Stanton Peak
Stanton Peak rises to 3,552 m in California. Mount Conness stands 3,825 m to the south-southeast, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Virginia Peak, a peak 0.6 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 12 miles off.
The story
Stanton Peak is a granitic mountain with a summit elevation of 11,695 feet (3,565 m) located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Tuolumne County of northern California, United States. The remote summit is set within Yosemite National Park, and is situated 0.63 mile southwest of line parent Virginia Peak, 1.6 mile southeast of Whorl Mountain, and 2.6 miles south-southeast of Matterhorn Peak. Stanton Peak is bound on the west by Spiller Creek and on the east by Return Creek, so precipitation runoff from this mountain drains into these two tributaries of the Tuolumne River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over 2,100 feet (640 meters) above Spiller Creek in one mile.
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Wikidata Q49077623, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3552 m
How to reach it
- 11.6 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 11 mi
- Lembert Dome · 12 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 13 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Virginia Peak: 0.6 mi
- Grey Butte: 0.9 mi
- Whorl Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Twin Peaks: 1.8 mi
- Twin Peaks-East Peak: 1.8 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 5.7 mi
- Waterwheel Falls: 10.4 mi
- LeConte Falls: 10.5 mi
- California Falls: 10.6 mi
- White Cascade: 10.7 mi
- Jordan Spring: 8.3 mi
- Soda Springs: 12.4 mi
- Mono Vista Spring: 12.5 mi
- Rancheria Gulch Spring: 13.1 mi
- The Hot Springs: 14.0 mi
- California Historic Civil Engineering Landmark: 10.8 mi
- Avalanche of 1911: 10.8 mi
- Little Bodie Monument: 11.6 mi
- Soda Springs Cabin: 12.4 mi
- Hunewill Upper Sawmill: 12.6 mi
- Mono Basin Historical Society: 14.9 mi
- Mono County Museum: 15.5 mi
- Old Mono County Jail: 15.6 mi
- Bodie Museum and Visitor Center: 21.8 mi
- Ansel Adams residence: 24.6 mi
- Dore Cliff: 6.8 mi
- Locomotive Point: 19.4 mi
- Bodie Bluff: 22.6 mi
- Bunnell Cliff: 22.9 mi
- Diving Board: 23.8 mi
- Mono Lake Park: 12.3 mi
- Gus Hess Community Park: 14.9 mi
- Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area: 18.1 mi
- Bodie State Historic Park: 22.0 mi
- Bridgeport: 22.3 mi
- Upside-Down House: 14.9 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 15.6 mi
- South Tufa Area: 19.9 mi
- Navy Beach: 20.3 mi
- Indian Arch: 22.0 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 6.9 mi
- Bennettville: 10.0 mi
- Dog Town: 11.9 mi
- Bodie: 21.9 mi
- Mono Mills: 24.9 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 9.2 mi
- Danburg Beach: 12.7 mi
- Navy Beach: 20.2 mi
- June Lake Beach: 24.3 mi
- Aerie Crag Picnic Area: 22.2 mi
- Gull Lake Picnic Area: 24.7 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 18.0 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 20.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Stanton Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Conness | SSE 160° | 3,825 m | 6.7 mi |
| Excelsior Mountain | SE 126° | 3,791 m | 3.9 mi |
| Dunderberg Peak | E 84° | 3,774 m | 4.9 mi |
| Mount Warren | ESE 122° | 3,758 m | 8.9 mi |
| Twin Peaks | N 7° | 3,756 m | 1.8 mi |
| Matterhorn Peak | NNW 338° | 3,749.3 m | 2.7 mi |
| Twin Peaks-East Peak | NNE 15° | 3,731 m | 1.8 mi |
| North Peak | SSE 153° | 3,728 m | 5.8 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 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358803117
Day trips start here
- Mono Lake · 19 mi
- Sierra Nevada · 25 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 25 mi
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