Tower Peak
Tower Peak rises to 3,582 m in California. Matterhorn Peak stands 3,749 m to the east-southeast, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is The Watchtower, a peak 0.7 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 20 miles off.
The story
Tower Peak is a mountain in the Sierra Nevada of Mono and Tuolumne County, California. To the south of the summit is Yosemite National Park and to the north is the Hoover Wilderness. Mary Lake is to the west, Ehrnbeck Peak and Hawksbeak Peak to the east. To the south are Wells Peak and Craig Peak. The next higher mountain is Eagle Peak, about 8 mi east-northeast.
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Wikidata Q49084471, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,581.8 m
How to reach it
- 19.8 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lembert Dome · 21 mi
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 22 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 23 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Watchtower: 0.7 mi
- Craig Peak: 1.2 mi
- Ehrnbeck Peak: 1.8 mi
- Wells Peak: 1.8 mi
- Forsyth Peak: 2.0 mi
- Cascade Falls: 4.1 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 9.1 mi
- Sardine Falls: 12.0 mi
- Leavitt Falls: 12.1 mi
- Silver Falls: 13.8 mi
- Doe Springs: 12.2 mi
- Buck Springs: 12.3 mi
- Sachse Spring: 16.6 mi
- Salt Spring: 18.2 mi
- Jordan Spring: 19.3 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 8.7 mi
- Danburg Beach: 24.1 mi
- Beach 2: 24.3 mi
- Pinecrest Dog Beach: 24.3 mi
- Beach 1: 24.4 mi
- Hunewill Upper Sawmill: 13.4 mi
- Little Bodie Monument: 19.7 mi
- Soda Springs Cabin: 20.9 mi
- Avalanche of 1911: 21.9 mi
- California Historic Civil Engineering Landmark: 22.3 mi
- Bridgeport: 14.7 mi
- Bridgeport Training Range: 17.2 mi
- Douglas Picnic Ground: 18.0 mi
- Mono Lake Park: 23.7 mi
- Mono County Museum: 18.9 mi
- Old Mono County Jail: 19.0 mi
- Nature Museum: 24.6 mi
- Interpretive Center: 24.6 mi
- East Flange Rock: 13.9 mi
- Dore Cliff: 18.5 mi
- Locomotive Point: 23.5 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 16.4 mi
- Dog Town: 19.1 mi
- Bennettville: 21.2 mi
- Columns of the Giants: 19.2 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 19.9 mi
- Shingle Mill Flat Picnic Site: 21.6 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 22.3 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 16.3 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 21.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Tower Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matterhorn Peak | ESE 111° | 3,749 m | 9.7 mi |
| The Dragtooth | ESE 110° | 3,695 m | 9.4 mi |
| Cleaver Peak | ESE 108° | 3,617 m | 8.7 mi |
| Blacksmith Peak | ESE 108° | 3,616 m | 8.6 mi |
| The Doodad | ESE 110° | 3,606 m | 9.2 mi |
| Eagle Peak | ENE 72° | 3,603 m | 8.0 mi |
| The Three Teeth | ESE 110° | 3,595 m | 9.1 mi |
| Hunewill Peak | E 80° | 3,562 m | 5.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:46 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:01 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 46 | 51 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 58 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 6.3 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hetch Hetchy, 18 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/358795137
Day trips start here
- Yosemite National Park · 28 mi
- Sierra Nevada · 29 mi
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