Gaylor Peak | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 11,004 ft (3,354 m)[1] |
Prominence | 484 ft (148 m)[2] |
Parent peak | False White Mountain (12,002 ft)[3] |
Isolation | 1.95 mi (3.14 km)[3] |
Listing | Vagmarken Club Sierra Crest List[4] |
Coordinates | 37°55′09″N 119°15′56″W / 37.9190971°N 119.2655456°W[5] |
Naming | |
Etymology | Andrew Jack Gaylor |
Geography | |
Location | Yosemite National Park Tuolumne / Mono counties California, United States |
Parent range | Sierra Nevada |
Topo map | USGS Tioga Pass |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Fault block |
Type of rock | Metamorphic rock[6] |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | class 2[3] |
Gaylor Peak is an 11,004-foot-elevation (3,354 meter) mountain summit located on the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in northern California, United States.[5] The peak is situated on the common boundary shared by Yosemite National Park with Inyo National Forest, as well as the border shared by Mono County with Tuolumne County. It rises immediately above the park's Tioga Pass entrance station and Tioga Lake. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises approximately 1,400 feet (430 meters) above the lake in one-half mile (0.80 km). The peak is a popular hiking destination on summer weekends due to easy access via the two-mile Gaylor Lakes Trail from State Route 120 which traverses the east base of the peak.[7]