Mount Dana
Mount Dana rises to 3,976 m in California. Kuna Peak stands 3,958 m to the south, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Gibbs, a peak 1.6 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 2.1 miles off.
The story
Mount Dana is a mountain in the U.S. state of California. Its summit marks the eastern boundary of Yosemite National Park and the western boundary of the Ansel Adams Wilderness. At an elevation of 13,061 feet (3,981 m), it is the second highest mountain in Yosemite (after Mount Lyell), and the northernmost summit in the Sierra Nevada which is over 13,000 feet (3,962.4 m) in elevation. Mount Dana is the highest peak in Yosemite that is readily accessible to summit. The mountain is named in honor of James Dwight Dana, who was a professor of natural history and geology at Yale. Mount Dana is composed of prebatholithic rock that is mostly reddish metamorphic rock, which was composed by metavolcanics of surfacing magma from the Mesozoic Era. Mount Dana's northern face includes a small, receding glacier known as the Dana Glacier. The Dana Meadows lie at the foot of the mountain. From the top, lakes throughout Dana Meadows, Mono Lake, Tioga Peak and many other mountains are in view.
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Wikidata Q1862168, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3976 m
How to reach it
- 2.1 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 2 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 4 mi
- Lembert Dome · 7 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Gibbs: 1.6 mi
- Gaylor Peak: 2.7 mi
- Tioga Peak: 3.7 mi
- Mammoth Peak: 3.9 mi
- Mount Lewis: 4.3 mi
- Soda Springs: 8.1 mi
- Mono Vista Spring: 9.4 mi
- Jordan Spring: 10.8 mi
- Hartley Springs: 13.4 mi
- Rancheria Gulch Spring: 14.7 mi
- Tuolumne Falls: 10.7 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 10.8 mi
- White Cascade: 10.8 mi
- California Falls: 12.0 mi
- Florence Falls: 12.4 mi
- Ghost Cabin: 2.8 mi
- California Historic Civil Engineering Landmark: 2.9 mi
- Lee Vining: 6.8 mi
- Memorial to the Unknown Prospector: 7.2 mi
- Soda Springs Cabin: 8.1 mi
- Dore Cliff: 7.0 mi
- Bunnell Cliff: 17.6 mi
- The Alcove: 18.4 mi
- The Wave: 18.5 mi
- Cascade Cliffs: 19.0 mi
- Mono Basin Historical Society: 6.9 mi
- Nature Center at Happy Isles: 21.9 mi
- Yosemite Conservation Heritage Center: 22.5 mi
- Ansel Adams residence: 22.5 mi
- Yosemite Exploration Center: 22.5 mi
- Gus Hess Community Park: 6.9 mi
- Mono Lake Park: 9.1 mi
- Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area: 9.5 mi
- Gull Lake Park: 11.4 mi
- Clark Canyon: 18.5 mi
- Upside-Down House: 6.9 mi
- South Tufa Area: 10.9 mi
- Navy Beach: 11.3 mi
- Perched Boulder: 11.4 mi
- Indian Arch: 20.0 mi
- Bennettville: 3.4 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 14.2 mi
- Mono Mills: 14.3 mi
- Dog Town: 18.7 mi
- Bodie: 24.4 mi
- Aerie Crag Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
- Gull Lake Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
- Minaret Vista Picnic: 19.0 mi
- Swinging Bridge Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
- El Capitan Picnic Area: 24.8 mi
- Danburg Beach: 9.2 mi
- June Lake Beach: 11.1 mi
- Navy Beach: 11.2 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 18.5 mi
- Warm Springs: 19.3 mi
- free natural hot pool: 21.0 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 18.0 mi
- Crestview Rest Area: 18.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Mount Dana. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuna Peak | S 173° | 3,958 m | 6.0 mi |
| Koip Peak | S 170° | 3,954 m | 6.1 mi |
| Parker Peak | SSE 161° | 3,919 m | 6.3 mi |
| Mount Gibbs | SSE 162° | 3,893 m | 1.6 mi |
| Blacktop Peak | S 169° | 3,881 m | 7.5 mi |
| Mount Wood | SSE 154° | 3,858 m | 7.0 mi |
| Mount Conness | NW 310° | 3,825 m | 7.2 mi |
| Simmons Peak | SSW 203° | 3,804 m | 10.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:44 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:21 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:01 | 16:42 |
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 | 31 | 33 | 39 | 45 | 53 | 62 | 69 | 68 | 61 | 51 | 40 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LEE Vining, 7 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/358803166
Day trips start here
- Mono Lake · 14 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 21 mi
- Sierra Nevada · 22 mi
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