| Yosemite National Park embraces a spectacular tract
of mountain-and-valley scenery in the Sierra Nevada, which was set
aside as a national park in 1890. The park harbors a grand collection
of waterfalls, meadows, and forests that include groves of giant
sequoias, the world's largest living things.
Highlights of the park include Yosemite Valley, and its high cliffs
and waterfalls; Wawona's history center and historic hotel; the
Mariposa Grove, which contains hundreds of ancient giant sequoias;
Glacier Point's (summer-fall) spectacular view of Yosemite Valley and
the high country; Tuolumne Meadows (summer-fall), a large sub-alpine
meadow surrounded by mountain peaks; and Hetch Hetchy, a reservoir in
a valley considered a twin of Yosemite Valley.
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