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Mount Clark

Mount Clark, a peak in California
Mount Clark, a peak in CaliforniaJustin Johnsen · CC BY-SA 4.0
Mount Clark, a peak in California
Richard Wood · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mount Clark, a peak in California
Richard Wood · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mount Clark, a peak in California
Richard Wood · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mount Clark, a peak in California
Tom Hilton · CC BY 2.0
Mount Clark, a peak in California
Tom Hilton · CC BY 2.0

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Mount Clark rises to 3,512 m in California. Mount Lyell stands 3,993 m to the east-northeast, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Obelisk Lake Peak, a peak 0.9 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 8.5 miles off.

About

The story

Mount Clark is a 11,527-foot (3,513 m) granite peak in the Clark Range, a sub-range of the Sierra Nevada. It is a popular destination for mountaineers. Both the mountain and the range are named in honor of Galen Clark, an early explorer and the first guardian of Yosemite National Park. It was summited in 1866 by Clarence King and James Gardener of the US Geological Survey. Before it received its present name, it was known as Gothic Peak and then The Obelisk, the name used by the Whitney Survey. Obelisk Lake, at 9,853 feet (3,003 m) lies on the mountain's northeast flank.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q3321760, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
3512 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.69654, -119.42862

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls: 51
Attractions: 15
Historic sites: 14
Cliffs: 13
Museums: 11
Springs: 10
Picnic sites: 10
Parks: 5
Hot springs: 3
  • free natural hot pool: 20.2 mi
  • Iva Bell Hot Springs: 24.9 mi
  • Iva Bell Hot Springs: 24.9 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Beaches: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Arch Rock: 19.4 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Mount Clark. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LyellENE 71°3,993 m9.1 mi
Mount MaclureENE 68°3,933 m8.7 mi
Mount FlorenceENE 64°3,822.9 m6.8 mi
Simmons PeakENE 59°3,804 m8.6 mi
Electra PeakE 86°3,791.8 m9.2 mi
Parsons PeakNE 50°3,699 m8.6 mi
Foerster PeakE 93°3,676.2 m7.5 mi
Mount Ansel AdamsE 89°3,604.5 m8.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3519:10
June solstice05:3719:4420:23
September equinox06:4618:2218:56
December solstice07:1016:0216:43

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384145505866737367564437
Precip in7.06.55.53.21.90.50.30.20.41.64.05.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yosemite Park HQ, 10 mi away.

In the park

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).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358796070

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