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Tuolumne Meadows, Tioga Pass, and along Highway 120 of central Yosemite National Park

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Tuolumne Meadows, Tioga Pass, and along Highway 120 of central Yosemite National Park

Yosemite Valley is one of the most visited scenic places on Earth, less visited is the rest of Yosemite National Park. Highway 120 cuts through the center of the park from Lee Vining on the shores of Mono Lake in the east to the region often called the Gold Country in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the west. Most of the remainder of the park is only accessible by back packing into the Back Country. Most of this route is closed in winter as it winds through the area around the border between Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties.

The Tuolumne Meadows is a beautiful area with numerous trails and facilities. Olmsted Point and Tenaya View look south to the other side of the mountains that mark the north side of Yosemite Valley. Other turn outs allow many spectacular views and trail heads. The west end of the route leaves the park near the entrance to the Yosemite Valley. While this drive doesn't have the spectacular waterfalls of the Yosemite Valley, it does offer many grand views of a large section of the park.

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Visitor Center, exterior.

Visitor Center, interior.

Scenic Outlook near Far View Dome


This granite cliff has fine raised lines, close-up in the right view.

Traveling west, the highway crosses into Mariposa County.

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