Much of the credit can be given to John Muir. He was the one who persuaded President Roosevelt to designate the land as a national park after camping out with him around Glacier Point.
Yosemite National Park in is Sierra Nevada Mountains in California
The distance between Santa Cruz and Yosemite National Park is approximately 190 miles. This means that a total non-stop drive time will take about 3 hours and 30 minutes to reach yosemite from Santa Cruz.
No, Yosemite Falls is located in Yosemite National Park. Yosemite National Park is llocated in California, so Yosemite Falls would lie in California.
Google Maps estimates the driving time as 11.75 hours.
The natural resources in Yellowstone National Park are Old Faithful, Geysers, Yellowstone Lake, Hot Springs, and Valleys.
The maximum depth at the merced river was estimated to be about 5 ft.
The Yosemite National Park collectors quarter from 2010 is probably worth at most around a dollar. On ebay, I've seen some sold at around one dollar and twenty five cents with shipping being free. So that equates to about a quarter worth thirty cents.
We are centered in Las Vegas, and drive to yellowstone each summer. If you start early after sunrise (summer) you will be in the park before sunset. For a map go to visitingparks.com/YellowstoneMap.htm zoom out (-) to see the route. There are several ways of going. The fastest is via I 15 most of the way. But, a more scenic route is using US 89 through Grand Teton.
Yosemite was formed through the interaction of the glaciers and the underlying rocks. Most of the terrain is made of granite, formed by the hardening of formerly molten rock and exposed erosion.
How many miles is it from Glacier Natl. Park to Mt. Rainier Natl. Park?
The altitude of Yosemite National Park will differ depending on the location you're at in the park. Elevations range from as low as 4,000 feet in the valley to as high as 11,000 feet up in the peaks of Yosemite.
The drive would be about 200 miles. You would have to head west out of the Sierra Nevadas, head south, and then head back into the mountain range. The long route is due to the fact that Lake Tahoe and Yosemite do not have any connecting roads within the mountains.
Mainly in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona and Mexico. A very, very few might be found in Eastern California. They are not found just in "the desert," nor are they found in Canada, New Mexico, or Texas.
Yes, central California. The exact address for Yosemite National Park is:
Tioga Rd
Hwy 120 & Hwy 140
Yosemite National Park, CA 95389
You can view a map of the park here: http://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/upload/parkmap508.gif
Also, if you are planning to vacation in Yosemite National Park, Scenic Wonders offers affordable and convenient Yosemite accommodations. You can make a reservation online here:
http://www.webervations.com/magic-scripts/resbook.asp?memberid=scenic
In 2012, the admission price is $20 per vehicle, and that permits admission to the Park for that car for the next seven days. In other worlds, for about the price of one day of PARKING (ie, no admission) at a major theme park, a family can visit Yosemite for a week.
Olympic gets its name from the mountain range within the park.
According to wikipedia:
The mountains were originally called "Sun-a-do" by the Duwamish Indians, while the first European to see them, the Spanish navigator Juan Perez, named them "Sierra Nevada de Santa Rosalia", in 1774. But the English captain John Meares, seeing them in 1788, thought them beautiful enough for the gods to dwell there, and named them "Mount Olympus" after the one in Greece. Alternate proposals never caught on, and in 1864 the Seattle Weekly Gazette persuaded the government to make the present-day name official.
No, they are not linked together or part of each other in any way. Yosemite National Park is located in California while Yellowstone National Park is located in Wyoming, which is hundreds if not thousands of miles away.
Half Dome is approximately 8,839 feet high and surprisingly isn't the highest part of the park. Despite it not being the highest, it is one of the park's most famous features and attracts hundreds if not thousands of climbers and hikers who attempt to summit it each year.
Since 1987, Yosemite has recorded between three and four million visitors each year. In 2011 the number was 3.951,393.
The Yosemite National Park was first discovered in 1851. It was discovered by the Native Americans. The first groups to enter the Yosemite Valley were the white men who were planning to kill the Native Americans and kick them out of their homeland.
Yosemite National Park is famous for its rock formations, water falls, and wide publicity. It is quite a popular park, located in Northern California, with famous spots such as Half Dome, Yosemite Falls, Glacier Point, Bridal Veil Falls, and Camp Wawona. This is as much as I know so ENTER MORE PLEASE!!
Many of the animals in the valley are herbivores, eating berries and nuts. Unfortunately, in recent years, park visitors have been feeding the wildlife causing them to become unhealthy and reliant upon human food.