November 1, 2016- It is the day I say. I am going on a trip in my car to the Yosemite National Park located in California. It was going to be 32 hours and 2,207 miles to get there but I knew it was going to be worth it. November 3, 2016- I finally came to the Yosemite National Park. When I saw that place man it blew my eyes, it was like a dream that was happening. For the most part, there were plenty of activities to do. The first activity I decided to do was hiking. The hiking trail was over 800 miles (1,300 km). I knew it would be a workout to walk that far around but I also knew I could discover other features of the park. As far as it went it was tiring but also fun. I got to see the three groves of giant sequoias which were the world’s biggest …show more content…
After that, I decided to go climbing. Halfway there when I climbed the enormous rock I saw a great view from up here. I saw rock formations, the Half Dome and El Capitan, I heard that it was the largest granite monolith in the U.S. Not only that I saw a tall waterfall, I decided to visit that tomorrow and learn more about it. November 4, 2016- After last night of what I saw in the park, I hardly couldn't sleep or wait. Today I couldn't wait on seeing the waterfall. Before I went back to the park I researched a little about it and it turns out it is 2,425-foot-high Yosemite Falls which makes it one of the tallest waterfalls. I went back to the park. From a distance, I saw the waterfall. Man, it was beautiful I thought to myself. After the waterfall, I went to ask some questions to a ranger about the park. Some questions I asked were when was the park established and why? He replied back and said Muir and Johnson lobbied Congress for the Act that created Yosemite National Park on October 1, 1890. The State of California, however, retained control of Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove. So mainly it was established on October 1, 1890. My
(not to be confused with The Sierra Club Foundation) in 1862. The Sierra Club is one of the
In the 1800’s into the early 1900’s a man named John Muir began to explore the western American lands. He traveled down South and up North. But, when he reached Yosemite Valley, his life changed. As said in John Muir’s Wild America, written by Tom Melham, “Following the forest-lined mountain trails, Muir climbed higher into the Sierra Nevada: suddenly, a deep valley enclosed by colossal steeps and mighty water falls yawned before him. Spell bound, he entered Yosemite Valley” (79). Muir’s travels and adventures, highlighted in Melham’s book, explain this man’s love of the wilderness. Yosemite Valley was like a wide, open home to Muir, who, lived alone and discovered new landings and important later landmarks that create the aura of Yosemite National Park. Yosemite Valley was given to the state of California in 1864, part of the continuous idea of Manifest Destiny, later, in 1890; Yosemite became one of the first National Parks (“World Book”). Uniquely, the longer Muir stayed the more that he...
...tional Park idea" (246). His magnificent photographs were his key to access the powerful leaders that could help him protect the land he loved (Fischer 18). Adams persistence and dedication to Yosemite changed the face of how people view our national parks. Yosemite's natural beauties and wilderness gained much appreciation from the American people through Adams images and efforts to protect the national park. In his autobiography Adams said, "While touching the fringes of environmental problems, I am happy to have been able to have had some small effect on the increasing awareness of the world situation through both my photographs and my vocal assertions" (322). Adams "photographs continue to inspire artist and conservationist alike" (Sierra Club). With his contributions to Yosemite, the sentimental value of the national park would not be as momentous as it is today.
Zig-zag, back and forth, down, down, down, Jonathon, Dad, and I went into a mysterious new world. Now that I have gone into this hot, dry canyon surrounded by monstrous hoodoos, I have seen what it is really like to leave the small town of Seymour, and emerge into the greatness of this world. I have now seen several other National Parks on one of the most renowned places on earth for mysterious creations, the Colorado Plateau. Of all the beautiful places on it, even the Grand Canyon, I have found my favorite one. Bryce Canyon National Park. I thought it was amazing, because it was the most diverse to anything I have ever seen before. We hiked down into it and I felt like I was surrounded by skyscrapers. We trekked around a little, but we didn’t
Yosemite and its history, young to old the story of an area of land that is doomed to be mined, forcibly stripped naked of its natural resources. In 1864 Yosemite land grant was signed into act by president Abraham Lincoln, the first area of land set aside for preservation and protection. Yosemite being a very important historical plot of land, some time ago president Theodore Roosevelt visited the park managing to disappear from the secret service with John Muir. Through the years the contrast of ideas between the industrialists and the preservationists have clashed, Yosemite’s history both interesting and mysterious but more importantly inevitable .
Located in the popular Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Falls is the tallest waterfall in California. Every year, mother nature’s breathtaking beauty attracts millions of people from around the world. People hike for three long and fatiguing hours in anticipation of witnessing forceful water rushing down the steep mountain from 2,425 feet above. Last summer, my family and I backpacked through the Yosemite Falls Trail and I came to learn what a truly exhausting experience it is.
