# Lembert Dome

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Granite dome in Yosemite National Park, USA

Lembert Dome Lembert Dome from Tuolumne Meadows Highest point Elevation 9,455 ft (2,882 m) NAVD 88[1] Prominence 290 ft (88 m)[1] Coordinates 37°52′55″N 119°20′49″W / 37.8818697°N 119.3468226°W / 37.8818697; -119.3468226[2] Geography Lembert Dome Tuolumne County, California, U.S. Show map of California Lembert Dome Lembert Dome (the United States) Show map of the United States Parent range Sierra Nevada Topo map USGS Tioga Pass Geology Rock age Cretaceous Mountain type Granite dome Climbing Easiest route Hike, class 1[3]

**Lembert Dome** is a [granite dome](/source/Granite_dome) [rock formation](/source/Rock_formations_in_the_United_States) in [Yosemite National Park](/source/Yosemite_National_Park) in the US state of [California](/source/California). The dome soars 800 feet (240 m) above [Tuolumne Meadows](/source/Tuolumne_Meadows) and the [Tuolumne River](/source/Tuolumne_River) and can be hiked starting at the [Tioga Road](/source/Tioga_Road) in the heart of Tuolumne Meadows, 8 miles (13 km) west of the Tioga Pass Entrance to [Yosemite National Park](/source/Yosemite_National_Park). The landform is an example of a [rôche moutonnée](/source/R%C3%B4che_moutonn%C3%A9e)[4] 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](/source/Homestead_principle) in a section of Tuolumne Meadows in 1885.[2][5][6] The [Wheeler Survey](/source/Wheeler_Survey) referred to it as Soda Springs Dome, and [John Muir](/source/John_Muir) called it Glacier Rock.[7]

Lembert Dome is near [Puppy Dome](/source/Puppy_Dome_(Yosemite)),[8] and is also close to [Dog Dome](/source/Dog_Dome_(Tuolumne)).[9]

[Rock climbers](/source/Rock_climber) can scale the face from the parking lot just off the Tioga Road, but [hikers](/source/Hiker) 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.[3]

View from top of Lembert Dome, Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, California. Unicorn peak and [Cathedral Peak (California)](/source/Cathedral_Peak_(California))

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-pb_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-pb_1-1) ["Lembert Dome, California"](http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=2604). *Peakbagger.com*. Retrieved 2008-11-24.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-gnis_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-gnis_2-1) ["Lembert Dome"](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/254907). *[Geographic Names Information System](/source/Geographic_Names_Information_System)*. [United States Geological Survey](/source/United_States_Geological_Survey), [United States Department of the Interior](/source/United_States_Department_of_the_Interior). Retrieved 2008-11-24.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Roper_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Roper_3-1) [Roper, Steve](/source/Steve_Roper) (1976). *The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra*. San Francisco: [Sierra Club Books](/source/Sierra_Club). pp. 181–184. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0871561473](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0871561473).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Lembert Dome"](http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2012/07/lembert-dome-yosemite-national-park.html). *Earth science picture of the day*. Retrieved 27 July 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ynn_5-0)** Colby, William E. ["Yosemite Nature Notes, September 1949"](http://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/yosemite_nature_notes/28/28-9.pdf) (PDF). Retrieved 2013-09-24.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-farquhar_6-0)** [Farquhar, Francis P.](/source/Francis_P._Farquhar) (1926). [*Place Names of the High Sierra*](https://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/place_names_of_the_high_sierra/l.html#page_55). San Francisco: [Sierra Club](/source/Sierra_Club). p. 55. Retrieved 2008-11-24.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Browning_7-0)** Browning, Peter (1986). [*Place Names of the Sierra Nevada*](https://archive.org/details/placenamesofsier00brow/page/126). Berkeley: [Wilderness Press](/source/Wilderness_Press). p. [126](https://archive.org/details/placenamesofsier00brow/page/126). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0899971199](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0899971199).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Puppy_Dome_8-0)** ["Puppy Dome"](https://mapcarta.com/23116068). mapcarta.com. Retrieved 3 February 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Dog_Dome_Rock_Climbing_9-0)** Shore, Richard (July 3, 2012). ["mountainproject.com"](https://www.mountainproject.com/area/107686072/dog-dome). Dog Dome Rock Climbing. Retrieved 27 February 2019.

## External links

- ["Lembert Dome"](https://www.summitpost.org/page/151389). *SummitPost.org*. Retrieved January 16, 2014.

- ["Yosemite Hermit: Life, Secrets and Death of John B. Lembert"](http://starr-king.s3-website-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/LembertSecret.html). Retrieved November 18, 2024.

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