The Yosemite National Park

The Yosemite National Park. 
It is located in the central sierra Nevada of California. It is at 3,5 hours driving from San Francisco  and 6 hours from Los Angeles. There are hundreds of lakes and 2600 rivers, 1300 km of tourist foot – paths, and 560 km of roads, forests, hills and mountains in the park.

Every year nearly 3 mlns of people visit the Yosemite Park. There are 2 rivers of federal importance (Merced River and Tuolumne River). 

Yosemite Valley represents only one percent of the park area, but this is where most visitors arrive and stay. The Tunnel View is the first view of the Valley for many visitors and is extensively photographed. El Capitan, a prominent granite cliff that looms over Yosemite Valley, is one of the most popular rock climbing destinations in the world because of its diverse range of climbing routes in addition to its year-round accessibility. Granite domes such as Sentinel Dome and Half Dome rise 3,000 and 4,800 feet (910 and 1,500 m), respectively, above the valley floor.

The high country of Yosemite contains beautiful areas such as Tuolumne Meadows, Dana Meadows, the Clark Range, the Cathedral Range, and the Kuna Crest. The Sierra crest and the Pacific Crest Trail run through Yosemite, with peaks of red metamorphic rock, such as Mount Dana and Mount Gibbs, and granite peaks, such as Mount Conness. Mount Lyell is the highest point in the park, standing at 13,120 ft. The Lyell Glacier is the largest glacier in Yosemite National Park and is one of the few remaining in the Sierra Nevada today.

The park has three groves of ancient Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) trees; the Mariposa Grove (200 trees), the Tuolumne Grove (25 trees), and the Merced Grove (20 trees).  This species grows larger in volume than any other and is one of the tallest and longest-lived.