Sunrise Mountain
Sunrise Mountain rises to 3,026 m in California. Vogelsang Peak stands 3,488 m to the east-southeast, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Tenaya Creek Waterslide, a waterfall 1.3 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 2.2 miles off. 179 named places lie within 25 miles, 51 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California.
Wikidata Q49080150, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,026 m
How to reach it
- 2.2 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- View on Tenaya Lake · 2 mi
- Lembert Dome · 8 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 11 mi
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 14 mi
179 named places within 25 miles
- Olmsted Point: 2.2 mi
- Columbia Finger: 2.3 mi
- Tenaya Peak: 2.4 mi
- Clouds Rest: 2.8 mi
- Tresidder Peak: 3.0 mi
- Tenaya Creek Waterslide: 1.3 mi
- Pywiack Cascade: 2.1 mi
- Bunnell Cascade: 3.5 mi
- Cascade Fall: 4.3 mi
- Three Chute Falls: 5.0 mi
- Bunnell Cliff: 4.1 mi
- Cascade Cliffs: 5.3 mi
- Diving Board: 6.1 mi
- Panorama Cliff: 7.7 mi
- Castle Cliffs: 7.9 mi
- Nature Center at Happy Isles: 7.4 mi
- Yosemite Conservation Heritage Center: 8.0 mi
- Ansel Adams residence: 8.1 mi
- Yosemite Exploration Center: 8.1 mi
- Yosemite Museum & Library: 8.1 mi
- Indian Arch: 5.8 mi
- Valley View Yosemite (Sunset Spot): 13.1 mi
- Tunnel Tree: 19.5 mi
- Yosemite Valley Railroad Caboose Number 15: 20.1 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Number 6: 20.1 mi
- Soda Springs Cabin: 7.4 mi
- Women's Club Building: 7.6 mi
- Foster Curry Cabin: 7.7 mi
- World Heritage Site: 8.1 mi
- Ghost Cabin: 13.0 mi
- Swinging Bridge Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
- El Capitan Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
- Cathedral Beach Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
- Summit Meadow: 13.8 mi
- Aerie Crag Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
- Iron Spring: 6.6 mi
- Soda Springs: 7.4 mi
- Black Spring: 12.6 mi
- Moss Spring: 12.7 mi
- Fern Spring: 12.9 mi
- El Portal Park: 20.1 mi
- Gull Lake Park: 20.2 mi
- Gus Hess Community Park: 21.4 mi
- Mono Lake Park: 22.8 mi
- Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area: 23.9 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 16.1 mi
- June Lake Beach: 20.9 mi
- Danburg Beach: 23.0 mi
- Bennettville: 14.3 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 24.0 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 6.0 mi
- free natural hot pool: 23.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sunrise Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vogelsang Peak | ESE 101° | 3,488 m | 5.6 mi |
| Fletcher Peak | E 91° | 3,477 m | 6.3 mi |
| Choo-Choo Mountain | E 83° | 3,452 m | 4.7 mi |
| Rafferty Peak | ENE 74° | 3,382 m | 5.4 mi |
| Cockscomb | NE 51° | 3,369 m | 4.6 mi |
| Johnson Peak | ENE 62° | 3,369 m | 6.2 mi |
| Echo Peak #2.5 | NE 43° | 3,328 m | 3.7 mi |
| Tuolumne Peak | NNW 341° | 3,309 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:45 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:02 | 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, 8 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 253948 — Sunrise Mountain, Mariposa County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358795728
Day trips start here
- Yosemite National Park · 7 mi
- Sierra Nevada · 8 mi
- Mono Lake · 29 mi
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