Quartz Mountain
Quartz Mountain rises to 2,757 m in California. Foerster Peak stands 3,676 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Redtop, a peak 3.1 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 20 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Madera County, California, United States of America; geonames ID = 5385405.
Wikidata Q49066062, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,757 m
How to reach it
- 20.3 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- View on Tenaya Lake · 20 mi
- Lembert Dome · 26 mi
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 26 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Redtop: 3.1 mi
- Iron Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Sing Peak: 4.1 mi
- Madera Peak: 4.2 mi
- Gale Peak: 4.8 mi
- Camino Falls: 7.0 mi
- Chilnualna Creek Cascades: 9.6 mi
- Chilnualna Fall: 9.8 mi
- Lower Chilnualna Falls: 10.3 mi
- Red Rock Falls: 11.9 mi
- Gold Rush BBQ: 10.8 mi
- The Falls Picnic Site: 14.7 mi
- Mile High Vista Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
- Lakeside Day Use Area: 15.4 mi
- Summit Meadow: 15.5 mi
- Cascade Cliffs: 14.3 mi
- Panorama Cliff: 15.0 mi
- Bunnell Cliff: 15.1 mi
- The Fissures: 15.8 mi
- Profile Cliff: 15.9 mi
- Mariposa Grove Museum: 8.3 mi
- Yosemite History Center: 11.5 mi
- Thornberry Museum: 11.7 mi
- Nature Center at Happy Isles: 15.9 mi
- Fresno Flats Historic Village and Park: 16.7 mi
- Grizzly Giant: 8.4 mi
- Bull Buck Tree: 9.4 mi
- Big Ed: 9.7 mi
- Mariposa Welcome Plaza: 10.0 mi
- Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Historical Railroad: 11.6 mi
- Chetwood Cabin: 11.7 mi
- Whites Cabin: 16.4 mi
- Foster Curry Cabin: 16.5 mi
- Women's Club Building: 16.5 mi
- Heitz Meadow Guard Station: 16.9 mi
- Cold Spring: 16.5 mi
- Iron Spring: 16.6 mi
- Moss Spring: 17.8 mi
- Fern Spring: 18.1 mi
- Black Spring: 18.1 mi
- Oakhurst Community Park: 17.3 mi
- Ahwahnee Hills Regional Park: 18.0 mi
- Wassama Roundhouse State Historic Park: 18.0 mi
- North Fork Recreation Area Memorial Park: 19.8 mi
- El Portal Park: 21.5 mi
- Nelder Grove Historical Area: 9.9 mi
- Whisky Snowmobile Area: 17.2 mi
- Kinsman Flat Wildlife Area: 22.2 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 22.8 mi
- free natural hot pool: 21.6 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 23.2 mi
- Arch Rock: 10.7 mi
- Oakhurst Mural: 17.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Quartz Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foerster Peak | NE 36° | 3,676 m | 14.6 mi |
| Mount Ansel Adams | NE 36° | 3,605 m | 15.4 mi |
| Merced Peak | NNE 20° | 3,575 m | 8.6 mi |
| Red Peak | NNE 13° | 3,567 m | 9.6 mi |
| Triple Divide Peak | NNE 29° | 3,533 m | 8.9 mi |
| Gray Peak | N 8° | 3,526 m | 10.8 mi |
| Mount Clark | N 5° | 3,512 m | 12.3 mi |
| Ottoway Peak | NNE 19° | 3,512 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:44 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:03 | 16:44 |
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, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 231126 — Quartz Mountain, Madera County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358773138
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 16 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 16 mi
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