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Tioga Road - Yosemite

12 places · 3 areas · the first stage free, then $4.99 for the whole city · offline map 4.1 MB

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The first stage of Tioga Road - Yosemite is free

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The free first stage

2 of the highlights, 2 days, about <0.1 mi (<0.1 km), planned by the app's own engine and shown here with their guide. In the app you choose your own.

Day 1 · <0.1 mi (<0.1 km)

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    Siesta Lake

    about 13 miles east of the Crane Flat gas station; small spring-fed pond beside the road

    Midday · 15 min · $$

    Pull over for a picnic or a quick swim in the small lake at the roadside, ringed by forest.

Day 2 · <0.1 mi (<0.1 km)

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    Tuolumne Grove

    just off Tioga Road near Crane Flat; trail down the old Big Oak Flat Road to about two dozen giant sequoias

    Morning · 120 min · $$

    Walk down the old Big Oak Flat Road, now closed to cars, into a grove of about two dozen mature giant sequoias; the round trip is 2.5 miles.

More of the top sights

A few of the 12 places in the full guide. Each one has its own written guide in the app: what to do, what to notice, the history, and why it hits.

Mono Lake South Tufa

south shore of Mono Lake, east of Lee Vining; limestone towers rising from an ancient salt lake

Tioga Pass and the East Slope

Tuolumne Meadows

about 8,600 feet; one of the largest high meadows in the Sierra Nevada, threaded by the Tuolumne River

Granite High Country

Tenaya Lake

Tioga Road at 8,150 feet; glacier-carved lake ringed by granite domes

Granite High Country

Olmsted Point

Tioga Road at about 8,400 feet; granite slabs and erratics looking down Tenaya Canyon to Half Dome

Granite High Country

Areas

West: Crane Flat Forest · Granite High Country · Tioga Pass and the East Slope

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