Pywiack Dome
Pywiack Dome is a prominent 600 foot granite dome in Yosemite National Park, located 0.7 miles north-east of Tenaya Lake, 4 miles west of Tuolumne Meadows and 200 feet from the Tioga Road.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 8,819 feet
- Description: granite dome in Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park
- Also known as: “Matthes Dome”, “Murphys Dome”, “Slide Fall”, “Teapot Dome”, “Ten-ieya Dome”, “Tenaya Cascade”, and “Turtle Rock”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Polly Dome and Dozier Dome.
Polly Dome
Peak
Polly Dome is a prominent granite dome rising 1,640 feet above the northwest side of Tenaya Lake and Tioga Road in the Yosemite high country. The dome, more than 3 kilometers long, is a substantially intact mass of granitic rock that has withstood heavy glaciation and exfoliation.
Dozier Dome
Peak
Dozier Dome is a granite dome, in the Tuolumne Meadows region of Yosemite National Park. It is named after Jeff Dozier.
Harlequin Dome
Peak
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Harlequin Dome is a granite dome, quite near Tenaya Lake, in the Tuolumne Meadows region of Yosemite National Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yosemite National Park.
Yosemite National Park
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yosemite National Park is a national park and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Sierra Nevada mountains in east-central California. Approximately four million visitors each year come to Yosemite to marvel at its spectacular granite cliffs, towering waterfalls, remote wilderness, massive sequoia trees, and high mountain meadows.
Pywiack Dome
- Categories: granite dome and landform
- Location: Mariposa County, Sierra Nevada, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.84604° or 37° 50′ 46″ northLongitude
-119.44266° or 119° 26′ 34″ westElevation
8,819 feet (2,688 metres)Open location code
8592RHW4+CWOpenStreetMap ID
node 358807131OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Hausa—“Pywiack Dome” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pywiack Dome”
- French: “Pywiack Dome”
- Hausa: “Pywiack Dome”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Tuolumne Meadows and Porcupine Flat.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bunny Slopes and Stately Pleasure Dome.
Mariposa County: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Mariposa, El Portal, Coulterville, and Fish Camp.
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