El Capitan, CA Forest Service Topo Map (FSTopo)
by Forest Service FSTopo Quads (public domain), US
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About the El Capitan quad
The El Capitan quadrangle is a Forest Service FSTopo 7.5-minute map at 1:24,000 covering about 8.5 × 10 mi of Mariposa County, California. It overlaps Yosemite National Park. The GeoPDF is 2.1 MB.
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What you get
- Your GPS position on the map. A blue dot on this official sheet shows where you are.
- Works with no signal. Download it once; the map and your GPS position keep working with no cell signal.
- Tracks, placemarks and photos. Record where you go, drop pins, and export GPX, KML or GeoJSON.
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Where this map covers
Named places on this map
51 named features inside the El Capitan — Forest Service FSTopo 7.5-minute quad sheet, from the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Each one links to every map that shows it.
Peaks and ridges
- Artist Point
- Bridalveil Moraine · ridge
- Cathedral Spires · pillar
- Church Tower · pillar
- Crocker Point
- Devils Dance Floor
- Dewey Point
- Eagle Peak
- El Capitan
- El Capitan Moraine · ridge
- Elephant Rock · pillar
- Gunsight · pillar
- Henness Ridge · ridge
- K P Pinnacle · pillar
- Lower Brother · pillar
- Middle Brother · pillar
- Old Inspiration Point
- Pulpit Rock · pillar
- Split Pinnacle · pillar
- Stanford Point
- Three Brothers
- Turtleback Dome
Lakes, springs and falls
- Black Spring · spring
- Bridalveil Fall · falls
- Chinquapin Falls · falls
- El Capitan Meadow · lake
- Fern Spring · spring
- Foresta Falls · falls
- Moss Spring · spring
- Ribbon Fall · falls
- Silver Strand Falls · falls
- The Cascades · falls
- Wildcat Falls · falls
Gaps, arches and other landforms
- Badger Pass · gap
- Big Meadow · flat
- Bridalveil Meadow · flat
- Cathedral Rocks · cliff
- Elevenmile Meadow · flat
- Empire Meadows · flat
- Fireplace Bluffs · cliff
- Leaning Tower · cliff
- McGurk Meadow · flat
- Monroe Meadows · flat
- Peregoy Meadow · flat
- Ribbon Meadow · flat
- Rockslides · cliff
- Summit Meadow · flat
- Tamarack Flat · flat
- The Gateway · gap
and 2 more
Elevations are the USGS 3DEP ground elevation at the named point, rounded; a summit's surveyed height can differ a little.
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Version history
Version 1 · Nov 8, 2026 · 2.1 MB