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YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK YOSEMITE MARIPOSA GROVE NATIONAL Hwy 120 Tioga Pass PARK TUOLUMNE GROVE Hetch Hetchy Reservoir YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK YOSEMITE MARIPOSA GROVE NATIONAL Hwy 120 Tioga Pass PARK TUOLUMNE GROVE MERCED GROVE Yosemite Valley Wawona Village MARIPOSA GROVE GIANT SEQUOIA DISTRIBUTION N 1 Wawona LEGEND 130 PARKING SPACES SHUTTLE STOP 5 BUS/RV PARKING PRIVATE AUTO FULL ACCESS NO ACCESS WHEN MG LOT FULL Studhorse Trailhead DISABLED ACCESS ONLY PARK TRANSIT WAWONA-MG SHUTTLE (FREE) YOSE VALLEY-MG SHUTTLE (PAY) MG TRAM (PAY) SERVICE VEHICLE FULL SERVICE 7 Wawona Point 1 WAWONA LOT 2 Fills to capacity No info about MG road closures Long shuttle waits 2 INEFFICIENT + TIME CONSUMING VEHICLE CIRCULATION WHEN MG ROAD CLOSES 3 SOUTH ENTRANCE 4 MARIPOSA GROVE Vehicle congestion South Entrance 3 25-30 PARKING SPACES Circulation Challenges SHUTTLE STOP Proposed improvements Parking fills to capacity 6 Long shuttle waits 4 MG ROAD 5 Closed when parking lot full Lower Grove 110 PARKING SPACES 5 TIGHT CURVE CONSTRAINT SHUTTLE STOP FOR 45’ TOUR BUSES 5 BUS/RV PARKING 6 MG PARKING LOT ACCESS WAS LIMITED BY AN UNDERSIZED Fills to capacity Visitor experience degraded PARKING LOT IN THE LOWER GROVE. by engine noise and exhaust THE RESULTING PARKING LOT AND ROAD Parking congestion CLOSURE FORCED VISITORS DOWN 7 INTO THE SMALL TOWN OF WAWONA REQUIRED SERVICE ACCES TO WAWONA POINT WHERE PARKING AND SHUTTLE BUS INFRASTRUCTURE WAS EVEN MORE LIMITED. THE RESULTING INEFFICIENCIES, BACKTRACKING AND QUEUING LED TO VISITOR CONFUSION AND FRUSTRATION. 0’ 2000’ 4000’ N LEGEND Wawona Point Wawona Point d d Roa Roa na na wo wo Wa Wa MATURE JUVENILE South Entrance South Entrance * * SAPLINGS d d a a o o R R a a n n o o w w a MATURE a JUVENILE W SEEDLINGS W ad ad ve Ro ve Ro Gro Gro posa posa Mari Mari Sierra NF Road Sierra NF Road *Grove Entrance *Grove Entrance WETLANDS | FIRE HISTORY | SEQUOIA DISTRIBUTION WETLANDS | FIRE HISTORY | SEQUOIA DISTRIBUTION Wawona Point Wawona Point DRAFT © Mithun 2007 DRAFT © Mithun 2007 NEWMARIPOSA WANAPUM GROVE HERITAGE OF GIANT CENTER SEQUOIAS Pier 56 1201 Alaskan WayNEWMARIPOSA Seattle WANAPUMWA 98101 GROVE HERITAGE OF GIANT CENTER SEQUOIAS Pier 56 1201 Alaskan Way Seattle WA 98101 SitePredesign Rendering | December | January 16, 5 20112011 206.623.3344 mithun.comSitePredesign Rendering | December | January 16, 5 20112011 206.623.3344 mithun.com d ad Roa Ro na na wo wo Wa Wa South Entrance South Entrance * * SEQUOIAS OF ALL AGE CLASSES ARE STRONGLY ASSOCIATED d d a a o o WITH WETLAND STREAM R R SAPLINGS SEEDLINGS a a n n o o w w SYSTEMS THAT ARE FED BY a a W W ad oad ve Ro ove R SNOWMELT. IMPROVING Gro a Gr posa ipos Mari Mar STREAM HYDROLOGY WILL Sierra NF Road Sierra NF Road BUILD RESILIENCE INTO THE *Grove