Mount Bruce
Mount Bruce rises to 2,964 m in California. Merced Peak stands 3,575 m to the east-northeast, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Buena Vista Peak, a peak 1.3 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 15 miles off.
The story
Mount Bruce is a summit in Yosemite National Park, United States. With an elevation of 9,724 feet (2,964 m), Mount Bruce is the 626th highest summit in the state of California. Mount Bruce was named for the Bruce family of pioneer settlers.
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Wikidata Q20714875, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2964 m
How to reach it
- 14.8 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- View on Tenaya Lake · 15 mi
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 21 mi
- Lembert Dome · 21 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Buena Vista Peak: 1.3 mi
- Moraine Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Quartz Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Merced Peak: 6.0 mi
- Redtop: 6.1 mi
- Chilnualna Creek Cascades: 6.9 mi
- Chilnualna Fall: 7.1 mi
- Lower Chilnualna Falls: 8.2 mi
- Illilouette Fall: 8.9 mi
- Nevada Fall: 9.1 mi
- Grizzly Giant: 8.7 mi
- Mariposa Welcome Plaza: 9.7 mi
- Bull Buck Tree: 12.4 mi
- Big Ed: 12.6 mi
- Valley View Yosemite (Sunset Spot): 12.6 mi
- Cascade Cliffs: 8.7 mi
- Panorama Cliff: 9.1 mi
- Bunnell Cliff: 9.8 mi
- The Fissures: 10.0 mi
- Profile Cliff: 10.1 mi
- Summit Meadow: 10.2 mi
- Swinging Bridge Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
- Cathedral Beach Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
- El Capitan Picnic Area: 11.4 mi
- Gold Rush BBQ: 11.6 mi
- Mariposa Grove Museum: 8.1 mi
- Yosemite History Center: 9.7 mi
- Nature Center at Happy Isles: 9.9 mi
- Yosemite Conservation Heritage Center: 11.0 mi
- Ansel Adams residence: 11.7 mi
- Foster Curry Cabin: 10.5 mi
- Women's Club Building: 10.5 mi
- World Heritage Site: 11.7 mi
- John Muir: 11.8 mi
- Chetwood Cabin: 12.8 mi
- Iron Spring: 10.7 mi
- Moss Spring: 12.2 mi
- Fern Spring: 12.5 mi
- Black Spring: 12.5 mi
- Barrel Spring: 15.3 mi
- El Portal Park: 16.9 mi
- Ahwahnee Hills Regional Park: 19.7 mi
- Wassama Roundhouse State Historic Park: 19.8 mi
- Oakhurst Community Park: 20.4 mi
- Midpines Park: 23.8 mi
- Nelder Grove Historical Area: 12.7 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 17.0 mi
- Whisky Snowmobile Area: 22.9 mi
- Arch Rock: 15.9 mi
- Oakhurst Mural: 20.4 mi
- free natural hot pool: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Mount Bruce. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merced Peak | ENE 64° | 3,575.4 m | 6.0 mi |
| Red Peak | NE 49° | 3,566.6 m | 6.1 mi |
| Triple Divide Peak | ENE 70° | 3,533 m | 7.2 mi |
| Gray Peak | NE 37° | 3,525.5 m | 6.7 mi |
| Mount Clark | NNE 27° | 3,512 m | 7.8 mi |
| Ottoway Peak | ENE 60° | 3,511.6 m | 6.3 mi |
| Post Peak | ENE 76° | 3,354 m | 9.3 mi |
| Isberg Peak | ENE 68° | 3,352 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:44 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:03 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 36 | 39 | 43 | 50 | 59 | 65 | 65 | 60 | 51 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 7.6 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 5.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SO Entrance Yosemite NP, 10 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 252498 — Mount Bruce, Madera County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358795277
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 10 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 10 mi
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