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[1] [2] 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.
Mount Lyell is the highest point in Yosemite National Park, at 13,114 feet (3,997 m).It is located at the southeast end of the Cathedral Range, 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (2 kilometers) northwest of Rodgers Peak.
Johnson Peak is the highest mountain, in Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park. [2] Johnson Peak is made of eroded granite. At 85 Ma, the Johnson Granite Porphyry is the youngest granite rock in the Yosemite National Park, though the entire peak formed beneath the Earth's crust. It broached the surface much later, via subduction. [3]
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Mount Hoffmann is a prominent peak in northeastern Mariposa County in the center of Yosemite National Park, California, United States.It rises above May Lake and is a day hike of 6.2 miles (10.0 km) (one-way) from Tioga Pass Road. [6]
Mount Florence is a mountain, in the Tuolumne Meadows region of Yosemite National Park. Its easiest route is a class 2 scramble. Mount Florence is the tenth highest mountain in Yosemite. [5] [6] Deep in the Yosemite backcountry, Mount Florence is not often climbed, though on the trip, one passes through spectacular scenery, on all approaches. [7]
Sentinel Rock is a granitic peak in Yosemite National Park, California, United States. It towers over Yosemite Valley , opposite Yosemite Falls . [ 5 ] Sentinel Rock lies 0.7 miles (1.1 km) northwest of Sentinel Dome .
Fletcher Peak is an 11,410-foot-elevation (3,478 meter) mountain summit located in Yosemite National Park, in Mariposa County, California, United States.It is situated south of Tuolumne Meadows in the Cathedral Range which is a sub-range of the Sierra Nevada mountain range.