Polly Dome

Polly Dome is a prominent granite dome rising 1,640 feet (500 m) above the northwest side of Tenaya Lake and Tioga Road in the Yosemite high country. The dome, more than 3 kilometers (~2 miles) long, is a substantially intact mass of granitic rock that has withstood heavy glaciation and exfoliation. Forest clings to the less-steep parts of its north and west slopes. The southwest end of Polly Dome consists of the Stately Pleasure Dome, 740 feet (230 m) lower than Polly Dome, but rising very steeply 900 feet (270 m) from the shore of the lake. Polly Dome's summit has unobstructed views east to the Cathedral Range, north over Tuolumne Meadows to the Sierra crest, northwest over the Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne and southwest to Half Dome.[3]

Panorama at Tenaya Lake Polly Dome with its southwestern peak called Stately Pleasure Dome is prominent center-left
Polly Dome
180° panorama of southeast side of Polly Dome viewed from Pywiack Dome
Highest point
Elevation9,806[1] ft (2,989 m)  NAVD 88
Prominence1,086 ft (331 m) [1]
Coordinates37°51′15″N 119°27′0″W [2][3]
Geography
Polly Dome
Location of Polly Dome in California
Polly Dome
Polly Dome (the United States)
LocationYosemite National Park, Mariposa County, California, U.S.
Parent rangeSierra Nevada
Topo mapUSGS Tenaya Lake

References
  1. "Polly Dome, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  2. "Polly Dome". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  3. "Polly Dome". SummitPost.org. Retrieved 2016-01-21.


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