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Yosemite National Park (/ j oʊ ˈ s ɛ m ɪ t i / yoh-SEM-ih-tee [5]) is a national park of the United States in California. [6] [7] It is bordered on the southeast by Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest.
Also in Yosemite Valley is the much lower volume Ribbon Falls, which has the highest single vertical drop, 1,612 feet (491 m). [9] Perhaps the most prominent of the Yosemite Valley waterfalls is Bridalveil Fall, which is the waterfall seen from the Tunnel View viewpoint at the east end of the Wawona Tunnel. Wapama Falls in Hetch Hetchy Valley ...
The first view of Yosemite Valley many visitors see is the Tunnel View. So many paintings were made from a viewpoint nearby that the National Park Service named that viewpoint Artist Point . The view from the lower (western) end of the Valley contains the great granite monolith El Capitan on the left, and Cathedral Rocks on the right with ...
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Map of Yosemite National Park based on a map by the USGS image from here. Original notes that the data was "generalized from geological map of Yosemite National Park and vicinity (Huber and others, in press)" and that "an intrusive suite is a grouping of genetically related plutonic rocks". Date: 23 May 2012, 20:52 (UTC) Source
Highest point; Elevation: 10,916 ft (3,327 m) NAVD 88 [1] Prominence: 919 ft (280 m) [1] Listing: SPS Mountaineers peak [2]: Coordinates: 3]: Geography; Location: Yosemite National Park, California, U.S.: Parent range: Cathedral Range, Sierra Nevada: Topo map: USGS Tenaya Lake: Geology; Rock age: Cretaceous: Mountain type: Granite arête: Climbing; First ascent: 1869 by John Muir [4]: Easiest ...
Mount Lyell is the highest point in Yosemite National Park, at 13,114 feet (3,997 m).It is located at the southeast end of the Cathedral Range, 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (2 kilometers) northwest of Rodgers Peak.
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