Mount Dana

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mountain peak

Mount Dana is a prominent high-elevation peak on the eastern edge of Yosemite National Park in California’s Sierra Nevada, known for its sweeping alpine views and relatively accessible summit hike.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Mount Gibbs	1
USGS Mount Dana	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mountain ⓘ peak ⓘ
accessPoint	Tioga Pass ⓘ surface form: Tioga Pass entrance station
climbingSeason	late June to October (typical, snow dependent) ⓘ
coordinates	37.9003°N 119.2197°W ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
county	Tuolumne County NERFINISHED ⓘ
difficulty	class 1–2 hike via standard route ⓘ
elevation	13061 ft ⓘ 3981 m ⓘ
geology	primarily granitic rock ⓘ
hasEcosystem	alpine zone above tree line ⓘ subalpine forest on lower slopes ⓘ
hasFeature	Dana Glacier (nearby) ⓘ alpine tundra near summit ⓘ talus slopes ⓘ
hasSummitTrail	Mount Dana Trail ⓘ
hasViewTowards	Owens Valley ⓘ surface form: Owens Valley (distant)
higherOnlyThan	Mount Lyell ⓘ
isAccessibleInSeason	summer ⓘ
isBoundaryMarkerFor	Yosemite Wilderness ⓘ surface form: Yosemite National Park eastern edge
isPopularFor	day hiking ⓘ summit scrambles ⓘ
isSecondHighestPeakIn	Yosemite National Park ⓘ
isWithin	Sierra Nevada ⓘ surface form: Sierra Nevada subrange of California
locatedIn	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Tuolumne County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States Yosemite National Park ⓘ
mountainRange	Sierra Nevada ⓘ
namedAfter	James Dwight Dana ⓘ
near	California State Route 120 ⓘ Tioga Pass ⓘ
offersViewOf	Dana Plateau ⓘ Mono Lake ⓘ Sierra Nevada ⓘ surface form: Sierra Nevada crest Yosemite Wilderness ⓘ surface form: Yosemite high country
overlooks	Mono Basin ⓘ
parkSide	eastern slopes outside park boundary ⓘ western slopes in Yosemite National Park ⓘ
prominence	1516 ft ⓘ 462 m ⓘ
region	Sierra Nevada ⓘ surface form: Sierra Nevada crest region
situatedOn	eastern boundary of Yosemite National Park ⓘ
standardRoute	west slope from Tioga Pass ⓘ
state	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California
topographicMap	Mount Dana self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: USGS Mount Dana

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tioga Pass → near → Mount Dana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Gibbs

Tuolumne Meadows → near → Mount Dana ⓘ

Mount Dana → topographicMap → Mount Dana self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: USGS Mount Dana