Park Overview
Often called "the Incomparable Valley," Yosemite Valley may be the world's best known example of a glacier-carved canyon. The dramatic scale of its leaping waterfalls, rounded domes, massive monoliths, and towering cliffs, has inspired painters, poets, photographers and millions of visitors

The park embraces almost 1,200 square miles of scenic wild lands set aside in 1890 to preserve a portion of the central Sierra Nevada that stretches along California's eastern flank.

The park ranges from 2,000 feet above sea level to more than 13,000 feet and has these major attractions; alpine wilderness, three groves of Giant Sequoias and the glacially carved Yosemite Valley with impressive waterfalls, cliffs and unusual rock formations.

Attractions
Merced River, El Capitan, Half-Dome, Cathedral Rocks, Half Dome, Yosemite Falls, Bridalveil Falls, Mirror Lake, Vernal Falls