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The Mariposa Grove Cabin, originally built in 1864 by Galen Clark, Yosemite's first guardian and discoverer of the Mariposa Grove, stands as an iconic symbol of Yosemite National Park. Located near the General Grant and General Sheridan trees, the cabin has been rebuilt three times on the same site, with the current structure dating to 1931. [2]
Yosemite National Park East end of state maintenance at western park boundary Big Oak Flat Entrance Station; park fee or pass required for entry [28] Mariposa MPA R41.52-43.75 Big Oak Flat Road to SR 41 / SR 140 – Yosemite Valley Tuolumne Grove (winter closure gate near the eastern end of the grove) [5] [29] Tuolumne TUO 43.75-R56.15
The Mariposa Grove was first visited by non-native people in 1857 when Galen Clark and Milton Mann found it. They named the grove after Mariposa County, California, where the grove is located. [2] Abraham Lincoln signed an Act of Congress on June 30, 1864, ceding Mariposa Grove and Yosemite Valley to the state of California. Criticism of ...
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SR 49 north – Ahwahnee, Mariposa: Mariposa MPA 0.00-4.92: Fish Camp: 4.92: North end of state maintenance near Yosemite National Park south entrance: Yosemite National Park Southern/Mariposa Grove Entrance Station; park fee or pass required for entry [24] Wawona Tunnel SR 140 east: Entrance only Southside Drive
Inside Yosemite, state routes are federally maintained and are not included in the state route logs. The highway continues into the park as El Portal Drive, following the Merced River to Yosemite Valley. The road intersects with Big Oak Flat Road, providing a connection to State Route 120. El Portal Drive then splits into a one way loop road to ...
A third blaze, dubbed the Plenty fire, sparked in the Santa Clarita area and grew to 76 acres. By 6:30 p.m., crews had stopped the fire's progress, according to the L.A. County Fire Department.
Mariposa-Yosemite Airport covers an area of 100 acres (40 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (8/26) measuring 3,306 x 60 ft (1,008 x 18 m). [1]For the 12-month period ending March 2, 2007, the Mariposa-Yosemite airport had 32,000 aircraft operations, an average of 87 per day: 94% general aviation and 6% air taxi.