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Generalized geologic map of the Yosemite area. (Based on a USGS image) The exposed geology of the Yosemite area includes primarily granitic rocks with some older metamorphic rock. The first rocks were laid down in Precambrian times, when the area around Yosemite National Park was on the edge of a very young North American continent.
Articles concerning the geology of Yosemite National Park in the United States. Pages in category "Geology of Yosemite National Park" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total.
Mount Watkins is located in Yosemite National Park, 2.72 miles (4.37 km) north of Half Dome, and 1.86 miles (3 km) northwest of Clouds Rest. [1] Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains into Tenaya Creek which is a tributary of the Merced River .
He completed field work from 1913 to 1916, but never published a map during his life. [2] Much of his research in Yosemite was done in collaboration with François E. Matthes, and their collaboration was "the first detailed program of research on the geology of the park and the origin of Yosemite Valley," according to Dallas Peck. [3]
The natural and cultural history of Yosemite Valley is presented at the Yosemite Valley Visitor Center, the adjoining Yosemite Museum, and the Nature Center at Happy Isles. The parks' two National Historic Landmarks are the Sierra Club 's LeConte Memorial Lodge (Yosemite's first public visitor center), and the Ahwahnee Hotel.
The Royal Arches is a cliff containing natural occurring granite exfoliation arches, located below North Dome and rising above Yosemite Valley, in Yosemite National Park, California. ( 37°44′54″N 119°34′08″W / 37.74840°N 119.569°W / 37.74840; -119
Annual park visitation exceeds 3.5 million, with most visitor use concentrated in the seven-square-mile (18 km 2) area of Yosemite Valley. [1] The geography of the Yosemite area can be visualized with the clickable map, below: Painting of Yosemite by Heinrich C. Berann. Aerial view of the entire park from the west, looking east.
Johnson Peak is the highest mountain, in Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park. [2]Johnson Peak is made of eroded granite.At 85 Ma, the Johnson Granite Porphyry is the youngest granite rock in the Yosemite National Park, though the entire peak formed beneath the Earth's crust.