Cathedral Peak
About
Cathedral Peak is a summit of about 10,899 feet in Mariposa County, California, inside Yosemite National Park and the Yosemite Wilderness. The National Park Service manages the land, and the nearest town is Yosemite Valley, about 12 miles away. The Lower Cathedral Lake Trail starts about half a mile from the summit, and the Cathedral Peak Climber's Approach is a similar distance away. Climbers can head to the Upper Cathedral Lakes, South Shore Buttress, about a mile off, and Tuolumne Meadows Campground sits roughly 3 miles away.
Summit Facts
Summit elevation
10,899 ft
Land manager
National Park Service
Elevation from USGS 3D Elevation Program terrain data (about 10 m resolution).
Location
Cathedral Peak
California
Name and location: U.S. Geological Survey, Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). Elevation: USGS 3D Elevation Program. View the GNIS record.
Facts about this place
Where it is
- Yosemite Wilderness · Wilderness
- Yosemite National Park · National Park Service
- Nearest town
- Yosemite Valley, California · 12 mi
- Managed by
- National Park Service
Conditions
Active alerts for Yosemite National Park as of Oct 9, 2026:
Glacier Point Road is closed due to the Dome Fire until 10/10 at 7 am
Park Closure · posted Oct 9, 2026
Source: NPS Alerts API
Nearby
- Lower Cathedral Lake TrailHiking0.6 mi
- Cathedral Peak Climber's ApproachHiking0.7 mi
- Upper Cathedral Lakes, South Shore ButtressRock climbing1 mi
- Tuolumne MeadowsRock climbing1 mi
- North ButtressRock climbing1.1 mi
- Budd Lake TrailHiking1.8 mi
- Tuolumne Meadows CampgroundCamping3 mi
- Tioga Lake CgCamping9.9 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
