Fresno Dome

Fresno Dome

Infobox Mountain
Name = Fresno Dome
Photo = Wamello2.jpg
Caption = Fresno Dome's northern face as seen from the Fresno Dome trail.
Elevation = 7,540 feet (2,298 m)
Location = Madera County, California, USA
Range = Sierra Nevada
Prominence =
Coordinates = coord|37|27|16|N|119|32|08|W |region:US-CA_type:mountain |display=title,inline
Topographic
USGS White Chief Mountains
Type = Granite
Age = Cretaceous
First ascent =
Easiest route =

Fresno Dome is a dominant granite dome rising in isolation above the forest of Soquel Meadow in the Sierra National Forest in Madera County, California.

John Muir encountered Fresno Dome, then known by its local name of Wamello, in the 1870s, and used its summit to locate Fresno Grove (now known as Nelder Grove).

It is accessible by a trailhead which is a three-mile drive from the Sierra Vista Scenic Byway (part of the National Scenic Byway system). The nearest town is Bass Lake, California (16.4 km to the south).

See also

* Half Dome
* Lembert Dome
* Batholith
* Geology of the Yosemite area


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