Yosemite National Park, is a beautiful piece of nature it is a 195 mile nature getaway from the urban life that is lived San Francisco, CA and 315 miles away from the fast pace and overwhelming life that is lived in Los Angeles CA. This place is like no other in the beauty of its nature. The park is “747,956 acres, and is the home to hundreds of wildlife species and thousands of Yosemite plants” (U.S. Nat. Park Service). Yosemite is known for so many beautiful features, from its granite cliffs, waterfalls, clear streams, giant sequoia groves and biological diversity. And also for its two rivers which are the Tuolumne and Merced rivers. These rivers begin in the park and flow as far as west to the Central Valley.
Yosemite is a beautiful National Park, with amazing rock formations, mountains, plants, animals, and entertainment. Yosemite National Park is a part of the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, extending to almost 80.5-128.7 kilometers long. From the highest peak in Yosemite, Mount Whitney, the altitude, from near sea level, is more than 13,000 feet. There are many different types of granite rock that make up the Yosemite Valley. This granite was formed by hundreds of smaller forms of granite rock that have been solidified by of molten rock and constantly broken down from its overlying rocks for more than 100 million years. Differences in granite rock come from the response to weathering and erosion and in appearance. Only five percent of the Yosemite park is made up of metamorphic rock, which grew over the granite rock many years ago, and later eroded away. After the granite rock was fully revealed, almost 25 million years ago, the enormous mountain range cracked along its eastern fault, leaning and lifting the western end. As the tilting augmented over time, it created rivers and canyons that cut deeper into the mountain. After being covered by volcanic lava flows and
Yosemite’s name is of Native American origin. Early inhabitants, the Awani, called the valley and its high granite walls “uzumati,” meaning “bear.” Over the course of time, the name “Yosemite” was derived from this word. Until the eighteenth century, the natives lived in perfect harmony with nature.
Yosemite National Park in California is a popular tourist location. The park features a Tunnel View overlook, allowing people from the road to see all of the park. Many families take trips to Yosemite every year as vacations and time to get away from everyday life.
Yosemite National Park has a long and political history behind its creation. The area was originally named Ahwahnee but is now named after an American Indian tribe that was forced out of the territory by the Mariposa Battalion. It was not until 1851 that Americans began to even explore Yosemite, and only did so to seek out American Indians that had supposedly attacked gold miners. The captain of the pursuit came back and told everyone about the beautiful land he had encountered. This inspired others, including an editor of Hutchings Magazine, to see it for themselves. The editor, James Mason Hutchings, wrote that Yosemite offered, “"to the dyspeptic denizens of our larger cities … recreation and medicine … pure, free air, and … ice-cold water." (Adam Wesley Dean, 2010). He viewed Yosemite as an object that could benefit America as a nation and help the country to compete against Europe’s tourist sites. Frederick Billings, a lawyer who focused on land claims, also visited and wrote about the valley. However, he opposed the idea of making it into a public park and instead agreed with it coming under private ownership. Others began to advocate that all areas of such natural beauty should be preserved as state parks. With
At first glance, Yosemite’s natural beauty is easy to observe. Beyond all that beauty lies a story about different people in Yosemite, whis is written on the very same landscape. It tells that story of how different culture created what we now know as Yosemite National Park. This parks unique human history paints a picture of the conflict, dreams, diversity, hardships, adventures, and preservation of what life was really like in one of the world’s first national parks, Yosemite.
Yellowstone park was the first national park in the United States. The park dates back as far as 11,000 years ago, when the Native Americans were the first to stumble upon the
The trip began when I took a small green pencil and signed by name on the release forms needed to hike in Yosemite National Park. I and nine of my friends left the ranger station that night with a neatly folded map and a felling of excitement to what lay ahead. The long drive to the park left us tired and in need of a good night’s sleep. We decided to stay in tent city like most hikers do before they set out for their trek. Tent city was a large subdivision of tents that resembled a community of houses. Each tent was perfectly uniformed in its appearance and made up a total of fifty tents. Before we went to bead, we studied our maps and made an itinerary to the amount of hiking we would do.
From the thrill of descending seven hundred fifty-four feet to the serenity and sense of tranquility you get when you stare off into these immense caves, Carlsbad Caverns has left me with the most amazing experiences. I plan on visiting three monumental caves today- the Hall of the Giants, Temple of Sun, and Rock of Ages. I already took a self-guided tour at the Temple of Sun earlier this morning. It was simply breathtaking. The caves were lit with white light so it was all natural beauty.