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Le Conte Conservation Center

    The Ahwahnee

    National Historic Landmark designated in 1987 by the National Park Service of the United States Department of the Interior.     

    National Historic Landmark designated in 1987 by the National Park Service of the United States Department of the Interior.   

    • hotel
    • national park
    • yosemite

    Yosemite Park Centennial Time Capsule

      Yosemite Park 125th Anniversary Time Capsule

        Yosemite National Park

          Yosemite Falls

            Park Interpretation

            Submitted by Nick Bateman

            Submitted by Nick Bateman

            • yoseimte
            • national park
            • nature
            • park
            • naturalist

            John Muir’s Pine Cabin near Yosemite Falls

            CLIMB THE MOUNTAINS AND GET THEIR GOOD TIDINGS NATURE’S PEACE WILL FLOW INTO YOU AS SUNSHINE FLOWS INTO TREES THE WINDS WILL BLOW THEIR OWN FRESHNESS INTO YOU AND THE STORMS THEIR ENERGY WHILE...

            CLIMB THE MOUNTAINS AND GET THEIR GOOD TIDINGS NATURE’S PEACE WILL FLOW INTO YOU AS SUNSHINE FLOWS INTO TREES THE WINDS WILL BLOW THEIR OWN FRESHNESS INTO YOU AND THE STORMS THEIR ENERGY WHILE...

            • california
            • yosemite
            • waterfalls

            O'Shaughnessy Dam

            66,000,000,000 gallons. #HetchHetchy  Submitted by friscolex

            66,000,000,000 gallons. #HetchHetchy  Submitted by friscolex

            • hetchhetchy
            • dam
            • reservoir

            David Erickson Memorial

              This is one of two markers erected at a roadside overlook -- which the U.S. Forest Service modestly calls Rim of the World -- in memory of wildland firefighters killed in blazes in Stanislaus...

              This is one of two markers erected at a roadside overlook -- which the U.S. Forest Service modestly calls Rim of the World -- in memory of wildland firefighters killed in blazes in...

            • california
            • stanislaus n...
            • highway 120
            • wildfires
            • firefighters

            In Memory of Eva Marie Schicke

            This is one of two markers erected at a roadside overlook -- which the U.S. Forest Service modestly calls Rim of the World -- in memory of wildland firefighters killed in blazes in Stanislaus...

            This is one of two markers erected at a roadside overlook -- which the U.S. Forest Service modestly calls Rim of the World -- in memory of wildland firefighters killed in blazes in...

              Lee Vining

              LEE VINING THE NAME OF THIS COMMUNITY HONORS LEROY VINING, IN 1852 LT. TREADWELL MOORE AND SOLDIERS OF THE 2ND INFANTRY PURSUED INDIANS OF CHIEF TENAYA'S TREE FROM YOSEMITE ACROSS THE SIERRA VIA...

              LEE VINING THE NAME OF THIS COMMUNITY HONORS LEROY VINING, IN 1852 LT. TREADWELL MOORE AND SOLDIERS OF THE 2ND INFANTRY PURSUED INDIANS OF CHIEF TENAYA'S TREE FROM YOSEMITE ACROSS THE SIERRA...

              • vining
              • ecv
              • yosemite
              • california
              • mono loake

              West Portal

              Submitted by @jqmcd.

              Submitted by @jqmcd.

              • lee vining
              • ecv
              • california
              • mono basin
              • mono lake
              • modern conveniences
              • town was abandoned
              • existence was brief