Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks rises to 3,756 m in California. Mount Conness stands 3,825 m to the south-southeast, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Twin Peaks-East Peak, a peak 0.3 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 13 miles off.
The story
Twin Peaks is a mountain in the northern part of Yosemite National Park, north of Tuolumne Meadows. It is the 15th highest mountain in Yosemite National Park.
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Wikidata Q49086166, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3756 m
How to reach it
- 13.1 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 13 mi
- Lembert Dome · 14 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 15 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Twin Peaks-East Peak: 0.3 mi
- Horse Creek Peak: 0.6 mi
- Virginia Peak: 1.2 mi
- Matterhorn Peak: 1.4 mi
- Whorl Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Jordan Spring: 8.3 mi
- The Hot Springs: 12.5 mi
- The Hot Springs: 12.5 mi
- The Hot Springs: 12.5 mi
- Rancheria Gulch Spring: 12.5 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 4.0 mi
- Waterwheel Falls: 12.1 mi
- LeConte Falls: 12.2 mi
- California Falls: 12.4 mi
- White Cascade: 12.5 mi
- Little Bodie Monument: 10.5 mi
- Hunewill Upper Sawmill: 10.8 mi
- Avalanche of 1911: 10.9 mi
- California Historic Civil Engineering Landmark: 12.1 mi
- Soda Springs Cabin: 14.2 mi
- Mono Lake Park: 12.6 mi
- Gus Hess Community Park: 15.6 mi
- Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area: 18.7 mi
- Bridgeport: 20.8 mi
- Bodie State Historic Park: 21.0 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 6.0 mi
- Dog Town: 10.6 mi
- Bennettville: 11.4 mi
- Bodie: 20.8 mi
- Masonic: 23.5 mi
- Dore Cliff: 8.0 mi
- Locomotive Point: 17.8 mi
- Bodie Bluff: 21.6 mi
- Bunnell Cliff: 24.7 mi
- East Flange Rock: 25.0 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 13.9 mi
- Upside-Down House: 15.6 mi
- South Tufa Area: 20.5 mi
- Navy Beach: 20.9 mi
- Indian Arch: 23.7 mi
- Mono County Museum: 13.8 mi
- Old Mono County Jail: 13.9 mi
- Mono Basin Historical Society: 15.6 mi
- Bodie Museum and Visitor Center: 20.8 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 10.0 mi
- Danburg Beach: 13.0 mi
- Navy Beach: 20.8 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 18.6 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 19.6 mi
- Aerie Crag Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Twin Peaks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Conness | SSE 166° | 3,825 m | 8.3 mi |
| Excelsior Mountain | SE 144° | 3,791 m | 5.0 mi |
| Dunderberg Peak | ESE 106° | 3,774 m | 4.8 mi |
| Matterhorn Peak | WNW 298° | 3,749.3 m | 1.4 mi |
| Twin Peaks-East Peak | E 98° | 3,731 m | 0.3 mi |
| North Peak | SSE 161° | 3,728 m | 7.4 mi |
| The Dragtooth | NW 305° | 3,695.4 m | 1.7 mi |
| Whorl Mountain | WSW 244° | 3,667 m | 1.5 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 | 16:00 | 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1656375 — Twin Peaks, Tuolumne County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358804213
Day trips start here
- Mono Lake · 20 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 26 mi
- Sierra Nevada · 27 mi
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