Carlon Falls
Carlon Falls is a waterfall in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,357 m. Boundary Hill stands 2,575 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Carlon Day Use Area, a picnic site 1.3 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 1.6 miles off.
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 3 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 20 mi
- Lembert Dome · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ackerson Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Ascension Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Bear Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Bald Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Sawmill Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Preston Falls: 6.0 mi
- Little Nellie Falls: 6.6 mi
- Upper Cascades: 8.8 mi
- Wildcat Falls: 8.8 mi
- Foresta Falls: 8.9 mi
- Pilot Peak Spring: 5.2 mi
- Fern Spring: 11.5 mi
- Black Spring: 11.5 mi
- Barrel Spring: 11.6 mi
- Moss Spring: 11.8 mi
- Interpretive Center: 5.5 mi
- Nature Museum: 5.6 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Museum: 9.5 mi
- Indian Village: 14.4 mi
- Yosemite Museum & Library: 14.5 mi
- El Portal Park: 9.4 mi
- Greeley Hill County Park: 14.7 mi
- Red Cloud: 16.1 mi
- Midpines Park: 19.6 mi
- Coulterville Main Street Historic District: 20.4 mi
- Fireplace Bluffs: 10.0 mi
- Rockslides: 11.3 mi
- Castle Cliffs: 14.3 mi
- Profile Cliff: 14.5 mi
- The Fissures: 14.6 mi
- Tunnel Tree: 3.2 mi
- Merced Grove: 3.7 mi
- Yosemite Valley Railroad Caboose Number 15: 9.4 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Number 6: 9.4 mi
- Valley View Yosemite (Sunset Spot): 11.3 mi
- Carlon Day Use Area: 1.3 mi
- Red Bud Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
- Indian Flat Day Use: 9.8 mi
- Cathedral Beach Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
- El Capitan Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
- World Heritage Site: 14.5 mi
- Foster Curry Cabin: 15.6 mi
- Women's Club Building: 15.6 mi
- Miner’s Camp: 15.7 mi
- Mt Buckingham School (historic): 19.8 mi
- Cat Town: 17.3 mi
- Horseshoe Bend: 23.0 mi
- Mount Ophir: 23.3 mi
- Agua Fria: 24.0 mi
- Lake Lodge Beach: 19.2 mi
- Pine Mountain Lake Marina Beach: 19.8 mi
- Dunn Court Beach: 19.8 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 23.0 mi
- Dedication Garden: 15.8 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 16.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Carlon Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boundary Hill | ESE 103° | 2,575 m | 12.0 mi |
| Tempo Dome | SE 135° | 2,393 m | 14.9 mi |
| Smith Peak | NE 35° | 2,356 m | 10.4 mi |
| El Capitan | ESE 113° | 2,307 m | 12.2 mi |
| Taft Point | ESE 115° | 2,286 m | 14.5 mi |
| Dewey Point | ESE 123° | 2,236 m | 12.6 mi |
| Eagle Tower | ESE 104° | 2,220 m | 13.5 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NE 39° | 2,208 m | 4.6 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 | 20:25 |
| 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, 3 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: May–Jul — fullest in Jun, leanest in Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 188 | 180 | 219 | 360 | 1,347 | 1,759 | 769 | 161 | 87.5 | 56.5 | 70.9 | 107 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Tuolumne R AB Early Intake NR Mather CA, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/7690600434
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 16 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 17 mi
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