Leaning Tower
Leaning Tower rises to 1,810 m in California. Clouds Rest stands 3,028 m to the east-northeast, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Bridalveil Fall, a waterfall 0.3 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 6.8 miles off.
The story
Cliff in Mariposa County, California, United States.
Wikidata Q49469363, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,810 m
How to reach it
- 6.8 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 10 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 11 mi
- Lembert Dome · 20 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lower Cathedral Rock: 0.5 mi
- Dewey Point: 0.6 mi
- Middle Cathedral Rock: 0.6 mi
- Higher Cathedral Rock: 0.6 mi
- Higher Cathedral Spire: 0.8 mi
- Bridalveil Fall: 0.3 mi
- Silver Strand Falls: 1.3 mi
- Ribbon Fall: 1.6 mi
- Horsetail Fall: 1.7 mi
- Sentinel Fall: 2.9 mi
- Yosemite Museum & Library: 4.1 mi
- Indian Village: 4.1 mi
- Yosemite Exploration Center: 4.1 mi
- Ansel Adams residence: 4.2 mi
- Yosemite Conservation Heritage Center: 4.2 mi
- Valley View Yosemite (Sunset Spot): 1.2 mi
- Indian Arch: 6.8 mi
- Yosemite Valley Railroad Caboose Number 15: 8.0 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Number 6: 8.0 mi
- Tunnel Tree: 9.5 mi
- Moss Spring: 0.7 mi
- Black Spring: 0.9 mi
- Fern Spring: 1.0 mi
- Iron Spring: 5.6 mi
- Barrel Spring: 7.9 mi
- Rockslides: 1.1 mi
- Profile Cliff: 2.4 mi
- Fireplace Bluffs: 2.4 mi
- The Fissures: 2.5 mi
- Glacier Point: 4.2 mi
- Cathedral Beach Picnic Area: 1.4 mi
- El Capitan Picnic Area: 1.8 mi
- Summit Meadow: 2.7 mi
- Swinging Bridge Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
- Red Bud Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
- World Heritage Site: 4.1 mi
- Foster Curry Cabin: 4.5 mi
- Women's Club Building: 4.6 mi
- Mt Buckingham School (historic): 17.0 mi
- Soda Springs Cabin: 19.1 mi
- El Portal Park: 8.0 mi
- Midpines Park: 19.7 mi
- Ahwahnee Hills Regional Park: 23.4 mi
- Mariposa Art Park: 23.5 mi
- Mariposa Park: 23.6 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 10.4 mi
- Nelder Grove Historical Area: 19.9 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 22.2 mi
- Cat Town: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Leaning Tower. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clouds Rest | ENE 66° | 3,028 m | 9.5 mi |
| Mount Bruce | SE 134° | 2,964 m | 11.6 mi |
| Buena Vista Peak | SE 139° | 2,956 m | 10.9 mi |
| The Pinnacles | ENE 68° | 2,885 m | 9.0 mi |
| Mount Starr King | E 95° | 2,767 m | 7.1 mi |
| Half Dome | ENE 70° | 2,694 m | 6.7 mi |
| Indian Rock | NE 48° | 2,592 m | 7.1 mi |
| Mount Watkins | NE 56° | 2,590 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:45 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:23 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:03 | 16:44 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 45 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 44 | 37 |
| Precip in | 7.0 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 4.0 | 5.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yosemite Park HQ, 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 262387 — Leaning Tower, Mariposa County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358798483
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 4 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 6 mi
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