Entrance *Grove Entrance SEQUOIA ECOSYSTEM AS IT FACES THE NOVEL STRESSORS OF A CHANGING CLIMATE. WETLANDS | FIRE HISTORY | SEQUOIA DISTRIBUTION WETLANDS | FIRE HISTORY | SEQUOIA DISTRIBUTION DRAFT © MithunDRAFT 2007 © Mithun 2007 NEWMARIPOSA WANAPUM GROVE HERITAGE OF GIANT CENTER SEQUOIAS Pier NEWMARIPOSA56 1201 Alaskan WANAPUM Way Seattle GROVE WA 98101HERITAGE OF GIANT CENTER SEQUOIAS Pier 56 1201 Alaskan Way Seattle WA 98101 SitePredesign Rendering | December | January 16, 5 20112011 206.623.3344SitePredesign Rendering mithun.com | December | January 16, 5 20112011 206.623.3344 mithun.com LEGEND HYDROLOGY GIANT SEQUOIA-SUGAR PINE WHITE FIR-MIXED SIERRA CONIFER PONDEROSA PINE-ASSOCIATIONS WAWONA POINT CALIF. BLACK OAK-ASSOCIATIONS CALIF. RED FIR-ASSOCIATIONS DOUGLAS FIR-ASSOCIATIONS SHRUBLAND SNOWFALL/RAINFALL TRANSITION WAWONA ROAD GENERAL SEQUOIA ROAD WETLAND MUSEUM STREAM SOUTH ENTRANCE WAWONA ROAD GRIZZLY GIANT MARIPOSA GROVE RD. GROVE ENTRANCE 0’ 1000’ 2000’ N THE MARIPOSA GROVE LIES WITHIN A COMPLEX MOSAIC OF VEGETATION TYPES AND BETWEEN THE RAIN/SNOW TRANSITION ZONE AND NEARBY RIDGETOPS. LEGEND FIRE HISTORY 1970’S 1980’S 1990’S WAWONA POINT 2000’S GENERAL SEQUOIA ROAD WETLAND STREAM WAWONA ROAD MUSEUM SOUTH ENTRANCE WAWONA ROAD GRIZZLY GIANT MARIPOSA GROVE RD. GROVE ENTRANCE 0’ 1000’ 2000’ N FIRE PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN PROMOTING SEEDLING REGENERATION AND IN MAINTAINING THE OVERALL HEALTH OF MATURE GIANT SEQUOIA POPULATIONS. TODAY, A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE PARK AND TRIBES KEEPS THE CULTURAL AND SCIENTIFIC PRACTICE ALIVE IN THE GROVE. LEGEND HYDROLOGY CONDITIONS BLOCKED CULVERT OPEN CULVERT PARTIALLY BLOCKED CULVERT WAWONA POINT REDIRECTED RUNOFF LOSS WATERSHED RUNOFF LOSS REDIRECTION OF FLOW WATERSHED BOUNDARY DIRECT FLOW TO NATIVE WATERSHED LOCALIZED IMPROVEMENTS WAWONA ROAD REMOVE ROAD GENERAL SEQUOIA ROAD MUSEUM WETLAND STREAM SOUTH ENTRANCE WAWONA ROAD GRIZZLY GIANT MARIPOSA GROVE RD. GROVE ENTRANCE 0’ 1000’ 2000’ N MARIPOSA GROVE ROAD SIGNIFICANTLY ALTERED WETLAND AND STREAM HYDROLOGY. LEGEND CULTURAL RESOURCES HISTORIC PAVED ROAD HISTORIC WAGON ROAD ARCHAEOLOGICAL LINEARS WAWONA POINT HISTORIC TRAIL PRE-HISTORIC SITE HISTORIC SITE BOTH PREHISTORIC + HISTORIC SITES ! PRE-HISTORIC ISOLATE WAWONA ROAD # HISTORIC ISOLATE * BOTH ISOLATES MUSEUM GENERAL SEQUOIA ROAD WETLAND STEAM SOUTH ENTRANCE WAWONA ROAD GRIZZLY GIANT MARIPOSA GROVE RD. GROVE ENTRANCE 0’ 1000’ 2000’ N HISTORIC ARTIFACTS FROM BEFORE AND AFTER EUROPEAN CONTACT CAN BE FOUND THROUGHOUT THE AREA. THE TEAM WORKED WITH TRIBES TO AVOID IMPACTING THESE SENSITIVE RESOURCES DURING PLANNING, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. LIMITED MOBILITY VISITOR WAWONA POINT WAWONA POINT WALKER MUSEUM MUSEUM PARTIAL DAY-HIKER SOUTH ENTRANCE PARKING DAY-HIKER GRIZZLY GIANT GRIZZLY GIANT MARIPOSA GROVE