Mount Broderick
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Mount Broderick rises to 2,049 m in California. Gray Peak stands 3,526 m to the east-southeast, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Liberty Cap, a peak 0.3 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 5.1 miles off.
The story
Mount Broderick is a summit in Yosemite National Park, United States. With an elevation of 6,696 feet (2,041 m), Mount Broderick is the 1573rd highest summit in the state of California. Mount Broderick was named for David C. Broderick, a United States Senator from California. There are rock climbing routes on Mount Broderick. Climbing Mount Broderick requires a wilderness permit, obtainable at all Yosemite visitor centers.
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Wikidata Q20714872, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2048.6 m
How to reach it
- 5.1 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- View on Tenaya Lake · 6 mi
- Lembert Dome · 15 mi
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 15 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Liberty Cap: 0.3 mi
- Grizzly Peak: 0.9 mi
- Half Dome: 0.9 mi
- Subdome: 1.0 mi
- Ahwiyah Point: 1.2 mi
- Silver Apron: 0.5 mi
- Nevada Fall: 0.6 mi
- Vernal Fall: 0.6 mi
- Three Chute Falls: 1.8 mi
- Illilouette Fall: 2.0 mi
- Nature Center at Happy Isles: 1.3 mi
- Yosemite Conservation Heritage Center: 2.5 mi
- Ansel Adams residence: 3.0 mi
- Yosemite Exploration Center: 3.0 mi
- Yosemite Museum & Library: 3.1 mi
- Indian Arch: 3.2 mi
- Valley View Yosemite (Sunset Spot): 7.4 mi
- Valley View Parking: 7.4 mi
- Yosemite Valley Railroad Caboose Number 15: 14.3 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Number 6: 14.3 mi
- Diving Board: 0.7 mi
- Panorama Cliff: 1.5 mi
- Glacier Point: 2.1 mi
- Cascade Cliffs: 2.7 mi
- Castle Cliffs: 3.3 mi
- Swinging Bridge Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
- El Capitan Picnic Area: 4.7 mi
- Cathedral Beach Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
- Summit Meadow: 7.6 mi
- Red Bud Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
- Women's Club Building: 1.9 mi
- Foster Curry Cabin: 2.0 mi
- World Heritage Site: 3.0 mi
- John Muir: 3.3 mi
- Soda Springs Cabin: 13.6 mi
- Iron Spring: 1.3 mi
- Moss Spring: 6.9 mi
- Black Spring: 6.9 mi
- Fern Spring: 7.2 mi
- Soda Springs: 13.6 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 7.3 mi
- Nelder Grove Historical Area: 21.2 mi
- El Portal Park: 14.3 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 19.8 mi
- Bennettville: 20.6 mi
- Arch Rock: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Mount Broderick. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gray Peak | ESE 123° | 3,525.5 m | 7.6 mi |
| Mount Clark | ESE 113° | 3,512 m | 6.4 mi |
| Mount Hoffmann | N 10° | 3,308 m | 8.0 mi |
| Obelisk Lake Peak | ESE 108° | 3,206 m | 7.0 mi |
| Quartzite Peak | ESE 101° | 3,182 m | 6.1 mi |
| Columbia Finger | NE 46° | 3,158 m | 8.5 mi |
| Tenaya Peak | NE 37° | 3,129 m | 8.3 mi |
| Clouds Rest | NE 46° | 3,028 m | 3.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:45 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:02 | 16:43 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 45 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 44 | 37 |
| Precip in | 7.0 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 4.0 | 5.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yosemite Park HQ, 3 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358796018
Day trips start here
- Yosemite National Park · 1 mi
- Sierra Nevada · 2 mi
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