite Exploration Center: 12.2 mi
- Indian Village: 12.2 mi
- Yosemite Museum & Library: 12.3 mi
- Swinging Bridge Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
- El Capitan Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
- Cathedral Beach Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
- Aerie Crag Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
- Summit Meadow: 18.4 mi
- Gus Hess Community Park: 17.7 mi
- Mono Lake Park: 18.4 mi
- Gull Lake Park: 19.8 mi
- Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area: 20.6 mi
- El Portal Park: 23.9 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 11.7 mi
- Danburg Beach: 18.6 mi
- June Lake Beach: 20.1 mi
- Navy Beach: 22.5 mi
- Bennettville: 10.1 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 18.7 mi
- Dog Town: 24.1 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 6.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Lamb Dome. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Choo-Choo Mountain | SE 145° | 3,451.97 m | 5.7 mi |
| Rafferty Peak | SE 135° | 3,382 m | 5.3 mi |
| Cockscomb | SE 138° | 3,369 m | 3.2 mi |
| Johnson Peak | ESE 120° | 3,369 m | 4.7 mi |
| Echo Peak #0 | SSE 155° | 3,367 m | 2.8 mi |
| Echo Peak #3 | SSE 156° | 3,343 m | 2.8 mi |
| Echo Peak #1 | SSE 155° | 3,330 m | 2.7 mi |
| Echo Peak #5 | SSE 154° | 3,330 m | 2.8 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 | 19:45 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:01 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 25 | 29 | 34 | 40 | 49 | 55 | 53 | 49 | 42 | 33 | 26 |
| Precip in | 6.2 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tuolumne Meadows RS, 4 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/4337957650
Day trips start here
- Yosemite National Park · 12 mi
- Sierra Nevada · 13 mi
- Mono Lake · 25 mi
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