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Price Peak

Price Peak, seen from above at true elevation

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
3251 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.06436, -119.53079

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls: 40
Springs: 19
Cliffs: 12
Historic sites: 11
  • 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
Museums: 11
Parks: 5
  • 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
Attractions: 4
  • Indian Arch: 19.9 mi
  • Travertine Hot Spring: 21.7 mi
  • Upside-Down House: 23.5 mi
  • Columns of the Giants: 23.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 3
Beaches: 2
Nature reserves: 1
Hot springs: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Matterhorn PeakENE 76°3,749.3 m8.3 mi
The DragtoothENE 74°3,695.4 m8.3 mi
Whorl MountainE 85°3,667 m8.0 mi
Cleaver PeakENE 69°3,616.8 m7.9 mi
Blacksmith PeakENE 68°3,616.3 m7.8 mi
The DoodadENE 73°3,606 m8.1 mi
The Three TeethENE 72°3,595.4 m8.0 mi
Tower PeakN 351°3,581.8 m5.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3619:10
June solstice05:3619:4620:25
September equinox06:4718:2218:57
December solstice07:1216:0116:43

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404346515866737267584740
Precip in6.35.75.73.52.40.60.40.10.42.23.85.9

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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358795630

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