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.
The story
mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California
Wikidata Q49080150, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3026 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
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
- Indian Arch: 5.8 mi
- Valley View Parking: 13.1 mi
- Valley View Yosemite (Sunset Spot): 13.1 mi
- Tunnel Tree: 19.5 mi
- Yosemite Valley Railroad Caboose Number 15: 20.1 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
- 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
- John Muir: 8.5 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 6.3 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° | 3,451.97 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 #0 | NE 43° | 3,367 m | 3.8 mi |
| Echo Peak #3 | NE 43° | 3,343 m | 3.7 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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