Yosemite National Park, California
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote
N 37° 44.460 W 119° 35.480
11S E 271670 N 4180240
One of the most famous national parks in the world.
Waymark Code: WMQPDP
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 03/12/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member NW_history_buff
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Yosemite National Park was the first national park in California, and the second in the country, after Yellowstone. It brings millions of tourist each year for it's stunning geology and history. Yosemite National Park is mentioned in the California: a guid to the Golden State book as two separate tours in the end of the book.

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"Yosemite National Park, a spectacular mountain region, lies on the western edge of the Sierra Nevada. Its eastern boundary, 40 miles from the Nevada State line, is on the crest of the Sierra; its western edge is in the dry foothills where the mountains merge with San Joaquin Valley. The park has 752,744 acres of mountains and forrest, 429 lakes, a chain of mountain peaks averaging 10,000 feet and more, granite domes and monoliths, many trout streams, glaciers, and high mountains meadows. Five great waterfalls and many lesser ones drop over perpendicular cliffs as high as 1,612 feet."
Book: California

Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 668

Year Originally Published: 1939

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