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1984 (8th Session) Yosemite National Park ( / joʊˈsɛmɪti / yoh-SEM-ih-tee[ 5]) is a national park in California. [ 6][ 7] It is bordered 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 759,620 acres (1,187 sq mi; 3,074 km 2) [ 3] in ...
Tunnel View. Coordinates: 37.71576°N 119.67718°W. El Capitan, Half Dome, and Bridalveil Fall, from Tunnel View. Tunnel View is a scenic viewpoint on California State Route 41 in Yosemite National Park, United States. Visitors have seen and documented the iconic and expansive views of Yosemite Valley from the overlook since its opening in 1933.
The Wawona Tunnel is a highway tunnel in Yosemite National Park. It, and Tunnel View just beyond its east portal, were completed in 1933. [1] [2] Wawona Tunnel is named after the community of Wawona but its name origin is not known. A popular story claims Wawō'na was the Miwok word for "big tree", or for "hoot of the owl", a bird considered ...
Roaring spring and early summer waterfalls in Yosemite National Park make the central California destination one of the few spots on Earth to see them. The next viewing opportunity is May 21 to 25.
Chief Teneiya (d. 1853) was a leader in Yosemite Valley. His father was Ahwahnechee. [10] He led his band away from Yosemite to settle with Paiutes in eastern California. [11] Tenaya has descendants living today. The US federal government has evicted Yosemite Native people from the park in 1851, 1906, 1929, and 1969. [12]
United States. Surface elevation. 4,098 ft (1,249 m) Mirror Lake is a small, seasonal lake located on Tenaya Creek in Yosemite National Park. Situated in Tenaya Canyon directly between North Dome and Half Dome, it is the last remnant of a large glacial lake that once filled most of Yosemite Valley at the end of the last Ice Age, and is close to ...
Yosemite Valley ( / joʊˈsɛməti / yoh-SEM-ə-tee; Yosemite, Miwok for "killer") is a glacial valley in Yosemite National Park in the western Sierra Nevada mountains of Central California, United States. The valley is about 7.5 mi (12.1 km) long and 3,000–3,500 ft (910–1,070 m) deep, surrounded by high granite summits such as Half Dome ...
Vernal Fall is a 317-foot (96.6 m) waterfall on the Merced River just downstream of Nevada Fall in Yosemite National Park, California. [ 1][ 2] Like its upstream neighbor, Vernal Fall is clearly visible at a distance, from Glacier Point, as well as close up, along the Mist Trail. The waterfall flows all year long, although by the end of summer ...
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