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Yosemite National Park is one of the most beautiful nature reserves in the United States, located in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California. The park has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1984.
Yosemite Park covers an area of 3026 km². This vast area features impressive granite cliffs, picturesque valleys and meadows, clear lakes and rivers, waterfalls, ancient giant sequoias, and a great variety of animals and birds.
Yosemite Park is located in a Mediterranean climate zone. This means that most precipitation falls in the winter and the rest of the seasons are almost dry. Average daytime temperatures range from -3.9 to 32.2 °C, with temperatures dropping with increasing altitude. In summer, the combination of high temperatures, low humidity, and lightning leads to frequent fires.
Yosemite National Park Attractions
Yosemite is one of America’s most popular national parks. It is home to massive rocky mountains, roaring waterfalls, winding rivers, lush wooded valleys, and grassy meadows. Yosemite Park is well equipped for hikers, with signposts along its perimeter, hiking and biking trails, and resting places.
Each year about 5 million people come to the national park, and 90% of all tourists visit just Yosemite Valley. The valley is located in the central part of the park along the scenic Merced River and is full of sights. This is where you can see the granite rock monolith of El Capitan almost a kilometer high, beautiful lakes and waterfalls, and animals can be found in the local forests. Yosemite Valley is where the main hiking trails begin and where all the infrastructure is located: cafes, campgrounds, and stores.
Half Dome is a granite monolith located in the eastern part of the national park. The height of the rock is 1,450 meters above Yosemite Valley. The first ascent to the top dates back to 1875, before that the rock remained inaccessible.
Today, Half Dome is popular with both ordinary tourists without climbing skills and professionals. Each year the granite rock is conquered by about 50,000 people. The last section of the way the so-called dome of the rock is 144 meters high goes by a special cable car.
Tuolumne Meadows are located on the mountain plateaus in the eastern part of Yosemite National Park. Around the area are mountains, so in this area is popular mountain climbing, and through the meadows is a route to the highest peak of the park – Mount Lyell. Because of its remoteness from the central valley, there are few tourists here.
The national park is open to visitors 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
