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N a T I O N a L P a R K • C a L I F O R N YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK • CALIFORNIA UNITED STATES HTTHE annual automobile license fee for DEPARTMENT OF THE ""• operation of cars on the park roads is Yosemite $2; house trailers $1; motorcycles $1. Per­ INTERIOR mits are good for the same vehicle during NATIONAL HAROLD L. ICKES, Secretary the entire calendar year. The funds are de­ OPEN PARK posited to the credit of the United States ALL Treasury. YEAR CALIFORNIA • * * It is the policy of the National Park Serv­ ice to take care of the needs of the public YOSEMITE FALLS NATIONAL PARK SERVICE in the park as far as practicable at all sea­ NEWTON B. DRURY, Director sons of the year regardless of whether there are large or small numbers of people enter­ OSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, ent depth by the Merced River which ing the park. In order to provide service of approximately 200 miles by road runs through it. The river was repeat­ this kind, the authorized operator is com­ Y from San Francisco, is a superb vaca­ edly accelerated to torrential speed by pelled to furnish housing, transportation, tion land embracing 1,189 square miles the uplifts which in the course of many and other facilities for the heavily traveled COT^TE r^TS of spectacular mountain country. The million years have given the Sierra Ne­ summer season when the demand for ac­ two main rivers which flow through vada their great height. With each in­ Majestic Peaks Surround commodations and services is greatly in ex­ the park originate high in the moun­ crease in velocity, the river cut its Yosemite Valley . Cover cess of the demand during other seasons of tain snows and are fed by hundreds of channel deeper, and at last fashioned Formation of Yosemite Valley 3 the year. Because of this and responsibili­ icy streams and snow-bordered lakes. a narrow V-shaped canyon over 2,000 Waterfalls 4 ties which must be assumed by the author­ Included in the park are also three feet in depth. The lesser side streams, Glacier Point and Rim of ized operator in a national park, a fair magnificent groves of giant sequoias, meanwhile, were unable to cut so fast, Yosemite Valley .... 4 comparison usually cannot be made be­ most noted of which is the Mariposa and their valleys were left hanging The Giant Sequoias ... 4 tween rates for specific services and accom­ Grove. high above the bottom of the canyon. The High Country .... 5 modations in the park and those charged Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa The canyon thus became adorned by Wawona 5 for like services along the highways or in Grove were set aside in 1864 by act many cascades of great height. Winter Season 5 cities with a sustained volume of travel. Fishing 6 of Congress, signed by Abraham Lin­ With the coming of the ice age, Plant and Animal Life . 6 coln, to be administered as a public Yosemite Canyon was invaded by Naturalist Services .... 7 • * * trust by the State of California. In mighty glaciers that descended from Administration 7 1890 the larger Yosemite National the crest of the range. During the Accommodations & Expenses 7 The State of California operates the Park surrounding these areas was cre­ climax of this age, ice filled the can­ Free Public Campgrounds . 7 hatchery in Yosemite National Park and ated, and in 1906 the State re-ceded yon literally to the brinks and ex­ Hotels, Lodges, etc. ... 10 collects regular fishing license fees in ac­ the Valley and the Grove to the Fed­ tended down beyond the site of El Miscellaneous Services . 11 cordance with the act of the Legislature of eral Government. Portal. It reached within 700 feet of California approved April 15, 1919. Fee the crown of Half Dome and overrode How to Reach the Park . 14 FORMATION OF YOSEMITE for State residents $2; non-residents $3; Glacier Point to a depth of 700 feet. What to Do and See in VALLEY Yosemite 15 aliens $5. Forcing its way with tremendous The Yosemite Valley, 7 miles long, power, it gradually widened the nar­ averaging 1 mile in width and 4,000 row V-shaped canyon to a broad U- feet above sea level, was cut to its pres­ shaped trough. It cut back the sloping 1 Yosemite National Park • California Yosemite National Park * California 3 vides a fine opportunity to study the sides to sheer cliffs and transformed one of the world's grandest panora­ Horseback riding on the High Sierra the cascades into leaping waterfalls. mas of domes and waterfalls, domi­ growth rings and the character of the trails is a thrilling experience. Saddle It also added tothe depth of the