Matterhorn Peak
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Matterhorn Peak rises to 3,749 m in California. Excelsior Mountain stands 3,791 m to the southeast, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is The Dragtooth, a peak 0.4 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 14 miles off.
The story
Matterhorn Peak is located in the Sierra Nevada, in California, at the northern boundary of Yosemite National Park. At 12,285 feet (3,744 m) elevation, it is the tallest peak in the craggy Alps-like Sawtooth Ridge and the northernmost 12,000-foot (3,700 m) peak in the Sierra Nevada. The peak also supports the Sierra's northernmost glacier system. It was named after the Matterhorn in the Alps. Matterhorn Peak is near Twin Peaks, and just north of Whorl Mountain. The peak can be ascended without climbing gear.
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Wikidata Q3299659, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3749.3 m
How to reach it
- 14.2 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 14 mi
- Lembert Dome · 15 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 16 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Dragtooth: 0.4 mi
- Horse Creek Tower: 0.5 mi
- The Doodad: 0.5 mi
- The Three Teeth: 0.7 mi
- Horse Creek Peak: 0.9 mi
- Jordan Spring: 9.6 mi
- The Hot Springs: 12.8 mi
- The Hot Springs: 12.8 mi
- The Hot Springs: 12.8 mi
- Buck Springs: 12.9 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 3.2 mi
- Waterwheel Falls: 12.2 mi
- Cascade Falls: 12.3 mi
- LeConte Falls: 12.3 mi
- California Falls: 12.6 mi
- Hunewill Upper Sawmill: 10.4 mi
- Little Bodie Monument: 11.4 mi
- Avalanche of 1911: 12.2 mi
- California Historic Civil Engineering Landmark: 13.4 mi
- Soda Springs Cabin: 14.8 mi
- Mono Lake Park: 14.0 mi
- Gus Hess Community Park: 17.0 mi
- Bridgeport: 19.7 mi
- Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area: 20.1 mi
- Bodie State Historic Park: 21.8 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 7.2 mi
- Dog Town: 11.3 mi
- Bennettville: 12.6 mi
- Bodie: 21.7 mi
- Masonic: 23.7 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 14.2 mi
- Upside-Down House: 17.0 mi
- South Tufa Area: 21.9 mi
- Navy Beach: 22.3 mi
- Indian Arch: 23.8 mi
- Dore Cliff: 9.3 mi
- Locomotive Point: 18.2 mi
- Bodie Bluff: 22.4 mi
- East Flange Rock: 23.5 mi
- Mono County Museum: 14.0 mi
- Old Mono County Jail: 14.0 mi
- Mono Basin Historical Society: 17.0 mi
- Bodie Museum and Visitor Center: 21.6 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 9.3 mi
- Danburg Beach: 14.4 mi
- Navy Beach: 22.2 mi
- Aerie Crag Picnic Area: 24.8 mi
- Shingle Mill Flat Picnic Site: 24.9 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 17.8 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 19.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Matterhorn Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Excelsior Mountain | SE 139° | 3,791 m | 6.3 mi |
| Dunderberg Peak | ESE 109° | 3,774 m | 6.2 mi |
| Twin Peaks | ESE 118° | 3,756 m | 1.4 mi |
| Twin Peaks-East Peak | ESE 115° | 3,731 m | 1.7 mi |
| North Peak | SSE 155° | 3,728 m | 8.5 mi |
| The Dragtooth | NNW 335° | 3,695.4 m | 0.4 mi |
| Whorl Mountain | S 184° | 3,667 m | 1.3 mi |
| Virginia Peak | SE 145° | 3,657 m | 2.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:45 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:00 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 36 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 64 | 62 | 56 | 45 | 36 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bridgeport, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 253229 — Matterhorn Peak, Tuolumne County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358795419
Day trips start here
- Mono Lake · 21 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 26 mi
- Sierra Nevada · 27 mi
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