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Drug Dome is a
granite dome Granite domes are domical hills composed of granite with bare rock exposed over most of the surface. Generally, domical features such as these are known as bornhardts. Bornhardts can form in any type of plutonic rock but are typically composed o ...
in the
Tuolumne Meadows Tuolumne Meadows () is a gentle, granitic dome, dome-studded, sub-alpine meadow area along the Tuolumne River in the eastern section of Yosemite National Park in the United States. Its approximate location is . Its approximate elevation is . The ter ...
area of
Yosemite National Park Yosemite National Park ( ) is an American national park in California, surrounded on the southeast by Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest. The park is managed by the National Park Service and covers an ar ...
. Drug Dome is just west of
Fairview Dome Fairview Dome is a prominent granite dome in Yosemite National Park, located north of Cathedral Peak and west of Tuolumne Meadows. Near Fairview Dome is Marmot Dome, linked by an area called ''Razor Back''. Northwest is Hammer Dome. John Muir w ...
. It is also near
Mariolumne Dome Mariolumne Dome is a granite dome, in the Tuolumne Meadows region of Yosemite National Park. Mariolumne Dome's particulars Mariuolumne Dome is high, the tallest granite dome, dome of Tuolumne Meadows. With a freestanding height of feet, it i ...
, Lamb Dome and
Medlicott Dome Medlicott Dome is a prominent granite dome in Yosemite high country. It is located on the southeast side of Tioga Road, between Mariolumne Dome and Dozier Dome, near Pywiack Dome, the Cathedral lakes, Drug Dome, East Cottage Dome, West Cottage ...
. Despite Drug Dome's close proximity to the road, it is one of Tuolumne Meadows's more obscure domes. It is a short distance west of
Daff Dome Daff Dome or DAFF Dome is a prominent granite dome in Yosemite National Park, west of Tuolumne Meadows and from the Tioga Road. It is southeast of Doda Dome, and is near both West Cottage Dome and East Cottage Dome; it is also near Lamb Dom ...
and
Fairview Dome Fairview Dome is a prominent granite dome in Yosemite National Park, located north of Cathedral Peak and west of Tuolumne Meadows. Near Fairview Dome is Marmot Dome, linked by an area called ''Razor Back''. Northwest is Hammer Dome. John Muir w ...
.


On Drug Dome's particulars

Drug Dome has a few
rock climbing Rock climbing is a sport in which participants climb up, across, or down natural rock formations. The goal is to reach the summit of a formation or the endpoint of a usually pre-defined route without falling. Rock climbing is a physically and ...
routes.


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External links and references


On a rock climb on Drug Dome, called ''Oz''

Another reference, gives directions, to Drug Dome
Granite domes of Yosemite National Park