Gale Peak is a 10,690-foot-elevation (3,258 meter) mountain summit located in Madera County, California, United States.

Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,400 feet (430 meters) above Upper Chain Lake in 0.38 miles (0.61 km).

[1] This geographical feature was named in 1894 by Lieutenant Nathaniel Fish McClure who prepared a map of Yosemite National Park for use by Army troops.

[5] The toponym honors Captain George Henry Goodwin Gale, 4th Cavalry US Army, and the acting military superintendent of Yosemite Park in 1894.

As fronts approach, they are forced upward by the peaks (orographic lift), causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall onto the range.