Val­ nated by Half Dome which rises almost wood. and pack stock, including burros, and ley, excavating a lake basin in its rock sheer 4,892 feet above the Valley floor. Up the loop road is the famous Wa­ equipment may be rented at several floor. When at last the glacier melted A few steps from the hotel one looks wona Tunnel Tree. This tree is 234 points in and outside of the park. away it left a lake 5Fi miles long. But down into Yosemite Valley, 3,254 feet tall and 27-5 feet in diameter. Six-day saddle trips around the High the lake did not endure, for the Merced feet below. A free public campground There are two other smaller groves of Sierra Camps start from Yosemite River brought down vast quantities is available at Glacier Point. giant sequoias in Yosemite, the Tuol­ Valley each Monday during the sum­ of sand and gravel which finally filled An excellent highway which leaves umne and Merced Groves. mer season. the lake completely and produced the the Wawona Road at Chinquapin Tuolumne Meadows, over 8,600 THE HIGH COUNTRY level park-like floor. leads through forests of pine and fir feet above sea level, are the largest to Glacier Point. A popular feature To the north, east, and south of meadows in the High Sierra, and the WATERFALLS during the summer is the firefall which Yosemite Valley extends a vast sea of starting point for many interesting Nowhere else in the world may be is pushed from the Point every night granite peaks, dotted with innumer­ trips on foot or horseback. A store, seen a waterfall spectacle such as is at 9 o'clock, its glowing embers fall­ able lakes and high mountain mead­ lodge, gas station, and free public found in Yosemite National Park. The ing in a 900-foot tinkling golden cas­ ows of vivid green studded with campgrounds are here. Upper Yosemite Fall drops 1,430 feet cade to a barren rocky ledge below. myriads of wildflowers during July WAWONA in one sheer fall, a height equal to ap­ and August. Here living glaciers nestle proximately nine Niagara Falls piled THE GIANT SEQUOIAS in the shadows of the highest peaks. Wawona, 27 miles south of the Val­ This is truly a hikers' paradise, for one on top of the other. The lower One of the best known groves of ley, near the Mariposa Grove of giant rain seldom falls between June and Yosemite Fall, immediately below, giant sequoias outside of Sequoia Na­ sequoias, is located in a beautiful September, except for occasional re­ has a drop of 320 feet, or two Niagaras tional Park is the Mariposa Grove mountain meadow on the scenic Wa­ freshing afternoon showers, and some more. Counting the series of cascades within Yosemite, near South En­ wona Road. Here saddle and pack 700 miles of trails invite one to en- in between, the total drop from the trance. It is reached via the Wawona animals may be secured for trips to chantingly beautiful spots. Fishing crest of the upper to the base of the Road, and is only 35 miles by high- fine fishing lakes and streams in the may be enjoyed in the streams and lower fall is 2,425 feet. Vernal Fall gear paved road from the Yosemite southern part of the park. Other sports lakes. has a drop of 317 feet; Ulilouette Fall, Valley, a lj^-hour drive each way. to be enjoyed are tennis, golf, and swimming. A post office, gas station, 370 feet. The Nevada Fall drops 594 This grove contains some 200 trees, Seven-day hikes conducted by store, hotel, and free public camp­ feet; the celebrated Bridal veil Fall, 10 feet or more in diameter at breast ranger naturalists of the National Park grounds are available. 620 feet; and the Ribbon Fall, 1,612 height, and thousands of younger Service start every Monday morning feet. trees. Reproduction is healthy, and during July and August from Yosem­ WINTER SEASON The falls reach their maximum flow the trees show a remarkable resistance ite Valley. Averaging 10 miles a day, in May and June while the winter to fire, fungi, and insects. the hikers make a wide circuit of the The All-Year Highway is never snows are melting. They are still run­ The Grizzly Giant is considered the five High Sierra camps, which ac­ closed, and the Wawona Road is open ning in July, but some are entirely oldest tree in the grove; its age is es­ commodate horseback riders and during the winter, except for short dry by August 15 when there has timated at 3,800 years. The maximum hikers traveling in groups or singly. periods after unusually heavy snows. been little rain or snow. base diameter is 34-7 feet, and the av­ There is no charge for the ranger- It is advisable to carry chains for use erage diameter at the base is 27.6 feet.
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