Rancheria Mountain
Rancheria Mountain rises to 2,732 m in California. Quarry Peak stands 3,402 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Double Rock, a peak 4.5 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 7.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California.
Wikidata Q49066561, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,732 m
How to reach it
- 7.3 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- View on Tenaya Lake · 12 mi
- Lembert Dome · 15 mi
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 17 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Double Rock: 4.5 mi
- Colby Mountain: 5.0 mi
- LeConte Point: 5.5 mi
- Mount Gibson: 5.7 mi
- Tiltill Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Rancheria Falls: 5.6 mi
- Lower Cathedral Creek Falls: 6.1 mi
- Upper Cathedral Creek Falls: 6.1 mi
- Quaking Aspen Falls: 8.0 mi
- Waterwheel Falls: 8.4 mi
- Soda Springs: 14.3 mi
- Iron Spring: 15.2 mi
- Sachse Spring: 15.4 mi
- Shingle Spring: 15.5 mi
- Black Spring: 16.8 mi
- Castle Cliffs: 14.0 mi
- Diving Board: 15.4 mi
- Glacier Point: 15.9 mi
- Fireplace Bluffs: 16.4 mi
- Rockslides: 16.5 mi
- Interpretive Center: 14.5 mi
- Nature Museum: 14.5 mi
- Indian Village: 14.5 mi
- Ansel Adams residence: 14.6 mi
- Yosemite Exploration Center: 14.6 mi
- Soda Springs Cabin: 14.3 mi
- World Heritage Site: 14.6 mi
- Women's Club Building: 15.5 mi
- Foster Curry Cabin: 15.5 mi
- California Historic Civil Engineering Landmark: 20.7 mi
- Swinging Bridge Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
- El Capitan Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
- Cathedral Beach Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
- Carlon Day Use Area: 17.1 mi
- Summit Meadow: 19.9 mi
- Indian Arch: 12.9 mi
- Tunnel Tree: 17.0 mi
- Valley View Yosemite (Sunset Spot): 17.1 mi
- Merced Grove: 19.2 mi
- Yosemite Valley Railroad Caboose Number 15: 22.0 mi
- Bennettville: 19.0 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 21.9 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 6.2 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 9.0 mi
- El Portal Park: 21.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Rancheria Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quarry Peak | ENE 60° | 3,402 m | 11.9 mi |
| Wells Peak | NNE 21° | 3,389 m | 12.1 mi |
| Craig Peak | NNE 13° | 3,379 m | 12.1 mi |
| Doghead Peak | ENE 56° | 3,371 m | 11.6 mi |
| Acker Peak | NNE 27° | 3,356 m | 11.7 mi |
| Snow Peak | N 10° | 3,336 m | 11.0 mi |
| Tuolumne Peak | SE 131° | 3,309 m | 8.9 mi |
| Mount Hoffmann | SE 146° | 3,308 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:46 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:02 | 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, 10 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- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 255017 — Rancheria Mountain, Tuolumne County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358796204
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 16 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 16 mi
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