Yosemite National Park

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Yosemite National Park is a national park largely in Mariposa County, and Tuolumne County, California, United States. Yosemite National Park also embraces a spectacular tract of mountain-and-valley scenery in the Sierra Nevada mountain range.  Over 3 million people visit Yosemite each year, with most only seeing Yosemite Valley.  Yosemite National Park, California, is recognized for its spectacular granite cliffs, grand collection of waterfalls, clear streams, forests that include Giant Sequoia groves, meadows, and biological diversity.

Highlights of the Yosemite National Park in California include Yosemite Valley, and its high cliffs and waterfalls; Wawona's history center and historic hotel; the Mariposa Grove, which contains hundreds of ancient giant sequoias; Glacier Point's spectacular view of Yosemite Valley and the high country; Tuolumne Meadows, a large subalpine meadow surrounded by mountain peaks; and Hetch Hetchy, a reservoir in a valley considered a twin of Yosemite Valley in California.

There is so much to see at Yosemite National Park in California.  From the peak-ringed and wildflower-studded Tuolumne Meadows to the Mariposa Grove's gargantuan sequoias, from the rushing waters of the Merced River to the huge views from Glacier Point, you'll find cause for wonder in every corner of Yosemite.