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Mount Dana · 3,976 m · 3.3 km ESE
Pass · California

Tioga Pass

3,027 m9,931 ft
Tonight
21°FPartly cloudy · Wind 10–15 mph ENE

Tioga Pass is a mountain pass at 3,027 m in California, United States.

All facts
Saddle
3,027 m
Lowest point
2,915 m / 2,930 m
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Pass

Tioga Pass: the climb from each side

Saddle 3,027 msouth side 2,915 m+112 m · 2.8 kmBennettville 2,930 m+97 m · 3.0 km

Crossed by: Tioga Road, Mount Dana Trail, Gaylor Lakes Trail

Distances are straight lines from the saddle to the lowest ground on each side; the road is longer.

3D map

Tioga Pass 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 8 × 8 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Tioga Pass terrain and contours

100 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.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the centre

Tioga Pass elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Tioga Pass weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 21°F (-6°C) · 11% chance of precipitation · Wind 10–15 mph ENE

Tioga Pass forecast for about 3,185 m.

  • Tonight21°11%10–15 mph ENE
  • Sat26°44°1%0–10 mph ENE
  • Sun28°49°–0–5 mph SW
  • Mon26°46°3%10–15 mph SW
  • Tue28°47°3%0–10 mph SW
  • Wed28°47°5%0–5 mph SW
  • Thu27°44°12%5 mph SW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 01:56 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Tioga Pass

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Tioga Pass, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

  • Nearest trailhead

    Mount Dana Trailhead

    0.0 km SE · +2 more within 1.1 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest parking

    0.0 km SSE

    +2 more within 0.2 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Tioga Lake Campground

    1.8 km N · +2 more within 3.2 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
Mount Dana TrailheadTrailhead0.0 km SE
Parking0.0 km SSE
Gaylor Lakes TrailheadTrailhead0.1 km S
Parking0.1 km S
Parking0.2 km N
Glacier Canyon TrailheadTrailhead1.1 km NNE
Tioga Lake CampgroundCampsite1.8 km N
Junction CampgroundCampsite3.0 km N
Ellery CampgroundCampsite3.2 km NNE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
49.9%
Moderate, 15–30°
33.1%
Steep, 30–45°
13.6%
Cliffs, 45° and over
3.3%
Steeper than 30°
16.9% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view
1,604 m low point 2,375 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 42.0%Bare rock / sparse 30.4%Grassland 22.2%Moss & lichen 3.3%Water 1.8%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4 km; 614 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • American Pika395
  • Shasta Blue253
  • Yellow-bellied Marmot247
  • Belding's Ground Squirrel223
  • Pacific chorus frog220
  • Purple Mountain-heath168
Where it sits

Where Tioga Pass sits

Range
American Cordillera467North American Cordillera271Sierra Nevada36
Region
California152United States932North America1,313
Protected area
Yosemite National Park10
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
More in the Sierra Nevada 6
See all 36 in the Sierra Nevada →
Downloads

Tioga Pass downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-07)
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
Panorama
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast
Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia