Mount Dana - Definition and Overview

Mount Dana
Mount Dana as seen from the west. The hike to the top goes up this face.
Elevation:	13,061 ft (3,981 m)
Latitude:	37° 53′ 59.64″ N
Longitude:	119° 13′ 15.93″ W
Location:	California, USA
Topo map:	USGS Mount Dana
Range:	Sierra Nevada
Type:	Metamorphic rock
Age of rock:	Cretaceous
First ascent:	1863 by William Brewer and Charles Hoffmann
Easiest route:	hike

Mount Dana is a mountain on the eastern edge of Yosemite National Park and is the second highest peak within the park after Mount Lyell. The Dana Meadows lie at the foot of the mountain. They are named after James Dwight Dana, a professor of geology at Yale. Mount Dana is composed of reddish metamorphic rock. Mount Dana is a class 1 climb (hike), 3 miles and 3100' elevation gain from the park entrance at Tioga Pass. Mount Dana is typically climbed from its western face, and its northern face includes a small, receding glacier known as the Dana Glacier.

View of Mount Dana and the Dana Plateau from Mono Lake, with tufa in foreground

External links

• Maps and aerial photos
  • Topographic map from Topozone (http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=37.8999&lon=-119.22109&s=200&size=m&layer=DRG100)
  • Aerial photograph from Terraserver (http://terraservice.net/map.aspx?t=1&s=14&lon=-119.22109&lat=37.8999&w=750&h=500)
  • Surrounding area map from Census Bureau (http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapgen?lat=37.8999&lon=-119.22109&wid=.5&ht=.5&iht=400&iwd=600&mlat=37.8999&mlon=-119.22109&msym=bigdot&n=CITIES,GRID,majroads,states,counties,places,water,shorelin,miscell)
  • Location in US from Census Bureau (http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapgen?lat=36.0000&lon=-97.0000&wid=50&ht=28&iwd=550&iht=260&mlat=37.8999&mlon=-119.22109&on=GRID&off=BACK&msym=smalldot)