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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.
Sequoia National Park, a Geological Album [32] The Story of the Yosemite Valley [33] (includes photographs by Frank C. Calkins) Geologic History of the Yosemite Valley [34] Sketch of Yosemite National Park and an Account of the Origin of the Yosemite and Hetch Hetchy Valleys [35] Mount Rainier and its glaciers: Mount Rainier National Park [36]
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]
Comprising 1,200 square miles, Yosemite has a lot to offer visitors. “It’s, like, between the natural history, the culture history, the wildlife, the beauty and the size, there’s so much to ...
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.
Yosemite Valley is listed as a National Historic District and as a California Historical Landmark. [1] [2] After the creation of the Park Service, many separate hotel owners held separate concession contracts. The Yosemite Park Company had built the Yosemite Lodge and Yosemite Village had its own group of merchants.
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.
Half Dome, Yosemite, a classic granite dome of the Sierra Nevada Batholith. The Sierra Nevada Batholith is a large batholith that is approximately 400 miles long and 60-80 miles wide which forms the core of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California, exposed at the surface as granite.