Lembert Dome

{{Short description|Granite dome in Yosemite National Park, USA}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Lembert Dome | image = Lembert_dome.JPG | image_caption = Lembert Dome from Tuolumne Meadows | elevation_ft = 9455 | elevation_ref = {{NAVD88}}<ref name="pb">{{cite peakbagger |pid=2604 |name=Lembert Dome, California |accessdate=2008-11-24}}</ref> | prominence_ft = 290 | prominence_ref = <ref name="pb"/> | range = [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]] | parent_peak = | listing = | location = [[Tuolumne County, California|Tuolumne County]], [[California]], U.S. | map = USA California#USA | coordinates = {{coord|37.8818697|N|119.3468226|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=254907 |name=Lembert Dome |accessdate=2008-11-24}}</ref> | topo = [[United States Geological Survey|USGS]] Tioga Pass | type = [[Granite]] dome | age = [[Cretaceous]] | easiest_route = Hike, {{YDS|1}}<ref name="Roper"/> }}

'''Lembert Dome''' is a [[granite dome]] [[Rock formations in the United States|rock formation]] in [[Yosemite National Park]] in the US state of [[California]]. The dome soars {{convert|800|ft|m|-1}} above [[Tuolumne Meadows]] and the [[Tuolumne River]] and can be hiked starting at the [[Tioga Road]] in the heart of Tuolumne Meadows, {{convert|8|mi|0}} west of the Tioga Pass Entrance to [[Yosemite National Park]]. The landform is an example of a [[rôche moutonnée]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Lembert Dome|url=http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2012/07/lembert-dome-yosemite-national-park.html|website=Earth science picture of the day|accessdate=27 July 2017}}</ref> with clear lee and stoss slopes.

Lembert Dome was named for John Baptist Lembert, sometimes erroneously spelled L'''a'''mbert, who took up a [[homestead principle|homestead]] in a section of Tuolumne Meadows in 1885.<ref name=gnis/><ref name="ynn">{{cite web |url=http://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/yosemite_nature_notes/28/28-9.pdf |title=Yosemite Nature Notes, September 1949 |last=Colby |first=William E. | accessdate=2013-09-24 }}</ref><ref name=farquhar>{{cite Farquhar |index=L |page=55 |accessdate=2008-11-24 }}</ref> The [[Wheeler Survey]] referred to it as Soda Springs Dome, and [[John Muir]] called it Glacier Rock.<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/126 126] |isbn=0899971199 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/placenamesofsier00brow/page/126 }}</ref>

Lembert Dome is near [[Puppy Dome (Yosemite)|Puppy Dome]],<ref name="Puppy Dome">{{cite web | url=https://mapcarta.com/23116068 | title=Puppy Dome | publisher=mapcarta.com | accessdate=3 February 2019}}</ref> and is also close to [[Dog Dome (Tuolumne)|Dog Dome]].<ref name="Dog Dome Rock Climbing">{{cite web | url=https://www.mountainproject.com/area/107686072/dog-dome | title=mountainproject.com | publisher=Dog Dome Rock Climbing | date=July 3, 2012 | accessdate=27 February 2019 | author=Shore, Richard}}</ref>

[[Rock climber]]s can scale the face from the parking lot just off the Tioga Road, but [[hiker]]s can simply walk up the back side or take the challenging steeper trek up the face starting from just east of the parking lot. Many technical free climbing routes have been put up.<ref name="Roper">{{cite Roper |pages=181–184}}</ref> {{wide image|Lembert Dome panorama.jpg|600px|View from top of Lembert Dome, Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, California. Unicorn peak and [[Cathedral Peak (California)]]||center}}

==References==

==External links== * {{cite summitpost |id=151389 |name=Lembert Dome |accessdate=January 16, 2014}} * {{cite web |url = http://starr-king.s3-website-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/LembertSecret.html |title = Yosemite Hermit: Life, Secrets and Death of John B. Lembert |access-date = November 18, 2024}}

[[Category:Granite domes of Yosemite National Park]] [[Category:Landforms of Tuolumne County, California]] [[Category:Tourist attractions in Tuolumne County, California]] [[Category:Hills of California]] [[Category:Rock formations of California]]