Price Peak
Price Peak rises to 3,251 m in California. Matterhorn Peak stands 3,749 m to the east-northeast, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Piute Mountain, a peak 2.3 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 14 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,251 m
How to reach it
- 14.4 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lembert Dome · 16 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 18 mi
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 18 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Piute Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Acker Peak: 3.3 mi
- Bath Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Wells Peak: 4.0 mi
- Snow Peak: 4.2 mi
- Lower Cathedral Creek Falls: 9.3 mi
- Upper Cathedral Creek Falls: 9.4 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 9.7 mi
- Cascade Falls: 9.7 mi
- Waterwheel Falls: 10.3 mi
- Soda Springs: 15.6 mi
- Buck Springs: 16.5 mi
- Doe Springs: 16.6 mi
- Sachse Spring: 17.0 mi
- Jordan Spring: 17.4 mi
- Dore Cliff: 15.2 mi
- East Flange Rock: 17.9 mi
- Castle Cliffs: 21.5 mi
- Diving Board: 22.3 mi
- Bunnell Cliff: 22.9 mi
- Mono County Museum: 21.0 mi
- Old Mono County Jail: 21.1 mi
- Nature Museum: 21.6 mi
- Interpretive Center: 21.7 mi
- Indian Village: 22.0 mi
- Soda Springs Cabin: 15.6 mi
- Hunewill Upper Sawmill: 16.2 mi
- California Historic Civil Engineering Landmark: 18.5 mi
- Little Bodie Monument: 19.7 mi
- Avalanche of 1911: 20.0 mi
- Bridgeport: 20.2 mi
- Mono Lake Park: 21.4 mi
- Bridgeport Training Range: 22.8 mi
- Douglas Picnic Ground: 22.9 mi
- Gus Hess Community Park: 23.5 mi
- Indian Arch: 19.9 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 21.7 mi
- Upside-Down House: 23.5 mi
- Columns of the Giants: 23.9 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 15.5 mi
- Bennettville: 17.1 mi
- Dog Town: 19.5 mi
- Swinging Bridge Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
- El Capitan Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
- Cathedral Beach Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 3.1 mi
- Danburg Beach: 21.8 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 15.6 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 21.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Price Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matterhorn Peak | ENE 76° | 3,749 m | 8.3 mi |
| The Dragtooth | ENE 74° | 3,695 m | 8.3 mi |
| Whorl Mountain | E 85° | 3,667 m | 8.0 mi |
| Cleaver Peak | ENE 69° | 3,617 m | 7.9 mi |
| Blacksmith Peak | ENE 68° | 3,616 m | 7.8 mi |
| The Doodad | ENE 73° | 3,606 m | 8.1 mi |
| The Three Teeth | ENE 72° | 3,595 m | 8.0 mi |
| Tower Peak | N 351° | 3,582 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:46 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:01 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 46 | 51 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 58 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 6.3 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hetch Hetchy, 16 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/358795630
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 23 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 23 mi
- Mono Lake · 29 mi
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