Mount Davis
Mount Davis rises to 3,740 m in California. Mount Ritter stands 4,007 m to the south-southeast, 2.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Banner Peak, a peak 1.9 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 12 miles off.
The story
Mount Davis is a prominent peak in the Ansel Adams Wilderness on the Inyo National Forest and south of Yosemite National Park. The peak was named in honor of Lieutenant Milton Fennimore Davis, who was with the first troops detailed to guard Yosemite National Park. Davis was the first person to climb the peak.
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Wikidata Q6920375, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,740 m
How to reach it
- 11.8 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Disappearing Meadows · 12 mi
- Lembert Dome · 13 mi
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 14 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Banner Peak: 1.9 mi
- Mount Ritter: 2.1 mi
- Rodgers Peak: 2.2 mi
- Electra Peak: 2.3 mi
- Mount Lyell: 3.3 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 6.0 mi
- Florence Falls: 7.9 mi
- Minarets Falls: 8.8 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 10.8 mi
- Lower Rainbow Falls: 10.9 mi
- Chetwood Cabin: 8.3 mi
- Ghost Cabin: 10.0 mi
- Legend of June Lake Slot Machines: 10.3 mi
- Memorial to the Unknown Prospector: 13.8 mi
- Soda Springs Cabin: 13.9 mi
- Reds Meadow Hot Springs: 10.4 mi
- Hartley Springs: 10.4 mi
- Soda Springs: 13.9 mi
- Big Springs: 15.4 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 16.5 mi
- The Buttresses: 10.2 mi
- Bunnell Cliff: 13.7 mi
- Junction Bluffs: 13.9 mi
- Cascade Cliffs: 14.6 mi
- The Alcove: 17.5 mi
- Gull Lake Park: 8.7 mi
- Valentine Reserve Ecological Study Area: 13.6 mi
- Community Center Park: 13.6 mi
- Mammoth Creek Park West: 14.9 mi
- Trails End Park: 15.6 mi
- Mammoth Museum: 15.1 mi
- Mono Basin Historical Society: 17.7 mi
- Nature Center at Happy Isles: 18.6 mi
- Yosemite Conservation Heritage Center: 19.7 mi
- Ansel Adams residence: 20.2 mi
- Gull Lake Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
- Aerie Crag Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
- Minaret Vista Picnic: 9.6 mi
- Swinging Bridge Picnic Area: 20.8 mi
- El Capitan Picnic Area: 21.9 mi
- Perched Boulder: 9.3 mi
- Devils Postpile: 9.6 mi
- Upside-Down House: 17.7 mi
- Indian Arch: 18.7 mi
- South Tufa Area: 18.9 mi
- free natural hot pool: 10.4 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 16.5 mi
- Little Creek Hot Springs: 20.7 mi
- Hot Creek Geological Site: 21.7 mi
- Shepherd Hot Springs: 23.0 mi
- June Lake Beach: 10.0 mi
- Navy Beach: 19.0 mi
- Danburg Beach: 21.2 mi
- Bennettville: 15.5 mi
- Mono Mills: 18.5 mi
- Crestview Rest Area: 13.7 mi
- Arch Rock: 19.0 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 19.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Mount Davis. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Ritter | SSE 148° | 4,007 m | 2.1 mi |
| Mount Lyell | WNW 301° | 3,993 m | 3.3 mi |
| Kuna Peak | N 5° | 3,958 m | 6.8 mi |
| Rodgers Peak | WNW 289° | 3,956 m | 2.2 mi |
| Koip Peak | N 8° | 3,954 m | 6.9 mi |
| Banner Peak | SE 133° | 3,940 m | 1.9 mi |
| Mount Maclure | WNW 301° | 3,933 m | 3.9 mi |
| Parker Peak | NNE 16° | 3,919 m | 7.1 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 | 07:09 | 16:01 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 25 | 29 | 34 | 40 | 49 | 55 | 53 | 49 | 42 | 33 | 26 |
| Precip in | 6.2 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tuolumne Meadows RS, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358797499
Day trips start here
- Yosemite National Park · 18 mi
- Sierra Nevada · 19 mi
- Mono Lake · 24 mi
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