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    Yosemite Creek is a 15-mile-long (24 km) creek of the Sierra Nevada, located in Yosemite National Park, Mariposa County, California, United States. The...
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    Yosemite National Park (/joʊˈsɛmɪti/ yoh-SEM-ih-tee) is a national park of the United States in California. It is bordered on the southeast by Sierra National...
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    base of Upper Yosemite Fall. The upper fall is formed by the swift waters of Yosemite Creek, which, after meandering through Eagle Creek Meadow, drop over...
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    waterfalls flow into it, including Tenaya, Illilouette, Yosemite and Bridalveil Creeks. Yosemite Falls is the highest waterfall in North America and is...
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  • Yosemite Creek is a body of water that originates at Yosemite Marsh in San Francisco's McLaren Park. The creek flows downhill towards Candlestick Point...
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    John Muir (redirect from The Yosemite)
    make Yosemite a national park, Muir published two landmark articles on wilderness preservation in The Century Magazine, "The Treasures of the Yosemite" and...
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    edge of the valley. While Yosemite Falls seem to also fall into this category, the original course took the Yosemite Creek down a gorge to the west of...
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    park superintendent. The Yosemite Creek Bridge is the oldest, carrying Northside Drive and spanning Yosemite Creek below Yosemite Falls. Built in 1922, it...
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    Yosemite West is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) of resort homes located just outside the southern area of Yosemite National...
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    Mirror Lake is a small, seasonal lake located on Tenaya Creek in Yosemite National Park. Situated in Tenaya Canyon directly between North Dome and Half...
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    Snow Creek Falls is a long series of cascades located in Yosemite National Park toward the eastern extent of Yosemite Valley. It descends a steep gorge...
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    Merced River (category Rivers of Yosemite National Park)
    Illilouette Creek and flows into Yosemite Valley, where it meanders between pine forests and meadows that fill the valley floor. Tenaya, Yosemite, Bridalveil...
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    The following is a list of Yosemite waterfalls, including ephemeral falls: Alder Creek Falls 100 feet (30 m) Bridalveil Fall 620 feet (190 m) California...
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    Ahwahnee is a grand hotel in Yosemite National Park, California, on the floor of Yosemite Valley. It was built by the Yosemite Park and Curry Company and...
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    as other Yosemite campgrounds outside of the valley. White Wolf Campground contains 74 campsites and has the look and feel of Bridalveil Creek Campground...
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  • A list of Yosemite destinations includes hiking trails and things to see: Popular hiking trails include: Yosemite Falls Bridalveil Falls Mirror Lake Mist...
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  • California) Browning, Peter (2005). Yosemite Place Names: The Historic Background of Geographic Names in Yosemite National Park. Great West Books. p. 3...
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    1016/j.coldregions.2019.02.013. S2CID 133902202. Look up frazil in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Video, Yosemite Nature Notes Episode 9: Frazil Ice...
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    Eagle Peak (Mariposa County, California) (category Rock formations of Yosemite National Park)
    trailhead is at about 6,400 feet (2,000 m). Another route starts at Yosemite Creek Campground at an elevation of 7,200 feet (2,200 m). This trailhead is...
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    Ansel Adams (category Yosemite National Park)
    advocacy. At age 14, he was given his first camera during his first visit to Yosemite National Park. He developed his early photographic work as a member of...
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    Sentinel granodiorite (category Geology of Yosemite National Park)
    the undated Yosemite Creek Granodiorite and the Kuna Crest Granodiorite. Sentinel granodiorite was named after Sentinel Rock in Yosemite National Park...
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    Budd Creek is a stream in Yosemite National Park, United States. Budd Creek was named for James Budd, 19th Governor of California. List of rivers of California...
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    natural resource area" by the city in 1995, the marsh marks the origin of Yosemite Creek, a body of water that flows through underground culverts towards Candlestick...
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    Half Dome (redirect from Yosemite Half Dome)
    Half Dome is a quartz monzonite batholith at the eastern end of Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, California. It is a well-known rock formation...
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    forced the tribe out of Yosemite. Accounts from the Mariposa Battalion, especially from Dr. Lafayette Bunnell, popularized Yosemite Valley as a scenic wonder...
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    Camp 4 is a tent-only campground in Yosemite National Park in the United States. It became notable after World War II as "a birthplace of rock climbing’s...
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    California, United States, 14 miles (23 km) south of the entrance to Yosemite National Park, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. At an elevation of...
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  • Thumbnail for List of rivers of California
    Creek Bishop Creek Elevenmile Creek Rail Creek Bridalveil Creek Yosemite Creek Tenaya Creek Snow Creek Illilouette Creek Fletcher Creek Lewis Creek Florence...
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    Tenaya Canyon (redirect from Tenaya Creek)
    in Yosemite National Park, California, USA, that runs from the outlet of Tenaya Lake 10 miles down to Yosemite Valley, carrying water in Tenaya Creek through...
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    Ahwahnechee (redirect from Yosemite Indians)
    the Yosemite Valley. They were a band of Miwok people, specifically Southern Sierra Miwok. The Awani people's heritage can be found all over Yosemite National...
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