Wawona Point
Wawona Point rises to 2,076 m in California. Merced Peak stands 3,575 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Mariposa Grove Museum, a museum 0.4 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 19 miles off.
The story
Scenic lookout in Yosemite National Park.
Wikidata Q49087869, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,075.7 m
How to reach it
- 18.8 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 21 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 21 mi
- Lembert Dome · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Goat Meadow Hill: 2.5 mi
- Wawona Dome: 2.7 mi
- Mount Savage: 2.7 mi
- Mount Raymond: 3.0 mi
- White Chief Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Lower Chilnualna Falls: 2.8 mi
- Chilnualna Fall: 3.2 mi
- Chilnualna Creek Cascades: 3.3 mi
- Alder Creek Falls: 6.0 mi
- Red Rock Falls: 6.2 mi
- Mariposa Grove Museum: 0.4 mi
- Yosemite History Center: 3.3 mi
- Thornberry Museum: 5.1 mi
- Fresno Flats Historic Village and Park: 13.2 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Museum: 14.7 mi
- Gold Rush BBQ: 3.7 mi
- Summit Meadow: 11.1 mi
- The Falls Picnic Site: 13.1 mi
- Cathedral Beach Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
- El Capitan Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
- Grizzly Giant: 1.0 mi
- Mariposa Welcome Plaza: 1.8 mi
- Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Historical Railroad: 5.1 mi
- Bull Buck Tree: 6.2 mi
- Big Ed: 6.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 8.4 mi
- Barrel Spring: 12.6 mi
- Moss Spring: 13.9 mi
- Fern Spring: 14.0 mi
- Black Spring: 14.3 mi
- The Fissures: 13.4 mi
- Profile Cliff: 13.4 mi
- Panorama Cliff: 14.0 mi
- Rockslides: 14.6 mi
- Glacier Point: 14.7 mi
- Ahwahnee Hills Regional Park: 11.8 mi
- Wassama Roundhouse State Historic Park: 12.0 mi
- Oakhurst Community Park: 13.4 mi
- El Portal Park: 14.8 mi
- Midpines Park: 17.4 mi
- Mt Buckingham School (historic): 12.9 mi
- Foster Curry Cabin: 15.1 mi
- Women's Club Building: 15.2 mi
- World Heritage Site: 15.9 mi
- Whites Cabin: 18.5 mi
- Nelder Grove Historical Area: 6.3 mi
- Whisky Snowmobile Area: 19.9 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 22.4 mi
- Oakhurst Mural: 13.4 mi
- Arch Rock: 18.5 mi
- Agua Fria: 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Wawona Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merced Peak | NE 54° | 3,575 m | 13.9 mi |
| Red Peak | NE 48° | 3,567 m | 14.0 mi |
| Ottoway Peak | NE 53° | 3,512 m | 14.2 mi |
| Gale Peak | ENE 74° | 3,258 m | 12.2 mi |
| Sing Peak | ENE 78° | 3,201 m | 11.9 mi |
| Madera Peak | E 84° | 3,197 m | 12.5 mi |
| Redtop | E 80° | 3,039 m | 11.0 mi |
| Moraine Mountain | ENE 58° | 2,979 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, 2 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 268822 — Wawona Point, Mariposa County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358800547
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 15 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 15 mi
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