Rafferty Peak
Rafferty Peak rises to 3,382 m in California. Mount Lyell stands 3,993 m to the southeast, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Choo-Choo Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 4.0 miles off. 182 named places lie within 25 miles, 51 of them named summits.
The story
Rafferty Peak is an 11,110-foot-elevation (3,390-meter) mountain summit located in Yosemite National Park, in California, United States. It is situated on the common border shared by Mariposa and Tuolumne Counties. It is set south of Tuolumne Meadows in the Cathedral Range which is a sub-range of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. The mountain rises one mile (1.6 km) northwest of Tuolumne Pass, 1.4 mile south of Johnson Peak, and 2.5 miles east of Matthes Crest. Tuolumne Pass is the low point of the saddle between Rafferty Peak and Fletcher Peak. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,500 feet (460 meters) above Nelson Lake in one mile.
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Wikidata Q49066343, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,382 m
How to reach it
- 4.0 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lembert Dome · 5 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 6 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 7 mi
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 9 mi
182 named places within 25 miles
- Choo-Choo Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Johnson Peak: 1.5 mi
- Fletcher Peak: 2.0 mi
- Cockscomb: 2.1 mi
- Unicorn Peak: 2.5 mi
- Florence Falls: 4.2 mi
- Tenaya Creek Waterslide: 6.2 mi
- Tuolumne Falls: 7.1 mi
- White Cascade: 7.3 mi
- Pywiack Cascade: 7.5 mi
- Soda Springs Cabin: 4.4 mi
- Ghost Cabin: 7.7 mi
- California Historic Civil Engineering Landmark: 11.2 mi
- Women's Club Building: 12.9 mi
- Foster Curry Cabin: 13.0 mi
- Bunnell Cliff: 8.2 mi
- Cascade Cliffs: 9.6 mi
- Diving Board: 11.3 mi
- Panorama Cliff: 12.8 mi
- Dore Cliff: 13.3 mi
- Soda Springs: 4.4 mi
- Iron Spring: 11.9 mi
- Hartley Springs: 17.5 mi
- Black Spring: 17.9 mi
- Moss Spring: 18.0 mi
- Nature Center at Happy Isles: 12.6 mi
- Yosemite Conservation Heritage Center: 13.3 mi
- Ansel Adams residence: 13.4 mi
- Yosemite Exploration Center: 13.4 mi
- Yosemite Museum & Library: 13.5 mi
- Indian Arch: 11.1 mi
- Perched Boulder: 15.6 mi
- Upside-Down House: 16.3 mi
- Valley View Yosemite (Sunset Spot): 18.4 mi
- Devils Postpile: 19.8 mi
- Gull Lake Park: 15.2 mi
- Gus Hess Community Park: 16.3 mi
- Mono Lake Park: 18.1 mi
- Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area: 18.7 mi
- Community Center Park: 23.3 mi
- Aerie Crag Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
- Swinging Bridge Picnic Area: 14.4 mi
- Gull Lake Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
- El Capitan Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
- Cathedral Beach Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
- June Lake Beach: 15.8 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 16.9 mi
- Danburg Beach: 18.3 mi
- Navy Beach: 20.2 mi
- Bennettville: 9.9 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 20.8 mi
- Mono Mills: 22.2 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 10.3 mi
- free natural hot pool: 20.5 mi
- Crestview Rest Area: 21.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rafferty Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lyell | SE 139° | 3,993 m | 7.0 mi |
| Mount Maclure | SE 140° | 3,933 m | 6.4 mi |
| Mount Florence | SSE 157° | 3,823 m | 5.6 mi |
| Simmons Peak | SE 138° | 3,804 m | 5.0 mi |
| Mount Andrea Lawrence | ESE 108° | 3,730 m | 7.8 mi |
| Parsons Peak | SE 135° | 3,699 m | 3.7 mi |
| Mammoth Peak | ENE 61° | 3,685 m | 5.7 mi |
| Donohue Peak | ESE 112° | 3,651 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:44 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:01 | 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, 4 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/358807143
Day trips start here
- Yosemite National Park · 12 mi
- Sierra Nevada · 13 mi
- Mono Lake · 23 mi
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