Mount Savage
Mount Savage rises to 1,756 m in California. Redtop stands 3,039 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Mariposa Welcome Plaza, a attraction 1.1 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 18 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California.
Wikidata Q49054490, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,756 m
How to reach it
- 18.2 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 20 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Goat Meadow Hill: 1.9 mi
- Hogan Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Wawona Point: 2.7 mi
- Wawona Dome: 3.8 mi
- Crow Peak: 4.8 mi
- Lower Chilnualna Falls: 3.0 mi
- Chilnualna Fall: 4.1 mi
- Chilnualna Creek Cascades: 4.3 mi
- Red Rock Falls: 5.3 mi
- Alder Creek Falls: 5.7 mi
- Yosemite History Center: 2.1 mi
- Mariposa Grove Museum: 2.8 mi
- Thornberry Museum: 3.9 mi
- Fresno Flats Historic Village and Park: 12.4 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Museum: 13.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 5.7 mi
- Barrel Spring: 11.4 mi
- Moss Spring: 14.2 mi
- Fern Spring: 14.2 mi
- Black Spring: 14.5 mi
- Gold Rush BBQ: 2.7 mi
- Summit Meadow: 11.3 mi
- The Falls Picnic Site: 13.1 mi
- Red Bud Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
- Cathedral Beach Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
- Mariposa Welcome Plaza: 1.1 mi
- Grizzly Giant: 2.7 mi
- Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Historical Railroad: 3.9 mi
- Big Ed: 6.6 mi
- Bull Buck Tree: 6.7 mi
- Ahwahnee Hills Regional Park: 9.9 mi
- Wassama Roundhouse State Historic Park: 10.2 mi
- Oakhurst Community Park: 12.4 mi
- El Portal Park: 13.7 mi
- Midpines Park: 14.8 mi
- The Fissures: 14.2 mi
- Profile Cliff: 14.3 mi
- Rockslides: 14.8 mi
- Panorama Cliff: 15.3 mi
- Fireplace Bluffs: 15.4 mi
- Mt Buckingham School (historic): 10.2 mi
- Foster Curry Cabin: 16.2 mi
- Women's Club Building: 16.3 mi
- World Heritage Site: 16.9 mi
- September 11, 2001 Memorial: 17.4 mi
- Nelder Grove Historical Area: 6.5 mi
- Whisky Snowmobile Area: 20.9 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 23.5 mi
- Agua Fria: 20.4 mi
- Mount Ophir: 22.8 mi
- Oakhurst Mural: 12.5 mi
- Arch Rock: 21.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Mount Savage. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redtop | E 79° | 3,039 m | 13.7 mi |
| Moraine Mountain | ENE 62° | 2,979 m | 12.0 mi |
| Mount Bruce | NE 55° | 2,964 m | 10.4 mi |
| Buena Vista Peak | NE 51° | 2,956 m | 9.3 mi |
| Quartz Mountain | E 87° | 2,757 m | 11.1 mi |
| Mount Raymond | E 91° | 2,650 m | 5.6 mi |
| White Chief Mountain | ESE 103° | 2,637 m | 6.5 mi |
| Little Shuteye Peak | SE 129° | 2,546 m | 12.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:45 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:23 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:04 | 16:45 |
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, under a mile 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 232607 — Mount Savage, Mariposa County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358774766
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 16 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 16 mi
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