Camino Falls
Camino Falls is a waterfall in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,867 m. Merced Peak stands 3,575 m to the north, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Shuteye Peak, a peak 3.4 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 27 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,867 m
How to reach it
- 27.2 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- View on Tenaya Lake · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Shuteye Peak: 3.4 mi
- Shuteye Peak: 4.9 mi
- Iron Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Greys Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Jackass Rock: 6.5 mi
- Whisky Falls: 9.3 mi
- Angel Falls: 10.1 mi
- Granite Creek Falls: 10.8 mi
- Corlieu Falls: 11.3 mi
- Red Rock Falls: 12.0 mi
- Mile High Vista Picnic Area: 7.9 mi
- Lakeside Day Use Area: 10.4 mi
- Pine Point Day Use: 10.4 mi
- The Falls Picnic Site: 10.5 mi
- Rocky Point Picnic Ground: 10.5 mi
- Mariposa Grove Museum: 11.8 mi
- Thornberry Museum: 12.6 mi
- Fresno Flats Historic Village and Park: 13.7 mi
- Sierra-Mono Indian Museum: 14.0 mi
- Yosemite History Center: 15.4 mi
- Arnold Spring: 17.0 mi
- Cold Spring: 18.1 mi
- Little Eden: 23.0 mi
- Old Pedro: 23.0 mi
- Reed Pools: 23.0 mi
- North Fork Recreation Area Memorial Park: 13.5 mi
- Oakhurst Community Park: 14.4 mi
- Huntington Lake Game Refuge: 16.7 mi
- Wassama Roundhouse State Historic Park: 17.0 mi
- Ahwahnee Hills Regional Park: 17.2 mi
- South Fork Bluffs: 10.7 mi
- Junction Bluffs: 18.3 mi
- Cascade Cliffs: 21.2 mi
- Panorama Cliff: 21.9 mi
- Bunnell Cliff: 22.0 mi
- Whites Cabin: 9.7 mi
- Heitz Meadow Guard Station: 14.9 mi
- Chetwood Cabin: 15.1 mi
- Exact Center of California: 17.6 mi
- 786 Squadron Memorial: 18.2 mi
- Bull Buck Tree: 8.8 mi
- Big Ed: 9.2 mi
- Willow Creek Trail: 10.3 mi
- Grizzly Giant: 11.5 mi
- Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Historical Railroad: 12.6 mi
- Nelder Grove Historical Area: 9.4 mi
- Whisky Snowmobile Area: 10.3 mi
- Kinsman Flat Wildlife Area: 15.2 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 23.0 mi
- free natural hot pool: 23.4 mi
- Arch Rock: 8.0 mi
- Oakhurst Mural: 14.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.1 miles of Camino Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merced Peak | N 5° | 3,575 m | 14.9 mi |
| Red Peak | N 2° | 3,567 m | 16.1 mi |
| Triple Divide Peak | N 10° | 3,533 m | 14.8 mi |
| Ottoway Peak | N 5° | 3,512 m | 15.4 mi |
| Post Peak | NNE 19° | 3,354 m | 15.2 mi |
| Isberg Peak | NNE 18° | 3,352 m | 16.7 mi |
| Gale Peak | N 9° | 3,258 m | 10.3 mi |
| Sadler Peak | NNE 28° | 3,223 m | 17.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:44 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 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, 13 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: May–Jul — fullest in Jun, leanest in Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 109 | 114 | 185 | 446 | 1,627 | 2,245 | 911 | 76.9 | 36.7 | 38.1 | 27.5 | 26.6 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge San Joaquin R AB Shakeflat C NR Big Creek CA, 9 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/908145514
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 23 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 23 mi
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