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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.
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.
Yosemite National Park (/ j oʊ ˈ s ɛ m ɪ t i / 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 .
Get the Yosemite National Park, CA local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.
The National Weather Service says the impacts of the weekend storm will be extreme in the Sierra Nevada above 5,000 feet, including areas of Yosemite National Park. Yosemite Valley could see 72 ...
The National Weather Service doesn’t directly track precipitation in the national park. But a pair of rangers stationed at Tuolumne Meadows atop Tioga Pass at around 8,600 feet do.. They got ...
Yosemite Falls is the highest waterfall in Yosemite National Park, dropping a total of 2,425 feet (739 m) from the top of the upper fall to the base of the lower fall. [2] Located in the Sierra Nevada of California , it is a major attraction in the park, especially in late spring when the water flow is at its peak.
During the second half of February, the light from the setting sun illuminates Horsetail Fall in California's Yosemite National Park at just the right angle to make it appear like the waterfall is ...