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Sonora Pass
- Tonight
- 23°FPartly cloudy · Wind 15–23 mph ENE
Sonora Pass is a mountain pass at 2,910 m in California, United States.
All facts
- Saddle
- 2,910 m
- Lowest point
- 2,726 m / 2,794 m
Sonora Pass: the climb from each side
Crossed by: CA 108, 2000 Pacific Crest Trail
Distances are straight lines from the saddle to the lowest ground on each side; the road is longer.
Sonora Pass 3D map
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Sonora Pass terrain and contours
50 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Sonora Pass elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Sonora Pass weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · 23°F (-5°C) · 4% chance of precipitation · Wind 15–23 mph ENE
Sonora Pass forecast for about 2,985 m.
- Tonight23°4%15–23 mph ENE
- Sat27°45°–3–14 mph E
- Sun30°49°–7 mph SW
- Mon27°45°4%13–18 mph SSW
- Tue28°47°4%5–10 mph SW
- Wed29°47°2%6 mph SW
- Thu28°44°15%5–8 mph SSW
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 21:00 UTC.
Camping & parking near Sonora Pass
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Sonora Pass, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.1 km WNW
Nearest trailhead
Sonora Pass Trailhead
Nearest campsite
3.5 km S
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.1 km WNW |
| Sonora Pass TrailheadTrailhead | 0.2 km NNE |
| Parking | 0.2 km NNE |
| Saint Marys Pass TrailheadTrailhead | 1.3 km NW |
| Parking | 1.3 km NW |
| Blue Canyon TrailheadTrailhead | 2.6 km WSW |
| Campsite | 3.5 km S |
| Campsite | 4.4 km S |
| Chipmunk Flat CampgroundCampsite | 5.0 km W |
Slope
Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 19.2% of the 64 km² view
- Relief in view
- 995 m low point 2,498 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4 km; 560 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Leichtlin's Mariposa Lily131
- Slendertube skyrocket118
- Monument plant108
- Woolly mule's ears98
- Lewis flax89
- Sulfur buckwheat68
Where Sonora Pass sits
- Region
- California152United States932North America1,313
- Protected area
- Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest3
Nearby places
Devil's Gate Pass2,275 m↑24 km E
Ebbetts Pass2,663 m↑28 km NNW
Topaz Lake1,527 m↑40 km NNE
Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne↑43 km S
Lake Eleanor1,421 m↑45 km SSW
More 1
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Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-30)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Protected area
- USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia