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- YOSEMITE Part 1 -
A Travelling Days Website
"YOSEMITE VALLEY, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space." - Ansel Adams
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK situated in
the High Sierras on the eastern boundary of California
with Nevada covers 1800 sq. miles (3500 sq. kilometres)
of protected mountain country. It may be approached by
road by Highway 41 from Fresno which enters the park
through a tunnel. A parking area at the western end of
the tunnel provides access to some of the most
photographed views of Yosemite. Another approach (the
most direct from San Francisco) is via Oakdale and
along Highway 120.
View from the western end of the
Yosemite Valley (right).
Bridalveil Falls on the southern rim
of the Yosemite Valley (left).
The Merced River runs through the
Yosemite Valley. Dredging operations at one time
provided a series of lakes along the lower valley but
these are now being allowed to fill with silt carried
from the upper reaches of the river and from its
numerous tributaries.
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