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Geocode. 00685. FIPS code. 17-00685. Website. www.algonquin.org. Algonquin is a village in McHenry and Kane counties, Illinois, [3] in the United States. It is a suburb of Chicago, located approximately 40 miles (64 km) northwest of the Loop. As of the 2020 census, the village's population was 29,700.
1984 (8th Session) Yosemite National Park (/ joʊˈsɛmɪti / yoh-SEM-ih-tee[5]) is a national park of the United States in California. [6][7] It is bordered on the southeast by Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest. The park is managed by the National Park Service and covers 759,620 acres (1,187 sq mi; 3,074 ...
Humans may have lived in the Yosemite area as long as 8,000 to 10,000 years ago. [1] Habitation of the Yosemite Valley proper can be traced to about 3,000 years ago, when vegetation and game in the region was similar to that present today; the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada had acorns, deer, and salmon, while the eastern Sierra had pinyon nuts and obsidian. [2]
Where is Yosemite National Park? Yosemite National Park is located in California. It is approximately 200 miles from San Fransisco, 340 miles from Los Angeles and about 120 miles from Fresno.
Visiting the picturesque landscapes of national parks throughout the country, including Yosemite, will need reservations for much of 2024. The National Parks Service recently announced a pilot ...
Destinations near Yosemite National Park were listed in the 2024 Forbes Travel Guide Star Award Winners, highlighting the best restaurants, hotels, spas and cruises in the world.. Out of 2,039 ...
National Park Service. Known for. Mountaineering, botany. Enid Michael was an American ranger with the National Park Service, assigned to Yosemite National Park in California. She was the first ranger-naturalist in Yosemite and the first female ranger in the National Parks system. Michael was also an accomplished mountaineer and botanist.
The Making of Yosemite: James Mason Hutchings and the Origin of America's Most Popular National Park. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0-7006-1805-7. OCLC 714731511. Kruska, Dennis (2009). James Mason Hutchings of Yo Semite. A Biography and Bibliography. San Francisco: Book Club of California. ISBN 978-0-9819-5971-9. OCLC 461317451.