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  • beautiful sunset reflects off valley walls and lakeLate afternoon in Yosemite Valley.
  • two deer graze in a fieldYosemite Valley deer.
  • water falls from one of the high valley walls in YosemiteWaterfall and rainbow in Yosemite National Park.
  • the roots of a fallen tree are exposed and reach high into the airMariposa Grove.

Yosemite

215 MILES FORM CHICO
Yosemite National Park has 1,169 square miles of breathtaking natural scenery. Yosemite is home to hundreds of species of wildlife, along with giant sequoia groves, granite cliffs, endless alpines, and staggering waterfalls. Yosemite Valley boasts three of the tallest waterfalls in the world, including Yosemite Falls, North America’s longest waterfall, that gushes 2,425 feet into the valley.