Mount Dana
Mount Dana as seen from the west. The hike to the top goes up this face.
Elevation:	13,061 ft (3,981 m)
Latitude:	37° 53′ 59.64″ N
Longitude:	119° 13′ 15.93″ W
Location:	California, USA
Topo map:	USGS Mount Dana
Range:	Sierra Nevada
Type:	Metamorphic rock
Age of rock:	Cretaceous
First ascent:	1863 by Josiah Whitney, William Brewer , and Charles Hoffmann
Easiest route:	hike

Mount Dana is a mountain on the eastern edge of Yosemite National Park and is the second highest peak within the park after Mount Lyell . The Dana Meadows lie at the foot of the mountain. They are named after James Dwight Dana, a professor of geology at Yale. Mount Dana is composed of reddish metamorphic rock. Mount Dana is a class 1 climb (hike), 3 miles and 3100' elevation gain from the park entrance at Tioga Pass. Mount Dana is typically climbed from its western face, and its northern face includes a small, receding glacier known as the Dana Glacier.

View of Mount Dana and the Dana Plateau from Mono Lake, with tufa in foreground

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