Mercur Peak
Mercur Peak rises to 2,468 m in California. Tower Peak stands 3,582 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Sachse Spring, a spring 1.7 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 19 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California.
Wikidata Q49049229, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,468 m
How to reach it
- 18.7 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
- 26.8 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 23 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 27 mi
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 27 mi
- Liberty Vista Point · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gillett Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Bartlett Peak: 2.3 mi
- Nance Peak: 3.8 mi
- Lookout Point: 4.2 mi
- Wheeler Peak: 4.6 mi
- Sachse Spring: 1.7 mi
- Box Spring: 5.4 mi
- Shingle Spring: 6.8 mi
- Hull Creek Spring: 12.4 mi
- Camp Ida Spring: 13.7 mi
- Wapama Falls: 9.3 mi
- Tueeulala Falls: 9.4 mi
- Jawbone Falls: 10.4 mi
- Rancheria Falls: 11.3 mi
- Preston Falls: 15.0 mi
- Beach 2: 11.5 mi
- Beach 1: 11.7 mi
- Pinecrest Dog Beach: 11.7 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 16.7 mi
- Columns of the Giants: 16.6 mi
- Tunnel Tree: 22.6 mi
- Merced Grove: 24.0 mi
- Heisler #2 Steam Engine: 24.8 mi
- Douglas Picnic Ground: 16.8 mi
- Tuolumne State Game Refuge: 19.9 mi
- Bridgeport: 24.1 mi
- West Side Memorial Park: 24.8 mi
- Nature Museum: 14.8 mi
- Interpretive Center: 14.9 mi
- Tuolumne City Memorial Museum: 24.7 mi
- Carlon Day Use Area: 19.6 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
- Remote Camp: 24.1 mi
- Strawberry: 12.8 mi
- Miner’s Camp: 24.2 mi
- East Flange Rock: 10.4 mi
- Scoutmaster Grotto: 13.1 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 23.1 mi
- Dedication Garden: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of Mercur Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tower Peak | ENE 77° | 3,582 m | 15.0 mi |
| Leavitt Peak | NE 34° | 3,516 m | 15.9 mi |
| Ehrnbeck Peak | E 80° | 3,428 m | 16.6 mi |
| Forsyth Peak | ENE 71° | 3,408 m | 13.5 mi |
| Wells Peak | E 83° | 3,389 m | 15.7 mi |
| Craig Peak | E 81° | 3,379 m | 14.2 mi |
| Acker Peak | E 87° | 3,356 m | 16.7 mi |
| Snow Peak | E 84° | 3,336 m | 13.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:47 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:02 | 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 | 40 | 43 | 46 | 51 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 58 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 6.3 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hetch Hetchy, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1659110 — Mercur Peak, Tuolumne County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358806837
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 29 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 29 mi
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