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Mount Andrea Lawrence

Mount Andrea Lawrence, a peak in California
Mount Andrea Lawrence, a peak in CaliforniaNOAA Office for Coastal Management / The USDA-FSA Aerial Photography Field office (crediting while reuse is desired as Courtesy Attribution) · Public domain
Mount Andrea Lawrence, a peak in California
NOAA Office for Coastal Management / The USDA-FSA Aerial Photography Field office (crediting while reuse is desired as Courtesy Attribution) · Public domain
Mount Andrea Lawrence, a peak in California
NOAA Office for Coastal Management / The USDA-FSA Aerial Photography Field office (crediting while reuse is desired as Courtesy Attribution) · Public domain

Mount Andrea Lawrence rises to 3,730 m in California. Mount Ritter stands 4,007 m to the south, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Donohue Peak, a peak 0.7 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 7.5 miles off.

About

The story

Mount Andrea Lawrence — informally, Gem Peak —is a mountain, in the northern part of Yosemite National Park. It is the 17th highest mountain in Yosemite National Park. It is southeast of Tuolumne Meadows.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q49051856, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
3730 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.77989, -119.22004

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls: 35
Springs: 29
Historic sites: 23
  • Ghost Cabin: 5.5 mi
  • Legend of June Lake Slot Machines: 8.6 mi
  • Memorial to the Unknown Prospector: 10.2 mi
  • Soda Springs Cabin: 10.5 mi
  • California Historic Civil Engineering Landmark: 11.2 mi
Cliffs: 15
Hot springs: 10
  • free natural hot pool: 13.7 mi
  • Iva Bell Hot Springs: 20.1 mi
  • Iva Bell Hot Springs: 20.2 mi
  • Iva Bell Hot Springs: 20.2 mi
  • Hot Spring: 20.9 mi
Parks: 9
Attractions: 8
  • Perched Boulder: 8.0 mi
  • Devils Postpile: 13.0 mi
  • Upside-Down House: 13.5 mi
  • South Tufa Area: 15.4 mi
  • Navy Beach: 15.6 mi
Museums: 8
Picnic sites: 7
Beaches: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 1
Nature reserves: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Arch Rock: 23.4 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Mount Andrea Lawrence. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount RitterS 170°4,007 m6.4 mi
Mount LyellSW 225°3,993 m4.0 mi
Mount DanaN 360°3,976 m8.3 mi
Kuna PeakNNE 16°3,958 m2.4 mi
Rodgers PeakSSW 208°3,956 m4.3 mi
Koip PeakNNE 23°3,954 m2.5 mi
Banner PeakSSE 166°3,940 m5.9 mi
Mount MaclureSW 233°3,933 m4.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3419:09
June solstice05:3619:4420:23
September equinox06:4518:2118:55
December solstice07:0916:0116:42

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272529344049555349423326
Precip in6.24.04.22.01.70.60.50.50.51.73.14.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tuolumne Meadows RS, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/8759289907

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