Tower Peak, California

Tower Peak rises strikingly above its north ridge on the northern boundary of Yosemite NP (2014-09-04). Photo by Ken Jones. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 2183 ft/665 m   Optimistic Prominence: 2183 ft/665 m   Key Col: Buckeye Pass    9572 ft/2918 m
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 7.93 mi/12.76 km    Isolation Limit Point: 38.18, -119.4092 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Eagle Peak  (ENE)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Pacific Ranges Range3: Sierra Nevada Range4: Yosemite-Ritter Sierra Nevada Range5: Northern Yosemite
Drainage Basins	San Joaquin San Francisco Bay Pacific-Western USA Pacific Ocean Walker Great Basin Internal Drainage-N.A. Worldwide Internal Drainage
Ownership	Land: Yosemite National Park/Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest Wilderness/Special Area: Hoover Wilderness Area
Topo Map	Tower Peak O38119b5 1:24,000
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
Dynamic Map  Tower Peak   ( Key Col)    Other Peaks Click Here for a Full Screen Map

Other Photos

Climbers in the crux gully on the normal route up Yosemite's Tower Peak - this goes at class 3, mostly to the left side (2014-09-04). Photo by Ken Jones. Click here for larger-size photo.

Tower Peak from the Watchtower (2018-10-14). Photo by Rafee Memon. Click here for larger-size photo.

From Leavitt Meadows, a distant Tower Peak, clad in red and purple, perfectly framed by the soft edges of a dip in a backlit ridge (2022-09-04). Photo by Christopher Wessels. Click here for larger-size photo.

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