Scenic Roadside Overlook: Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park
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50sumtin
N 37° 43.842 W 119° 34.416
11S E 273201 N 4179054
Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park, CA
Waymark Code: WMMRZ
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 08/19/2006
Views: 109
From Glacier Point, 3,200 feet above Yosemite Valley, a stupendous vista stretches out for many miles north and east, over the forests and meadows around the Merced river, the enclosing cliffs and lofty domes, and across the many higher mountains in the distant wilderness areas of the National Park. In one direction, Vernal and Nevada falls are clearly visible, along the course of Little Yosemite Valley. A little way north is the steep canyon of Tenaya Creek, the two separated by the distinctive shape of Half Dome. Opposite the viewpoint, Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls cascade 2,400 feet down the sheer cliffs, and far beneath cars and even people can be seen, moving slowly along.
Access: Glacier Point is probably the best easily-accessed, high-elevation viewpoint in the Sierra Nevada range, and is reached by a paved, 16 mile road that forks west from CA 41 at Chinquapin Junction, 8 miles south of the Wawona Tunnel entrance to the National Park. The road is fully open from June to October, with limited access for cross-country skiers during winter. There is also a path, The Four Mile Trail, that links Glacier Point with Southside Drive in the valley below.
Describe - Highway or Road number: Glacier Point Road
Closest town or city: El Portal, CA
Number of parking spots available: 100
Name if a website describes this location.: [Web Link]
Winter View: no
Summer View: no
Year around access ?: no
Comfort station on site: yes
Is a photo of an "Information Sign"included?: No
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