Pywiack Dome
Pywiack Dome rises to 2,695 m in California. Choo-Choo Mountain stands 3,452 m to the southeast, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Polly Dome, a peak 0.7 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road runs past it. 173 named places lie within 25 miles, 51 of them named summits.
The story
Granite dome in Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park.
Wikidata Q21902073, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,695.4 m
How to reach it
- On the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- View on Tenaya Lake · 3 mi
- Lembert Dome · 6 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 9 mi
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 11 mi
173 named places within 25 miles
- Polly Dome: 0.7 mi
- Dozier Dome: 0.7 mi
- Harlequin Dome: 0.8 mi
- Stately Pleasure Dome: 1.0 mi
- Medlicott Dome: 1.2 mi
- Tenaya Creek Waterslide: 3.2 mi
- Tuolumne Falls: 4.3 mi
- White Cascade: 4.5 mi
- Pywiack Cascade: 4.8 mi
- California Falls: 4.8 mi
- Nature Center at Happy Isles: 10.3 mi
- Ansel Adams residence: 10.4 mi
- Yosemite Exploration Center: 10.4 mi
- Indian Village: 10.4 mi
- Yosemite Museum & Library: 10.4 mi
- Soda Springs Cabin: 4.7 mi
- Women's Club Building: 10.3 mi
- Foster Curry Cabin: 10.4 mi
- World Heritage Site: 10.4 mi
- Ghost Cabin: 11.8 mi
- Bunnell Cliff: 7.7 mi
- Cascade Cliffs: 8.9 mi
- Diving Board: 9.0 mi
- Castle Cliffs: 10.1 mi
- Glacier Point: 10.7 mi
- Indian Arch: 7.8 mi
- Valley View Yosemite (Sunset Spot): 15.3 mi
- Upside-Down House: 19.2 mi
- Tunnel Tree: 20.5 mi
- Perched Boulder: 20.6 mi
- Soda Springs: 4.7 mi
- Iron Spring: 9.3 mi
- Black Spring: 14.8 mi
- Moss Spring: 14.9 mi
- Fern Spring: 15.2 mi
- Swinging Bridge Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
- El Capitan Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
- Cathedral Beach Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
- Summit Meadow: 16.6 mi
- Aerie Crag Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
- Gus Hess Community Park: 19.2 mi
- Mono Lake Park: 20.1 mi
- Gull Lake Park: 20.3 mi
- Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area: 22.1 mi
- El Portal Park: 22.2 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 12.8 mi
- Danburg Beach: 20.4 mi
- June Lake Beach: 20.8 mi
- Navy Beach: 23.9 mi
- Bennettville: 11.7 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 20.6 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 5.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pywiack Dome. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Choo-Choo Mountain | SE 126° | 3,452 m | 5.3 mi |
| Rafferty Peak | ESE 115° | 3,382 m | 5.2 mi |
| Cockscomb | ESE 104° | 3,369 m | 3.2 mi |
| Johnson Peak | E 98° | 3,369 m | 5.2 mi |
| Echo Peak #2.5 | ESE 114° | 3,328 m | 2.4 mi |
| Tuolumne Peak | NW 311° | 3,309 m | 3.0 mi |
| Cathedral Peak | E 87° | 3,308 m | 2.0 mi |
| Mount Hoffmann | W 270° | 3,308 m | 3.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:45 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:02 | 16:43 |
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, 6 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1659441 — Pywiack Dome, Mariposa County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358807131
Day trips start here
- Yosemite National Park · 10 mi
- Sierra Nevada · 11 mi
- Mono Lake · 26 mi
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