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 ...
in the
Tuolumne Meadows
Tuolumne Meadows () is a gentle, 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 term ''Tuolumn ...
area of
Yosemite National Park
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. Drug Dome is just west of
Fairview Dome.
It is also near
Mariolumne Dome
Mariolumne Dome is a granite dome, in the Tuolumne Meadows region of Yosemite National Park.
Naming
''Mariuolumne'' is a concatenation of the names '' Mariposa'' and '' Tuolumne''; the border between the two counties is near the base of Mariolu ...
,
Lamb Dome
Lamb Dome Dome is a granite dome, in the Tuolumne Meadows area of Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park ( ) is a List of national parks of the United States, national park of the United States in California. It is bordered on the s ...
and
Medlicott Dome.
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 and
Fairview Dome.
On Drug Dome's particulars
Drug Dome has a few
rock climbing
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routes.
References
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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