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Yosemite National Park

Posted on July 07, 2008 by: Traveler

  • Sign just before south entrance on right hand side of road.
  • Mariposa Grove Museum. You can walk or take the Tram Tour (summer months only) up here.
  • This is the pull-out before reaching Glacier Point proper.
  • Half Dome through oak tree arch (before upper branch has fallen).
  • Opposite side of Tuolumne Meadow; looking left from the trail heading to Glen Aulin HSC,
  • El Capitan reflecting in the Merced River.
  • This meadow is at the base of El Capitan; it floods from spring rains but dries up later in the summer and fall.
  • Morning of a January rain; Yosemite Falls seen from the end of the meadow boardwalk.
  • Base of Upper Yosemite Falls. HINT: Start early for best light.
  • Top of Yosemite Falls. Even in the Wintertime (unless snowing), Yosemite offers mild weather.
  • Fern Spring; Yosemite Valley.
  • Tunnel View overlook; morning of a January rain.
  • Mist of Lower Yosemite Falls.
  • Mirror Lake
  • White Cascade at Glen Aulin HSC.
  • At the bottom of California Falls (nice swimming hole) below Glen Aulin HSC.
  • Oak tree along Chilnualna Falls trail.
  • Above Vernal Fall continuing on to Nevada Fall.

Best Time To Visit: Year-round
Closest City: Fresno
State: 7
Country: 209

DIRECTIONS:  From Fresno, CA, take highway 41 for approximately fifty miles to the south entrance.  From Merced and Mariposa, CA, take Highway 140 following the canyon of the Merced River straight into one of the most viewed valleys in the World. From Manteca, CA, take the 120 west for approximately 88 miles to the Big Oak Flat entrance.  The only eastern option comes from Highway 395 near the town of Lee Vining, CA.  Take the 120 west for approximately twelve miles to the Tioga Pass entrance.

DESCRIPTION:  Some would say that to truly understand the grandeur of Yosemite, one must view the granite monolithes and towering waterfalls with their own eyes. Yosemite Valley, where 95% of park visitors congregate during the summer, holds just a sliver of the action, but the record breaking numbers are apparently what they come for. In just a one mile by seven mile long valley, visitors will see the largest block of exposed granite (El Capitan), North Americas tallest waterfall (Yosemite Falls) and probably the most recognized rock formation (Half Dome). Yosemite truly is accesable to all, from paved paths in the valley, shuttle tours, and "high country" roads. Climbers flock in droves to Yosemite Valley all for the chance to scale the granite walls that would make beginners (and mere mortals) fold. Unlike other national parks of the Sierra Nevada Range, visitors can travel all the way up to 9945ft. above sea-level without having to strap on a pack and walk countless miles. Come marvel at the grandeur of the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias, drive up to Glacier Point or pay a visit to lesser traveled areas like the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir and see why this area was referred to by John Muir as the 'Range of Light".   

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Yosemite National Park, Tuolumne Meadow, Tenaya Lake, Clouds Rest, Mariposa Gove of Giant Sequoias, Meced Lake, High Sierra Camp, Half Dome, El Capitan, Bridleveil Falls, Sentinal Falls, Yosemite Falls, Glacier Point, backpacking, hiking, rafting

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Links

  • http://www.nps.gov/yose/
    The official government website for Yosemite with current weather forecasts, road conditions and fire threat levels.

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