RD. TRAM RIDER MARIPOSA GROVE RD. 5S37 5S37 ADA PARKING GROVE ENTRANCE GROVE ENTRANCE AFTER BEFORE N 0’ 1000’ 2000’ THE PLANNING TEAM ANALYZED EXISTING VISITOR USE PATTERNS AND CONFLICTS AND PROPOSED A NEW TRAIL MASTER PLAN THAT REDUCED REDUNDANT TRAILS AND IMPROVED WAY-FINDING AND TRAIL HIERARCHY. LEGEND WAWONA POINT PRIMARY ARRIVAL NODE SECONDARY ARRIVAL NODE ACCESSIBLE PARKING PROPOSED CIRCULATION PAVED ROAD (10’-20’ + WIDE) HARDENED TRAIL (10’-12’ WIDE) TRAIL (4’-8’ WIDE) Limited Shuttle Service from ACCESSIBLE TRAIL (10’-12’ WIDE) Wawona_ 5 5 A_ 5 5 A SHUTTLE ROUTE SOUTH ENTRANCE ACCESSIBLE TO VEHICLES Wawona Road (Highway 41) * Z e ¿* Z e ¿ UPPER GROVE EXISTING CONDITIONS EXISTING ROAD (20’ + WIDE) EXISTING TRAIL CREEK DELINEATED WETLAND GRIZZLY GIANT GIANT SEQUOIA AGE CLASS MATURE JUVENILE | SAPLING | SEEDLING TRAIL FROM Mariposa Grove Rd. _ 5 5 A SOUTH ENTRANCE LOWER GROVE TO LOWER GROVE * Z e ¿ CONTOUR INTERVAL - 20’ 0’ 1000’ 2000’ N MARIPOSA GROVE MASTER PLAN LOWER GROVE SITE PLAN TRAIL FROM GRIZZLY GIANT 7 8 TRAIL TO GRIZZLY GIANT 13 6 1. Shuttle Drop Off 2. Lower Grove Arrival Plaza 3. Wayfinding And Interpretive Area 9 4. Interpretation And Viewpoints 5 5. Creek Daylighting And Restoration 6. Fallen Monarch 7. Road Removal And Restored Wetland 8. Enlarged Bridge Over Widened 10 Wetland Channel 9. Outdoor Classroom With “Texas Tree” Paver Footprint 10. Restrooms 11. Shuttle Pick Up Area And Shelter 11 TO SOUTH ENTRANCE VIA 12. Accessible And Off Season Parking 13. Road To Grizzly Giant Accessible MARIPOSA GROVE RD 4 3 Parking 12 2 LEGEND BOARDWALK GIANT SEQUOIA 1 STABILIZED CRUSHED STONE DRIPLINE / ROOT ZONE CONCRETE ROOT PLATE ZONE WETLAND TRUNK (TO SCALE) TREE BENCH FORMER EDGE OF PAVING 0 40’ 80’ N THIS BEFORE/AFTER MONTAGE HIGHLIGHTS THE DRAMATIC TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER GROVE. A FORMER TRAM PARKING AND REFUELING AREA IS NOW THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO AN ACCESSIBLE PEDESTRIAN TRAIL AND BOARDWALK THROUGH A NEWLY RESTORED SEQUOIA GROVE. A NEW ACCESSIBLE BOARDWALK IS CONSTRUCTED WITHIN THE FORMER ROAD BED AND FLOATS ABOVE A DAYLIT STREAM, RESTORED WETLAND PLANTINGS AND GIANT SEQUOIA ROOTS. VISITORS WITH LIMITED MOBILITY ACCESS THE ICONIC GRIZZLY GIANT TREE VIA A NEW ACCESSIBLE TRAIL AND A SMALL ADA PARKING LOT. THE HALFWAY POINT OF THE NEW ACCESSIBLE LOOP TRAIL IN THE LOWER GROVE MARKS WHERE THE OLD MARIPOSA GROVE ROAD WAS REMOVED AND RE-VEGETATED. A SLICE OF A FALLEN GIANT PROVIDES RESPITE AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR INTERPRETATION. THE SOUTH ENTRANCE ARRIVAL PLAZA IS THE FIRST STOP ON THE JOURNEY TO THE MARIPOSA GROVE. THE CENTRAL PLAZA IS AN ACTIVE HUB THAT FEATURES WAYFINDING SIGNAGE, AS WELL AS TACTILE HISTORIC AND ECOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION. .
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