Yosemite Point

Yosemite Point provides a classic view of the Yosemite Valley. The El Capitan is on the left, the Bridalveil Fall is on the right, and the Half Dome is in the distance.

“THE Yosemite Valley, in the heart of the Sierra Nevada, is a noble mark for the traveler, whether tourist, botanist, geologist, or lover of wilderness pure and simple. But those who are free may find the journey a long one; not because of the miles, for they are not so many,—only about two hundred and fifty from San Francisco, and passed over by rail and carriage roads in a day or two,—but the way is so beautiful that one is beguiled at every step, and the great golden days and weeks and months go by uncounted. How vividly my own first journey to Yosemite comes to mind, though made more than a score of years ago. I set out afoot from Oakland, on the bay of San Francisco, in April.
It was the bloom-time of the year over all the lowlands and ranges of the coast; the landscape was fairly drenched with sunshine, the larks were singing, and the hills were so covered with flowers that they seemed to be painted. Slow indeed was my progress through these glorious gardens, the first of the California flora I had seen. Cattle and cultivation were making few scars as yet, and I wandered enchanted in long, wavering curves, aware now and then that Yosemite lay to the eastward, and that some time, I should find it,”
- John Muir’s The Treasures of Yosemite, published in The Century Magazine, Vol. XL. August, 1890. No. 4.

Yosemite Point provides a classic view of the Yosemite Valley. The El Capitan is on the left, the Bridalveil Fall is on the right, and the Half Dome is in the distance.

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