Gold Rush BBQ
Gold Rush BBQ is a picnic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,565 m. Gale Peak stands 3,258 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Goat Meadow Hill, a peak 1.3 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 21 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Delaware North
- Access
- Customers only
How to reach it
- 20.9 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 23 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Goat Meadow Hill: 1.3 mi
- Hogan Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Mount Savage: 2.7 mi
- Speckerman Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Wawona Point: 3.7 mi
- Red Rock Falls: 2.7 mi
- Corlieu Falls: 3.9 mi
- Lower Chilnualna Falls: 5.4 mi
- Chilnualna Fall: 6.4 mi
- Chilnualna Creek Cascades: 6.5 mi
- Cold Spring: 5.8 mi
- Barrel Spring: 14.0 mi
- Big Spring: 15.6 mi
- Moss Spring: 16.8 mi
- Fern Spring: 16.8 mi
- Thornberry Museum: 1.4 mi
- Mariposa Grove Museum: 3.5 mi
- Yosemite History Center: 4.7 mi
- Fresno Flats Historic Village and Park: 9.8 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Museum: 16.1 mi
- Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Historical Railroad: 1.4 mi
- Mariposa Welcome Plaza: 2.4 mi
- Grizzly Giant: 2.9 mi
- Big Ed: 4.1 mi
- Bull Buck Tree: 4.3 mi
- Ahwahnee Hills Regional Park: 8.1 mi
- Wassama Roundhouse State Historic Park: 8.3 mi
- Oakhurst Community Park: 9.9 mi
- Midpines Park: 15.9 mi
- El Portal Park: 16.3 mi
- The Falls Picnic Site: 10.5 mi
- Lakeside Day Use Area: 12.3 mi
- Pine Point Day Use: 12.7 mi
- Rocky Point Picnic Ground: 12.8 mi
- Summit Meadow: 13.9 mi
- South Fork Bluffs: 16.2 mi
- The Fissures: 16.7 mi
- Profile Cliff: 16.7 mi
- Rockslides: 17.4 mi
- Panorama Cliff: 17.5 mi
- Mt Buckingham School (historic): 11.3 mi
- Whites Cabin: 16.8 mi
- September 11, 2001 Memorial: 18.0 mi
- Foster Curry Cabin: 18.6 mi
- Women's Club Building: 18.6 mi
- Nelder Grove Historical Area: 4.0 mi
- Whisky Snowmobile Area: 18.4 mi
- Kinsman Flat Wildlife Area: 24.0 mi
- Agua Fria: 21.1 mi
- Mount Ophir: 23.7 mi
- Oakhurst Mural: 9.9 mi
- Arch Rock: 19.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Gold Rush BBQ. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gale Peak | ENE 64° | 3,258 m | 15.2 mi |
| Sing Peak | ENE 67° | 3,201 m | 14.8 mi |
| Madera Peak | ENE 72° | 3,197 m | 15.0 mi |
| Redtop | ENE 68° | 3,039 m | 13.8 mi |
| Moraine Mountain | NE 50° | 2,979 m | 12.8 mi |
| Mount Bruce | NE 42° | 2,964 m | 11.6 mi |
| Buena Vista Peak | NE 38° | 2,956 m | 10.6 mi |
| Iron Mountain | E 86° | 2,794 m | 8.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:45 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:23 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:04 | 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 | 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.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1180128833
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 18 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 19 mi
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