Part 31 (1/2)
To Happy Isles, Mirror Lake, the Village, Cathedral Rocks, Bridal Veil Falls, El Capitan, round trip 3.25
To Happy Isles, Mirror Lake, the Village, Cathedral Rocks, Bridal Veil Falls, El Capitan, Artist and Inspiration Points, round trip 4.50
To Artist and Inspiration Points, round trip 3.00
From Yosemite Valley:--
To Wawona, one way 5.50
To Wawona, round trip 9.50
To Mariposa Big Tree Grove and return to Wawona 7.75
To Mariposa Big Tree Grove, round trip 11.25
To Mariposa Big Trees and return via Inspiration Point and Wawona, including side trip Chinquapin to Glacier Point and return 16.25
To Glacier Point, one way 5.50
To Glacier Point, round trip 9.50
To Tuolumne Big Trees, one way 2.50
To Tuolumne Big Trees, round trip 4.25
To Tenaya Lake via Tuolumne Big Trees, one way 8.75
To Tenaya Lake via Tuolumne Big Trees, round trip 15.25
To Soda Springs via Tuolumne Big Trees, one way 10.00
To Soda Springs via Tuolumne Big Trees, round trip 17.50
From Glacier Point:--
To Mariposa Big Tree Grove and return to Valley or Glacier Point 11.25
To Wawona, one way 5.50
To Wawona, round trip 9.50
The automobile rates from Yosemite Village to El Portal, Fresno, and Merced are given in connection with the account of the railroad connections.
Princ.i.p.al Points of Interest
_Distances from Yosemite Post-Office to Princ.i.p.al Points in Yosemite Valley_ _Miles_ Basket Dome (top of) 9.0 Northeast Camp Ahwahnee 1.0 West Camp Curry 1.0 East Camp Lost Arrow .5 North Clouds' Rest 11.0 East El Capitan 3.5 West Glacier Point 4.5 South Glacier Point Hotel and Camp 4.5 South Half Dome (foot of) 3.0 East Happy Isles 2.5 East Liberty Cap 5.5 East Mirror Lake 3.0 East Mount Watkins (top of) 9.0 East Nevada Falls 6.0 East North Dome (top of) 11.0 Northeast Sentinel Rock 1.0 West Tenaya Canon 4.0 East Union Point 3.0 South Vernal Falls 5.0 East Yosemite Falls .5 North
Mariposa Big Tree Grove
SIZES OF BIG TREES IN MARIPOSA GROVE
[_All dimensions are in feet_]
----------------------+------+------------+--------+------------+--------
_Girth
_Approximate
_Girth
_Approximate
at
diameter
about
diameter
_Trees_
base_
at base_
10 feet
about
_Height_
above
10 feet
ground_
above
ground_
----------------------+------+------------+--------+------------+-------- Grizzly Giant
93
29.6
64.5
20.5
204 Faithful Couple
94
29.9
63
20
244 Michigan
55.5
17.7
40
12.7
257 Fresno
63
20
38.5
12.2
273 Columbia
80.5
25.6
52
16.5
294 Old Guard (South Tree)
45
14.3
31
9.9
244 Lafayette
92.5
29.4
53
16.9
273 Nevada
48.5
15.4
35
11.1
278 General Sherman
63
20
41.5
13.2
267 General Grant
67
21.3
42
13.4
271 General Sheridan
76
24.2
51
16.2
263 Philadelphia
61.5
19.6
50.5
16.1
275 St. Louis
73
23.2
51
16.2
269 Lincoln
72
22.9
54.5
17.3
258 Was.h.i.+ngton
92
29.3
65
20.7
235 William McKinley
70
22.3
46.5
14.8
243 General Logan
76
24.2
49.5
15.7
259 Galen Clark
59.5
18.9