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The view from Wawona Point, looking north over Wawona Meadow. The town is located in a large mid-elevation basin with Wawona Meadow as its centerpiece. [13] Situated in the southwest part of Yosemite National Park, it lies along the South Fork of the Merced River at an elevation of about 4,000 feet (1,200 m).
The Wawona Hotel, located in southern Yosemite National Park, California, is a historic late Victorian mountain resort and one of the largest intact hotels of its kind within a national park.
Wawona Tunnel Tree, August 1962. The Wawona Tree, also known as the Wawona Tunnel Tree, was a famous giant sequoia that stood in Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California, United States, until February 1969. It had a height of 227 feet (69 m) and was 26 feet (7.9 m) in diameter at the base. [2] The origin of the word Wawona is not known.
Theodore Roosevelt riding through the Wawona Tree, 1903. In September 1880, the company transported President Rutherford B. Hayes during his visit to Yosemite Valley. [13] In 1903, Edward and John Washburn hosted Theodore Roosevelt at the Wawona Hotel and transported him to the Mariposa Grove, including a ride through the iconic Wawona Tunnel ...
At the Wawona Entrance (elevation 5,130 feet or 1,560 metres), mean daily temperature ranges from 36 to 67 °F (2 to 19 °C). At the lower elevations below 5,000 feet (1,500 m), temperatures are hotter; the mean daily high temperature at Yosemite Valley (elevation 3,966 feet or 1,209 metres) varies from 46 to 90 °F (8 to 32 °C).
Wawona may refer to: Wawona (schooner) , a historic schooner in Seattle, Washington, USA, now disassembled Wawona, California , an unincorporated town within Yosemite National Park, USA
Wawona Tunnel was bored through solid granite bedrock, and carries Wawona Road through a granite mountain on the south side of the Merced River. [5] It is located on one of the three main roads providing access to Yosemite Valley, the most visited section of the park. Wawona Road becomes California State Route 41 on exiting the park. After ...
The Wawona Covered Bridge is a covered bridge spanning the South Fork Merced River near Wawona, California, in Yosemite National Park.The open bridge (without the covering) was built by Galen Clark, the steward of what was then called the Yosemite Grant, in 1868, without its cladding.