{{Short description|Granite dome in the state of California}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Fresno Dome | image = Fresno Dome Madera County.jpg | image_caption = Fresno Dome's northern face as seen from the Fresno Dome trail. | elevation_ft = 7544 | elevation_ref = {{navd88}}<ref name="pb">{{cite peakbagger|32718|Fresno Dome, California}}</ref> | prominence = {{convert|260|ft|0|abbr=on}}<!-- currently necessary --> | prominence_ref = <ref name="pb"/> | location = Sierra National Forest,<br>Madera County, California, U.S. | range = Sierra Nevada | map = USA California#USA | map_caption = none | map_size = 220 | label_position = left | coordinates = {{coord|37.4543843|N|119.5365338|W|type:mountain_region:US-CA_scale:100000_source:gnis|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | range_coordinates = | coordinates_ref = <ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis |id=252267 |name=Fresno Dome}}</ref> | topo = USGS White Chief Mountains | type = Granite dome | age = Cretaceous | first_ascent = | easiest_route = Trail hike ({{YDS|1}})<ref name="Warszawski"/> }}
'''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.
The dome as known to the Mono Indians as "the greeting place" ("wah-me-yelo"). John Muir encountered Fresno Dome, calling it "Wamello", in the 1870s, and used its summit to locate Fresno Grove (now known as Nelder Grove).<ref name="Browning">{{cite book |last=Browning |first=Peter |title=Place Names of the Sierra Nevada |publisher=Wilderness Press |year=1986 |location=Berkeley |page=[https://archive.org/details/placenamesofsier00brow/page/75 75] |isbn=0899971199 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/placenamesofsier00brow/page/75 }}</ref><ref name="Mountain Project">{{cite web |url=https://www.mountainproject.com/v/fresno-dome-wamello/106869361 |title=Fresno Dome (Wamello) |publisher=Mountain project, Inc. |accessdate=2014-01-16}}</ref>
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).<ref name="Warszawski">{{cite web |last=Warszawski |first=Marek |title=Hiking the Fresno Dome |publisher=The Fresno Bee |url=http://www.fresnobee.com/sports/outdoors/article19499361.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150822205043/http://www.fresnobee.com/sports/outdoors/article19499361.html |archivedate=2015-08-22 |accessdate=2016-04-12}}</ref> The nearest town is Bass Lake, California, {{convert|9.1|mi}} to the south.
At its base, sits the Fresno Dome campground, a backwoods campground accessible only by jeep trails. The campground is a favorite spot for deer hunters and is largely empty other than during deer season. The dome offers several technical free climbs rated {{YDS|5}} or better,<ref name="Roper">{{cite Roper |page=149}}</ref> with "Guides in a Snowbank" rated at 5.10a.<ref name="Mountain Project"/>
==See also== * Half Dome * Lembert Dome * Batholith * Geology of the Yosemite area
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Category:Granite domes Category:Mountains of Madera County, California Category:Sierra National Forest Category:Mountains of the Sierra Nevada (United States) Category:Mountains of Northern California
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