The Dragtooth
The Dragtooth rises to 3,695 m in California. Excelsior Mountain stands 3,791 m to the southeast, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Horse Creek Tower, a peak 0.2 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 15 miles off.
The story
summit in the Sierra Nevada of California
Wikidata Q65245807, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3695.4 m
How to reach it
- 14.6 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 14 mi
- Lembert Dome · 15 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 16 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Horse Creek Tower: 0.2 mi
- The Doodad: 0.2 mi
- Matterhorn Peak: 0.4 mi
- The Three Teeth: 0.4 mi
- The Sawblade: 0.6 mi
- Jordan Spring: 9.9 mi
- Buck Springs: 12.6 mi
- The Hot Springs: 12.7 mi
- The Hot Springs: 12.7 mi
- The Hot Springs: 12.7 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 2.9 mi
- Cascade Falls: 11.9 mi
- Waterwheel Falls: 12.5 mi
- LeConte Falls: 12.6 mi
- California Falls: 12.9 mi
- Hunewill Upper Sawmill: 10.1 mi
- Little Bodie Monument: 11.4 mi
- Avalanche of 1911: 12.5 mi
- California Historic Civil Engineering Landmark: 13.7 mi
- Soda Springs Cabin: 15.2 mi
- Mono Lake Park: 14.3 mi
- Gus Hess Community Park: 17.3 mi
- Bridgeport: 19.3 mi
- Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area: 20.4 mi
- Bodie State Historic Park: 21.9 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 7.3 mi
- Dog Town: 11.3 mi
- Bennettville: 13.0 mi
- Bodie: 21.7 mi
- Masonic: 23.5 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 14.1 mi
- Upside-Down House: 17.3 mi
- South Tufa Area: 22.2 mi
- Navy Beach: 22.6 mi
- Indian Arch: 24.0 mi
- Dore Cliff: 9.6 mi
- Locomotive Point: 18.0 mi
- Bodie Bluff: 22.5 mi
- East Flange Rock: 23.3 mi
- Mono County Museum: 13.8 mi
- Old Mono County Jail: 13.9 mi
- Mono Basin Historical Society: 17.3 mi
- Bodie Museum and Visitor Center: 21.7 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 9.3 mi
- Danburg Beach: 14.7 mi
- Navy Beach: 22.5 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 17.5 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 19.8 mi
- Shingle Mill Flat Picnic Site: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of The Dragtooth. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Excelsior Mountain | SE 140° | 3,791 m | 6.6 mi |
| Dunderberg Peak | ESE 111° | 3,774 m | 6.4 mi |
| Twin Peaks | SE 125° | 3,756 m | 1.7 mi |
| Matterhorn Peak | SSE 155° | 3,749.3 m | 0.4 mi |
| Twin Peaks-East Peak | ESE 122° | 3,731 m | 2.0 mi |
| North Peak | SSE 155° | 3,728 m | 8.9 mi |
| Whorl Mountain | S 178° | 3,667 m | 1.7 mi |
| Virginia Peak | SSE 147° | 3,657 m | 2.6 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 | 18:21 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:00 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 36 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 64 | 62 | 56 | 45 | 36 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bridgeport, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/7904032329
Day trips start here
- Mono Lake · 21 mi
- Sierra Nevada · 27 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 27 mi
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