The highest mountains of Yosemite National Park facts for kids
Mount Lyell, the highest mountain of Yosemite
Mammoth Peak and Kuna Crest, taken near Gaylor Lakes
Mount Maclure, Yosemite's fifth-highest mountain
Many mountains in Yosemite National Park are higher than 12,000 feet (3,700 m); three are higher than 13,000 feet (4,000 m). The peaks of Yosemite are among some of the highest mountains in California.
The below table gives information from peakbagger and summitpost. Some mountains are listed by one but not the other, and some elevations vary, as prominence varies; the clean prominence method is used in this table.
List
| Number | Peak
|
Elevation, by Peakbagger | Elevation, by Summitpost |
prominence, by Peakbagger | prominence, by Summitpost |
Isolation, by Peakbagger |
Peakbagger reference | Summitpost reference |
Near area of Yosemite | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mount Lyell | 13,114 feet (3,997 m) | 13,057 feet (3,980 m) | 1,894 feet (577 m) | 1,927 feet (587 m) | 5.2 miles (8.4 km) | [1] | [2] | Cathedral Range, near Tuolumne Meadows | 37°44′22″N 119°16′18″W / 37.73944°N 119.27167°W |
| 2 | Mount Dana | 13,057 feet (3,980 m) | 13,057 feet (3,980 m) | 2,417 feet (737 m) | 2,437 feet (743 m) | 11.4 miles (18.3 km) | [3] | [4] | Tioga Pass | 37°53′59″N 119°13′16″W / 37.89972°N 119.22111°W |
| 3 | Kuna Peak | 13,002 feet (3,963 m) | 13,002 feet (3,963 m) | 1,922 feet (586 m) | 1,942 feet (592 m) | 6 miles (9.7 km) | [5] | [6] | Tuolumne Meadows, Mammoth Peak | 37°48′46″N 119°12′30″W / 37.81278°N 119.20833°W |
| 4 | Rodgers Peak | 12,978 feet (3,956 m) | 12,978 feet (3,956 m) | 738 feet (225 m) | 758 feet (231 m) | 1.3 miles (2.1 km) | [7] | [8] | Ritter Range | 37°43′30″N 119°15′27″W / 37.72500°N 119.25750°W |
| 5 | Mount Maclure | 12,880 feet (3,930 m) | 12,900 feet (3,900 m) | 738 feet (225 m) | 480 feet (150 m) | 0.5 miles (0.80 km) | [9] | [10] | Cathedral Range, near Mount Lyell | 37°44′37″N 119°16′50″W / 37.74361°N 119.28056°W |
| 6 | Mount Gibbs | 12,773 feet (3,893 m) | 12,773 feet (3,893 m) | 1,093 feet (333 m) | 1,113 feet (339 m) | 1.5 miles (2.4 km) | [11] | [12] | Tioga Pass Road, near Mount Dana | 37°52′37″N 119°12′43″W / 37.87694°N 119.21194°W |
| 7 | Peak 12767 | 12,767 feet (3,891 m) | 12,767 feet (3,891 m) | 487 feet (148 m) | 507 feet (155 m) | 0.7 miles (1.1 km) | [13] | Mount Lyell | 37°44′N 119°17′W / 37.733°N 119.283°W | |
| 8 | Koip Crest Peak | 12,651 feet (3,856 m) | 91 feet (28 m) | 0.4 miles (0.64 km) | [14] | Tuolumne Meadows | 37°48′N 119°12′W / 37.800°N 119.200°W | |||
| 9 | Mount Conness | 12,590 feet (3,840 m) | 12,590 feet (3,840 m) | 2,630 feet (800 m) | 2,647 feet (807 m) | 7 miles (11 km) | [15] | [16] | Tioga Pass | 37°58′1″N 119°19′18″W / 37.96694°N 119.32167°W |
| 10 | Point 12573 | 12,573 feet (3,832 m) | 353 feet (108 m) | Mount Lyell | 37°42′53″N 119°15′30″W / 37.71476°N 119.25841°W | |||||
| 11 | Mount Florence | 12,561 feet (3,829 m) | 12,561 feet (3,829 m) | 801 feet (244 m) | 821 feet (250 m) | 1.9 miles (3.1 km) | [17] | [18] | Mount Lyell, Vogelsang Peak | 37°44′23″N 119°18′58″W / 37.73972°N 119.31611°W |
| 12 | Point 12540 | 12,540 feet (3,820 m) | 360 feet (110 m) | Vogelsang Peak | 37°45′19″N 119°17′22″W / 37.75514°N 119.28946°W | |||||
| 13 | Simmons Peak | 12,497 feet (3,809 m) | 12,497 feet (3,809 m) | 377 feet (115 m) | 397 feet (121 m) | 1.3 miles (2.1 km) | [19] | [20] | Mount Lyell, Tuolumne Meadows | 37°45′39″N 119°17′40″W / 37.76083°N 119.29444°W |
