YOSEMITE NAT'L PARK-California-Yosemite Falls- Postcard

Located in Yosemite Valley, the Yosemite Falls is the highest in North America at 2,425-foot (739 m). Yosemite National Park is an American national park located in the western Sierra Nevada of Central California, bounded on the southeast by Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest. The park covers an area of 748,436 acres (1,169 sq mi; 3,029 km2) and sits in four counties: centred in Tuolumne and Mariposa, extending north and east to Mono and south to Madera County. Designated a World Heritage site in 1984, Yosemite is internationally recognized for its granite cliffs, waterfalls, clear streams, giant sequoia groves, lakes, mountains, meadows, glaciers, and biological diversity. Almost 95% of the park is designated wilderness..