Madera Peak
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Madera Peak rises to 3,197 m in California. Electra Peak stands 3,792 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Sing Peak, a peak 1.3 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 20 miles off.
The story
Madera Peak is a 10,509-foot-elevation (3,203-meter) mountain summit located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Madera County, California, United States. It is situated in the Ansel Adams Wilderness on land managed by Sierra National Forest. Madera Peak is the southernmost summit of an ancient ridge from which the Clark Range formed. The mountain is set 2.2 miles (3.5 km) south-southeast of Gale Peak, and topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,600 feet (490 meters) above Lady Lake in 0.38 miles (0.61 km). Precipitation runoff from this landform drains into tributaries of the San Joaquin River.
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Wikidata Q49047364, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,197 m
How to reach it
- 19.8 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- View on Tenaya Lake · 20 mi
- Lembert Dome · 24 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 24 mi
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sing Peak: 1.3 mi
- Redtop: 1.7 mi
- Gale Peak: 2.2 mi
- Quartz Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Jackass Butte: 5.2 mi
- Camino Falls: 8.4 mi
- Granite Creek Falls: 8.7 mi
- Chilnualna Creek Cascades: 13.2 mi
- Chilnualna Fall: 13.4 mi
- Lower Chilnualna Falls: 14.1 mi
- Chetwood Cabin: 7.6 mi
- Heitz Meadow Guard Station: 13.6 mi
- Women's Club Building: 17.4 mi
- Foster Curry Cabin: 17.4 mi
- Whites Cabin: 18.1 mi
- Gold Rush BBQ: 15.0 mi
- Mile High Vista Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
- Summit Meadow: 17.9 mi
- The Falls Picnic Site: 18.0 mi
- Lakeside Day Use Area: 18.3 mi
- Iron Spring: 17.3 mi
- Reds Meadow Hot Springs: 17.4 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 19.3 mi
- Moss Spring: 19.8 mi
- Fern Spring: 20.1 mi
- Mariposa Grove Museum: 12.4 mi
- Yosemite History Center: 15.4 mi
- Thornberry Museum: 15.9 mi
- Nature Center at Happy Isles: 16.7 mi
- Yosemite Conservation Heritage Center: 17.9 mi
- Grizzly Giant: 12.6 mi
- Bull Buck Tree: 13.4 mi
- Big Ed: 13.8 mi
- Mariposa Welcome Plaza: 14.2 mi
- Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Historical Railroad: 15.9 mi
- Junction Bluffs: 14.2 mi
- Cascade Cliffs: 14.2 mi
- Bunnell Cliff: 14.7 mi
- Panorama Cliff: 15.9 mi
- The Buttresses: 16.6 mi
- Oakhurst Community Park: 21.0 mi
- Valentine Reserve Ecological Study Area: 21.7 mi
- North Fork Recreation Area Memorial Park: 22.0 mi
- Wassama Roundhouse State Historic Park: 22.2 mi
- Ahwahnee Hills Regional Park: 22.2 mi
- Nelder Grove Historical Area: 14.0 mi
- Whisky Snowmobile Area: 18.6 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 22.8 mi
- Kinsman Flat Wildlife Area: 22.9 mi
- free natural hot pool: 17.4 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 19.2 mi
- Arch Rock: 8.4 mi
- Oakhurst Mural: 20.9 mi
- June Lake Beach: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Madera Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electra Peak | NNE 28° | 3,792 m | 13.2 mi |
| Michael Minaret | NE 52° | 3,736 m | 13.6 mi |
| Eichorn Minaret | NE 51° | 3,730 m | 13.7 mi |
| Rice Minaret | NE 51° | 3,730 m | 13.7 mi |
| Ken Minaret | NE 53° | 3,730 m | 13.8 mi |
| Bedayan Minaret | NE 51° | 3,690 m | 13.8 mi |
| Foerster Peak | NNE 23° | 3,676 m | 11.5 mi |
| Minarets | NE 51° | 3,654 m | 13.8 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 | 19:44 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 16:02 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 36 | 39 | 43 | 50 | 59 | 65 | 65 | 60 | 51 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 7.6 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 5.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SO Entrance Yosemite NP, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358795532
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 17 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 17 mi
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