| 14 | Electra Peak | 12,442 feet (3,792 m) | 12,446 feet (3,794 m) | 322 feet (98 m) | 1,266 feet (386 m) | 0.6 miles (0.97 km) | [21] | [22] | Tuolumne Meadows, Rodgers Peak | 37°42′18″N 119°15′37″W / 37.70500°N 119.26028°W |
| 15 | Point 12358 | 12,358 feet (3,767 m) | 298 feet (91 m) | Mount Lyell | 37°44′28″N 119°17′34″W / 37.74100°N 119.29279°W | |||||
| 16 | Twin Peaks | 12,323 feet (3,756 m) | [23] | Matterhorn Peak | 38°04′59″N 119°21′27″W / 38.08310°N 119.3574°W | |||||
| 17 | Peak 12320 | 12,320 feet (3,760 m) | 0 feet (0 m) | 0 miles (0 km) | [24] | Simmons Peak, Mount Lyell | 37°45′2″N 119°17′49″W / 37.75056°N 119.29694°W | |||
| 18 | Matterhorn Peak | 12,279 feet (3,743 m) | 1,579 feet (481 m) | [25] | Northern boundary of Yosemite National Park | 38°05′34″N 119°22′49″W / 38.09280°N 119.3803°W | ||||
| 19 | Mount Andrea Lawrence | 12,245 feet (3,732 m) | 800 feet (240 m) | [26] | [27] | Tioga Pass Road | 37°46′47″N 119°13′13″W / 37.77968°N 119.22015°W | |||
| 20 | North Peak | 12,242 feet (3,731 m) | 12,242 feet (3,731 m) | 682 feet (208 m) | 702 feet (214 m) | 1.1 miles (1.8 km) | [28] | [29] | Saddlebag Lake | 37°58′56″N 119°18′53″W / 37.98222°N 119.31472°W |
| 21 | Excelsior Mountain | 12,200 feet (3,700 m) | 12,446 feet (3,794 m) | 0 feet (0 m) | 1,266 feet (386 m) | 0.1 miles (0.16 km) | [30] | [31] | Virginia Lakes, Mount Conness | 38°1′49″N 119°18′27″W / 38.03028°N 119.30750°W |
| 22 | Parsons Peak | 12,147 feet (3,702 m) | 12,147 feet (3,702 m) | 627 feet (191 m) | 647 feet (197 m) | 1.3 miles (2.1 km) | [32] | [33] | Cathedral Range | 37°46′37″N 119°18′28″W / 37.77694°N 119.30778°W |
| 23 | Point 12113 | 12,113 feet (3,692 m) | 573 feet (175 m) | Mount Lyell | 37°43′11″N 119°17′34″W / 37.71969°N 119.29273°W | |||||
| 24 | Mammoth Peak | 12,106 feet (3,690 m) | 12,106 feet (3,690 m) | 306 feet (93 m) | 286 feet (87 m) | 0.8 miles (1.3 km) | [34] | [35] | Tioga Pass, Kuna Crest | 37°51′19″N 119°15′49″W / 37.85528°N 119.26361°W |
| 25 | Foerster Peak | 12,057 feet (3,675 m) | 12,057 feet (3,675 m) | 457 feet (139 m) | 477 feet (145 m) | 1.7 miles (2.7 km) | [36] | [37] | East of Half Dome | 37°41′24″N 119°17′27″W / 37.69000°N 119.29083°W |
| 26 | White Mountain | 12,057 feet (3,675 m) | 12,057 feet (3,675 m) | 617 feet (188 m) | 637 feet (194 m) | 1 mile (1.6 km) | [38] | [39] | Dog Lake, Mount Conness | 37°56′49″N 119°18′35″W / 37.94694°N 119.30972°W |
| 27 | Sheperd Crest | 12,040 feet (3,670 m) | 12,020 feet (3,660 m) | 560 feet (170 m) | 560 feet (170 m) | 0.6 miles (0.97 km) | [40] | [41] | Saddlebag Lake, Tioga Pass Road | 38°0′N 119°19′W / 38.000°N 119.317°W |
| 28 | Whorl Mountain | 12,033 feet (3,668 m) | 12,033 feet (3,668 m) | 673 feet (205 m) | 693 feet (211 m) | 1.3 miles (2.1 km) | [42] | [43] | Matterhorn Peak | 38°4′27″N 119°23′0″W / 38.07417°N 119.38333°W |
| 29 | Donohue Peak | 12,023 feet (3,665 m) | 12,023 feet (3,665 m) | 463 feet (141 m) | 483 feet (147 m) | 0.6 miles (0.97 km) | [44] | [45] | Donohue Pass, Koip Crest Peak | 37°46′30″N 119°13′50″W / 37.77500°N 119.23056°W |
| 30 | False White Mountain | 12,002 feet (3,658 m) | 12,002 feet (3,658 m) | 482 feet (147 m) | 502 feet (153 m) | 1.1 miles (1.8 km) | [46] | [47] | Tioga Pass | 37°56′N 119°18′W / 37.933°N 119.300°W |
| 31 | Virginia Peak | 12,001 feet (3,658 m) | 12,001 feet (3,658 m) | 481 feet (147 m) | 501 feet (153 m) | 0.8 miles (1.3 km) | [48] | [49] | Twin Lakes, Whorl Mountain | 38°3′57″N 119°21′29″W / 38.06583°N 119.35806°W |
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