Carlon Day Use Area
Carlon Day Use Area is a picnic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,311 m. Boundary Hill stands 2,575 m to the east-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Carlon Falls, a waterfall 1.3 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 0.6 miles off.
Along Evergreen Road near State Highway 120. Picnic tables, vault toilets, grills.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Stanislaus National Forest
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 4 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 21 mi
- Lembert Dome · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ackerson Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Ascension Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Bear Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Sawmill Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Bald Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Carlon Falls: 1.3 mi
- Preston Falls: 5.0 mi
- Little Nellie Falls: 7.8 mi
- Foresta Falls: 10.1 mi
- Upper Cascades: 10.1 mi
- Pilot Peak Spring: 4.8 mi
- Rackerby Jack Spring: 12.5 mi
- Barrel Spring: 12.7 mi
- Fern Spring: 12.7 mi
- Black Spring: 12.8 mi
- Interpretive Center: 4.7 mi
- Nature Museum: 4.8 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Museum: 10.6 mi
- Indian Village: 15.6 mi
- Yosemite Museum & Library: 15.6 mi
- El Portal Park: 10.4 mi
- Greeley Hill County Park: 13.9 mi
- Red Cloud: 15.3 mi
- Coulterville Main Street Historic District: 19.7 mi
- Coulterville Park: 19.7 mi
- Fireplace Bluffs: 11.2 mi
- Rockslides: 12.5 mi
- Castle Cliffs: 15.5 mi
- Profile Cliff: 15.7 mi
- The Fissures: 15.8 mi
- Tunnel Tree: 4.4 mi
- Merced Grove: 4.6 mi
- Yosemite Valley Railroad Caboose Number 15: 10.5 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Number 6: 10.5 mi
- Valley View Parking: 12.5 mi
- Miner’s Camp: 14.6 mi
- John Muir: 15.3 mi
- World Heritage Site: 15.7 mi
- Foster Curry Cabin: 16.8 mi
- Women's Club Building: 16.8 mi
- Red Bud Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
- Indian Flat Day Use: 10.6 mi
- Cathedral Beach Picnic Area: 14.4 mi
- El Capitan Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
- Remote Camp: 14.6 mi
- Cat Town: 17.1 mi
- Horseshoe Bend: 22.3 mi
- Mount Ophir: 23.5 mi
- Agua Fria: 24.3 mi
- Lake Lodge Beach: 18.1 mi
- Pine Mountain Lake Marina Beach: 18.7 mi
- Dunn Court Beach: 18.7 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 23.2 mi
- Dedication Garden: 14.7 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 17.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Carlon Day Use Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boundary Hill | ESE 105° | 2,575 m | 13.2 mi |
| Mount Gibson | NE 35° | 2,547 m | 15.4 mi |
| Eagle Peak | ESE 109° | 2,362 m | 14.3 mi |
| Smith Peak | NE 42° | 2,356 m | 10.4 mi |
| El Capitan | ESE 114° | 2,307 m | 13.4 mi |
| Dewey Point | ESE 123° | 2,236 m | 13.8 mi |
| Eagle Tower | ESE 106° | 2,220 m | 14.7 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NE 54° | 2,208 m | 4.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:46 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:03 | 16:45 |
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 | 38 | 36 | 38 | 42 | 50 | 60 | 68 | 67 | 62 | 53 | 43 | 37 |
| Precip in | 6.9 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 4.4 | 7.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yosemite Village 12 W, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/3608363637
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 17 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 18 mi
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