Hawksbeak Peak map

Hawksbeak Peak

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3 394 m

Elevation

Elevation is the altitude of a place
above sea level.

262 m

Prominence

Peak’s prominence is the least
vertical to be covered to get from the
summit to any other higher terrain.

Proportional Prominence 1 128 m

About

Hawksbeak Peak is a mountain summit with an elevation of 11,134 feet (3,394 m) located on the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in northern California, United States. The granitic summit is situated on the common boundary shared by Yosemite National Park with Hoover Wilderness, as well as the common border of Mono County and Tuolumne County. This remote peak is set at the head of Thompson Canyon, approximately eight miles west of Twin Lakes and 17 miles southwest of Bridgeport, the nearest town. Topographic relief is significant as the west aspect rises over 1,300 feet (400 meters) in less than one-quarter mile. The class 5.10- West Face was first climbed in September 1989 by Alan Swanson and John Nye. This landform's toponym has been officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.

By elevation Hawksbeak Peak is

# 53 out of 215 in Yosemite National Park
# 40 out of 226 in Tuolumne County
# 91 out of 197 in Mono County
# 40 out of 55 in Hoover Wilderness

By prominence Hawksbeak Peak is

# 36 out of 215 in Yosemite National Park
# 37 out of 226 in Tuolumne County
# 56 out of 197 in Mono County
# 18 out of 55 in Hoover Wilderness