Yosemite National Park - the 3rd

Yosemite National Park  

Area: 1,190 sq miles (3,081 km²)
Address: Yosemite National Park, Northside Dr, Yosemite National Park, CA 95389
Phone: (209) 372-0200

 

Driving Direction from Bay Area

Distance: 195 mi / 314 km
Time:4-5 hours
Take I-580 east to I-205 east to Highway 120 east (Manteca) or Highway 140 east (Merced) into Yosemite National Park.

 Park Maps

• Yosemite Valley
• Yosemite Park

 

 

 

Lodge

Check out the accommodations inside park - http://www.yosemitepark.com/lodging.aspx

Steve Jobs and Laurene Powell were married on March 18, 1991 in a brief ceremony at the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park.

History From history.com Site

Oct 1, 1890  -  Yosemite National Park established

Native Americans were the main residents of the Yosemite Valley, located in California's Sierra Nevada mountain range, until the 1849 gold rush brought thousands of non-Indian miners and settlers to the region. Tourists and damage to Yosemite Valley's ecosystem followed. In 1864, to ward off further commercial exploitation, conservationists convinced President Abraham Lincoln to declare Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove of giant sequoias a public trust of California. This marked the first time the U.S. government protected land for public enjoyment and it laid the foundation for the establishment of the national and state park systems. Yellowstone became America's first national park in 1872.

In 1889, John Muir discovered that the vast meadows surrounding Yosemite Valley, which lacked government protection, were being overrun and destroyed by domestic sheep grazing. Muir and Robert Underwood Johnson, a fellow environmentalist and influential magazine editor, lobbied for national park status for the large wilderness area around Yosemite Valley. On October 1 of the following year, Congress set aside over 1,500 square miles of land (about the size of Rhode Island) for what would become Yosemite National Park, America’s third national park. In 1906, the state-controlled Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove came under federal jurisdiction with the rest of the park.

 

 

 

The Place We Stayed During the Visit -  Curry Village

It is hard to book any room in summer or holiday, but not bad in Winter. Winter 2010 in Yosemite was beautiful and warm, all the roads were open. We booked a heated tent in curry village 2 days before the visit.

The places We Visited During the Visit