Wawona Dome
Wawona Dome rises to 2,105 m in California. Gale Peak stands 3,258 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Chilnualna Fall, a waterfall 0.5 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 16 miles off.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49087866, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,105 m
How to reach it
- 16.3 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 18 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 19 mi
- Lembert Dome · 27 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wawona Point: 2.7 mi
- Mount Savage: 3.8 mi
- Goat Meadow Hill: 4.7 mi
- Mount Raymond: 4.9 mi
- Hogan Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Chilnualna Fall: 0.5 mi
- Chilnualna Creek Cascades: 0.6 mi
- Lower Chilnualna Falls: 1.1 mi
- Alder Creek Falls: 3.5 mi
- Red Rock Falls: 8.5 mi
- Yosemite History Center: 2.6 mi
- Mariposa Grove Museum: 3.0 mi
- Thornberry Museum: 7.3 mi
- Nature Center at Happy Isles: 12.4 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Museum: 12.5 mi
- Gold Rush BBQ: 5.9 mi
- Summit Meadow: 8.4 mi
- Cathedral Beach Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
- El Capitan Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
- Swinging Bridge Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
- Mariposa Welcome Plaza: 3.5 mi
- Grizzly Giant: 3.7 mi
- Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Historical Railroad: 7.3 mi
- Bull Buck Tree: 8.9 mi
- Big Ed: 8.9 mi
- Cold Spring: 9.2 mi
- Barrel Spring: 10.4 mi
- Moss Spring: 11.3 mi
- Fern Spring: 11.4 mi
- Black Spring: 11.6 mi
- The Fissures: 10.8 mi
- Profile Cliff: 10.8 mi
- Panorama Cliff: 11.6 mi
- Rockslides: 11.9 mi
- Glacier Point: 12.3 mi
- El Portal Park: 12.6 mi
- Ahwahnee Hills Regional Park: 13.6 mi
- Wassama Roundhouse State Historic Park: 13.9 mi
- Oakhurst Community Park: 15.8 mi
- Midpines Park: 16.9 mi
- Mt Buckingham School (historic): 12.5 mi
- Foster Curry Cabin: 12.6 mi
- Women's Club Building: 12.7 mi
- World Heritage Site: 13.4 mi
- Chetwood Cabin: 19.6 mi
- Nelder Grove Historical Area: 8.9 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 19.9 mi
- Whisky Snowmobile Area: 22.5 mi
- Agua Fria: 22.8 mi
- Mount Ophir: 24.9 mi
- Oakhurst Mural: 15.8 mi
- Arch Rock: 20.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Wawona Dome. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gale Peak | E 86° | 3,258 m | 12.4 mi |
| Sing Peak | E 91° | 3,201 m | 12.4 mi |
| Redtop | E 93° | 3,039 m | 11.5 mi |
| Moraine Mountain | ENE 74° | 2,979 m | 9.0 mi |
| Mount Bruce | ENE 67° | 2,964 m | 7.1 mi |
| Buena Vista Peak | ENE 63° | 2,956 m | 5.9 mi |
| Mount Starr King | NNE 27° | 2,767 m | 11.4 mi |
| Quartz Mountain | ESE 106° | 2,757 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:45 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:03 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 36 | 39 | 43 | 50 | 59 | 65 | 65 | 60 | 51 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 7.6 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 5.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SO Entrance Yosemite NP, 3 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 268821 — Wawona Dome, Mariposa County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358800545
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 12 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 13 mi
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