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| Yosemite | |
| Designation | National park |
| Location | California USA |
| Nearest City | Modesto, California |
| Latitude | 37° 45' N |
| Longitude | 119° 30' W |
| Area | 761,266 acres 3080.73 km² |
| Date of Establishment | September 25 1890 |
| Visitation | 3,380,038 (2003) |
| Governing Body | National Park Service |
| IUCN category | Ib (Wilderness Area) II (National Park) |
Yosemite National Park (pron. yo-SEM-me-tee, SAMPA: IO"sEm@ti) is a national park largely in Mariposa County, and Tuolumne CountyTuolumne County is a county located in the U. state of California's Sierra Nevada. Yosemite National Park is located in the eastern part of the county. As of 2000 the population was 54,501. The county seat is Sonora, the county's only incorporated city., California, United States. The park covers an area of approximately 1,189 mile² ( 3,079 km²To help compare orders of magnitude of different geographical regions, we list here areas between 1,000 km² and 10,000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. areas less than 1000 km² 1,000 km² is equal to: 1 E9 m² in scientific notation 100,000) and stretches across the western slopes of the Sierra NevadaThe Sierra Nevada is a mountain range that is mostly in eastern California. The range is also known as The Sierra . Geography The Sierra Nevada stretches 400 miles (650km), from Fredonyer Pass in the North to Tehachapi Pass in the South. The Sierra Nevada mountain range. Over 3 million people visit Yosemite each year. The park is about 3.5 hours east of San Francisco, CaliforniaFor other meanings, see San Francisco (disambiguation). Bay Bridge. In the distance is fog covering the western third of the city. Click for additional information The City and County of San Francisco (population 776,773), the fourth-largest city in the s by car.
Yosemite Valley represents only one percent of the park area, but this is where most visitors arrive and stay. El CapitanThis article describes El Capitan in California. For other meanings, please see El Capitan (disambiguation). El Capitan is a 3,000 foot vertical rock formation in the Yosemite Valley, which is very popular with rock climbers. The top of El Capitan can be, a prominent granite cliff that looms over the valley, is one of the most popular world destinations for rock climbers because of its diverse range of difficulties and numerous established climbing routes in addition to its year-round accessibility. Impressive granite domes such as Sentinel Dome and Half DomeHalf Dome is a granite dome formation at the eastern end of Yosemite Valley, possibly the Valley's most familiar sight. The granite crest rises more than 1,440 meters (4,737 feet) above the Valley floor. As late as the 1870s, Half Dome was considered comp rise 3,000 feet/914 m and 4,800 feet/1463 m (respectively) above the valley floor.
The high country of Yosemite contains beautiful areas, such as Tuolumne Meadows, Dana Meadows, the Clark Range , the Cathedral Range, and the Kuna Crest . The Sierra crest and the Pacific Crest Trail run through Yosemite, with peaks of red metamorphic rock, such as Mount Dana and Mount Gibbs, and granite peaks, such as Mount Conness . Mount Lyell is the highest point in the park and Lyell Glacier is the largest in the Sierra Nevada.
The park has groves of ancient sequoia trees and also hosts Mule Deer and black bears. The black bears of Yosemite were once famous for breaking into parked cars to steal food.
Yosemite is surrounded by wilderness areas: the Ansel Adams Wilderness to the southeast, the Hoover Wilderness to the northeast, and the Emigrant Wilderness to the north.
Temperature decreases with increasing elevation and precipitation increases with elevation until around 8000 feet (2400 m) when it slowly decreases to the crest.
150px Yosemite Valley 150px Half Dome
| Notable park features | Altitude | Average temperature | Average precipitation | |
| Yosemite Valley | 3970 ft (1210 m) | 53 ° F (12 °C) | 37 inches (94 cm) | |
| Yosemite Falls | ||||
| El Capitan | 7600 ft (2270 m) | |||
| Half Dome | 8800 ft (2700 m) | |||
| Mariposa Grove | 6000 ft (1800 m) | 48 °F (9 °C) | 45 inches (115 cm) | |
| Tuolumne Meadows | 8600 ft ( 2620 m) | 39 °F (4 °C) | 35 inches (89 cm) | |
| Tenaya Lake | 8149 ft (2484 m) | 43 °F 6 °C | 40 inches (102 cm) | |
| Mount Dana | 13,053 ft (3978 m) | 32 °F (0 °C) | 25 inches (63 cm) | |
| Mount Lyell | 13,11 ft (3997 m) |
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