Liberty Cap
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Liberty Cap rises to 2,157 m in California. Red Peak stands 3,567 m to the southeast, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Nevada Fall, a waterfall 0.3 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 5.4 miles off.
The story
Liberty Cap is a granite dome in Yosemite National Park, California, United States which lies at the extreme northwestern margin of Little Yosemite Valley. It lies adjacent, to the north of Nevada Fall, on the John Muir Trail. It rises 1,700 feet (520 m) feet from the base of Nevada Fall to a peak elevation of 7,080 ft (2,158 m). A smaller, mesa-like dome called Mount Broderick stands immediately adjacent to Liberty Cap.
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Wikidata Q8521240, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,157.1 m
How to reach it
- 5.4 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- View on Tenaya Lake · 6 mi
- Lembert Dome · 15 mi
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 15 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Broderick: 0.3 mi
- Grizzly Peak: 1.0 mi
- Half Dome: 1.2 mi
- Subdome: 1.2 mi
- Ahwiyah Point: 1.5 mi
- Nevada Fall: 0.3 mi
- Silver Apron: 0.5 mi
- Vernal Fall: 0.6 mi
- Illilouette Fall: 1.9 mi
- Three Chute Falls: 2.1 mi
- Nature Center at Happy Isles: 1.5 mi
- Yosemite Conservation Heritage Center: 2.7 mi
- Ansel Adams residence: 3.3 mi
- Yosemite Exploration Center: 3.3 mi
- Yosemite Museum & Library: 3.3 mi
- Diving Board: 1.1 mi
- Panorama Cliff: 1.4 mi
- Glacier Point: 2.3 mi
- Cascade Cliffs: 2.5 mi
- Bunnell Cliff: 3.5 mi
- Indian Arch: 3.5 mi
- Valley View Yosemite (Sunset Spot): 7.5 mi
- Yosemite Valley Railroad Caboose Number 15: 14.4 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Number 6: 14.4 mi
- Tunnel Tree: 15.2 mi
- Swinging Bridge Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
- El Capitan Picnic Area: 4.8 mi
- Cathedral Beach Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
- Summit Meadow: 7.6 mi
- Red Bud Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
- Iron Spring: 1.6 mi
- Moss Spring: 7.0 mi
- Black Spring: 7.0 mi
- Fern Spring: 7.3 mi
- Soda Springs: 13.8 mi
- Women's Club Building: 2.1 mi
- Foster Curry Cabin: 2.2 mi
- World Heritage Site: 3.3 mi
- Soda Springs Cabin: 13.8 mi
- Chetwood Cabin: 17.4 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 7.7 mi
- Nelder Grove Historical Area: 21.0 mi
- El Portal Park: 14.4 mi
- Gull Lake Park: 24.9 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 20.1 mi
- Bennettville: 20.7 mi
- Arch Rock: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Liberty Cap. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Peak | SE 128° | 3,567 m | 8.5 mi |
| Gray Peak | ESE 121° | 3,526 m | 7.3 mi |
| Mount Clark | ESE 111° | 3,512 m | 6.1 mi |
| Mount Hoffmann | N 8° | 3,308 m | 8.2 mi |
| Obelisk Lake Peak | ESE 106° | 3,206 m | 6.8 mi |
| Quartzite Peak | E 99° | 3,182 m | 5.9 mi |
| Columbia Finger | NE 44° | 3,158 m | 8.7 mi |
| Tenaya Peak | NE 35° | 3,129 m | 8.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:45 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:02 | 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 | 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 254909 — Liberty Cap, Mariposa County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358796151
Day trips start here
- Yosemite National Park · 1 mi
- Sierra Nevada · 2 mi
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