Thursday, April 10, 2008

Yosemite National Park, California

Yosemite National Park is a national park located largely in Mariposa and Tuolumne Counties, California, United States. The park covers an area of 761,266 acres or 1,189 square miles (3,081 km²) and reaches across the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain chain.Yosemite is visited by over 3.5 million people each year, many of whom only spend time in the seven square miles (18 km²) of Yosemite Valley. Designated a World Heritage Site in 1984, Yosemite is internationally recognized for its spectacular granite cliffs, waterfalls, clear streams, Giant Sequoia groves, and biological diversity. Almost 95% of the park is designated wilderness. Although not the first designated national park, Yosemite was a focal point in the development of the national park idea, largely owing to the work of people like John Muir




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4 comments:

Nova said...

hmmmmmmmmm that place looks familiar, now i remember my bestfriend visited that place too.. her and her hubby... i bet its a very nice place

ev said...

cool!nice adventure...

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Lady Wang said...

hmmm... Yosemite.... one of my favorite places... I bet you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed it... Although, winter's not the best time to go there (I love hiking). Nonetheless, it's still a great place.