Slide Mountain
Slide Mountain rises to 3,188 m in California. Mount Conness stands 3,825 m to the southeast, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Doghead Peak, a peak 1.5 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tuolumne County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49074575, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,188 m
How to reach it
- 11.1 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lembert Dome · 12 mi
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 13 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 14 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Doghead Peak: 1.5 mi
- Bath Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Quarry Peak: 1.8 mi
- Quarry Peak-South Peak: 2.0 mi
- Volunteer Peak: 3.0 mi
- Waterwheel Falls: 7.7 mi
- Lower Cathedral Creek Falls: 7.9 mi
- LeConte Falls: 7.9 mi
- Upper Cathedral Creek Falls: 8.0 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 8.0 mi
- Soda Springs: 11.9 mi
- Jordan Spring: 13.1 mi
- Buck Springs: 16.9 mi
- Mono Vista Spring: 17.0 mi
- Doe Springs: 17.3 mi
- Dore Cliff: 10.5 mi
- Castle Cliffs: 20.8 mi
- Bunnell Cliff: 20.8 mi
- Diving Board: 21.0 mi
- Cascade Cliffs: 21.9 mi
- Soda Springs Cabin: 11.9 mi
- California Historic Civil Engineering Landmark: 13.8 mi
- Hunewill Upper Sawmill: 15.3 mi
- Avalanche of 1911: 15.6 mi
- Little Bodie Monument: 16.4 mi
- Mono Basin Historical Society: 18.9 mi
- Mono County Museum: 19.3 mi
- Old Mono County Jail: 19.4 mi
- Ansel Adams residence: 21.3 mi
- Indian Village: 21.3 mi
- Mono Lake Park: 16.9 mi
- Gus Hess Community Park: 18.8 mi
- Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area: 22.2 mi
- Bridgeport: 22.3 mi
- Bridgeport Training Range: 25.0 mi
- Upside-Down House: 18.9 mi
- Indian Arch: 18.9 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 19.6 mi
- South Tufa Area: 24.0 mi
- Navy Beach: 24.4 mi
- Swinging Bridge Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
- El Capitan Picnic Area: 23.3 mi
- Cathedral Beach Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
- Aerie Crag Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 4.2 mi
- Danburg Beach: 17.2 mi
- Navy Beach: 24.3 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 11.8 mi
- Bennettville: 12.5 mi
- Dog Town: 16.5 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 14.6 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 21.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Slide Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Conness | SE 125° | 3,825 m | 8.6 mi |
| Excelsior Mountain | E 97° | 3,791 m | 8.0 mi |
| Twin Peaks | ENE 58° | 3,756 m | 5.9 mi |
| Matterhorn Peak | NE 45° | 3,749 m | 5.4 mi |
| Twin Peaks-East Peak | ENE 59° | 3,731 m | 6.1 mi |
| North Peak | ESE 117° | 3,728 m | 8.4 mi |
| The Dragtooth | NE 41° | 3,695 m | 5.5 mi |
| Whorl Mountain | NE 56° | 3,667 m | 4.4 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 | 19:45 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:01 | 16:42 |
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, 13 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 266298 — Slide Mountain, Tuolumne County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/11053062318
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 22 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 22 mi
- Mono Lake · 24 mi
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