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California National Parks
Yosemite National Park
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Mariposa County
Tuolumne County
Yosemite National Park stretches across the western slopes
of the Sierra Nevada mountain range and covers an area of almost 1200
square miles. Over 3 million people per year visit Yosemite, with Yosemite
Valley being the most popular part of the park. Yosemite is most famous
for it's granite cliffs, waterfalls, clear streams and Sequoia groves.
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Directions:
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South Entrance
can be approached along Highway 41 North from Fresno California. The
Wawona Road continues into Yosemite Valley. (Open all year, although chains may be required anytime from October
through April)
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Arch Rock
Entrance can be approached along Highway 140 West from Merced.
The El Portal Road continues into Yosemite Valley. (Open all year, although chains may be required anytime from October
through April)
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Big Oak Flat
Entrance can be approached along Highway 120 West from Modesto
and Manteca. The Big Oak Flat Road continues into Yosemite Valley and
to the Tioga Road. (Open all year, although chains may be required anytime from October
through April)
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Tioga Pass
Entrance can be approached along Highway 120 East from Lee
Vining and Highway 395. (Open late May/early June through
October/November; overnight parking not permitted beginning October
15th.)
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Hetch Hetchy
Entrance along the Hetch Hetchy Road can be approached from the
Evergreen Road immediately west of the Big Oak Flat Entrance and
provides access to Hetch Hetchy Valley. (Open all year, although it may close for periods during and after
storms and chains may be required anytime from October through April)
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Glacier
Point Road,
while not providing entrance to the park, provides access to Glacier
Point, (late May/early June through October/November; overnight parking
not permitted beginning October 15th) and to the Badger Pass ski area
in winter (December through March).
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Mariposa
Grove Road,
is a two-mile road from South Entrance to the Mariposa Grove of Giant
Sequoias. This road is open usually from sometime in April through
November, depending on conditions. When this road is closed, you can
walk up the road to the Mariposa Grove.
Information provided by the National
Park Service. For more
information visit the official Yosemite
National Park's web site
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