YOSEMITE

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK

HISTORY

• The Mariposa War major, Jim Savage, led troops against chief Tenaya
• John Muir and Robert Underwood Johnson had grown concerns about the devistating effects of sheep
• grazing in the high country
• Yosemite's first residents were Native Americans known as the Ahwahneechee who may have first inhabited
• the region as many as 10,000 years ago

Facts

• located in Yosemite Village, California
• size- 1,190 square miles (3,081 square kilometers)
• one of the oldest nature preserves in the U.S.
• Male deer (bucks) shed their antlers every fall after mating season
• they grow them back in the spring

FACTS

• 50% of California's 7,000 plant species are in Yosemite
• Giant Sequoias which grow in Yosemite National Park are the biggest living things on
• the planet. However, the seed for the giant Sequoia is only the size of a piece of
• oatmeal
• Black bears in Yosemite weigh 150-500 lbs when full grown-when born, they weigh less than 1/2 lb

Facts

• Mother Black Bear is fast asleep during hibernation when her baby is born
• about 3.5 million people visit Yosemite Valley each year

HIGHLIGHTS

• Tunnel View- provides a spectacular overview of Yosemite Valley
• Bridal Veil Fall- the tallest waterfall along Yosemite Valley's southern rim
• Yosemite Falls- 10 times taller than Niagara or Shoshone Falls
• Mariposa Grove- the grizzly giant and California tunnel tree are the most popular attractions
• here

MORE HIGHLIGHTS

• Glacier Point- Yosemite's best sunset watching Locale
• Half Dome- most ironic site and it is a granite location 5,000 feet above the
• floor
• Mirror Lake- reflections of Half Dome and Mount Watkins

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