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Mount Ansel Adams

Mount Ansel Adams, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Ansel Adams rises to 3,605 m in California. Mount Ritter stands 4,007 m to the east, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Foerster Peak, a peak 0.7 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 12 miles off.

The story

Mount Ansel Adams is a peak in the Sierra Nevada of California with an elevation of 11,766 ft (3,586 m). The summit is in Yosemite National Park near the park's eastern boundary. It lies 0.8 miles (1.3 km) northeast of Foerster Peak and 1.3 miles (2.1 km) west-southwest of Electra Peak at the head of the Lyell Fork of the Merced River. It was named in 1985 for Ansel Adams, the preeminent landscape photographer, conservationist, and member of the board of directors of the Sierra Club, a role he maintained for 37 years.

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Wikidata Q6919416, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3604.5 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.69803, -119.28180

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls: 44
Historic sites: 22
Springs: 17
Cliffs: 16
Attractions: 12
  • Devils Postpile: 11.9 mi
  • Perched Boulder: 12.8 mi
  • Indian Arch: 15.8 mi
  • Upside-Down House: 20.1 mi
  • Valley View Yosemite (Sunset Spot): 21.2 mi
Parks: 9
Picnic sites: 8
Hot springs: 7
  • free natural hot pool: 12.6 mi
  • Iva Bell Hot Springs: 18.1 mi
  • Iva Bell Hot Springs: 18.2 mi
  • Iva Bell Hot Springs: 18.3 mi
  • Hot Spring: 22.5 mi
Beaches: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
Nature reserves: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Arch Rock: 17.6 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Mount Ansel Adams. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount RitterE 98°4,007 m4.5 mi
Mount LyellN 11°3,993 m2.9 mi
Kuna PeakNNE 27°3,958 m8.9 mi
Rodgers PeakNE 35°3,956 m2.3 mi
Koip PeakNNE 29°3,954 m9.1 mi
Banner PeakE 91°3,940 m4.8 mi
Mount MaclureN 1°3,933 m3.2 mi
Blacktop PeakNE 35°3,881 m8.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3519:09
June solstice05:3619:4420:23
September equinox06:4618:2118:56
December solstice07:0916:0216:43

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, 13 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.

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  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 274668 — Mount Ansel Adams, Madera County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358802498

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