Yosemite Valley facts for kids

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Yosemite Valley (/joʊˈsɛmᵻtiː/ yoh-SEM-i-tee) is a glacial valley in Yosemite National Park in the western Sierra Nevada mountains of Central California. The valley is about 7.5 miles (12 km) long and about 3000–3500 feet deep.

Yosemite Falls is the highest waterfall in North America, and is a big attraction especially in the spring when the water flow is at its peak.

The Valley is the main attraction in the park for the majority of visitors. Yosemite Valley is located on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada mountains, 150 miles (240 km) due east of San Francisco.

Images for kids

  • CathedralRocks

    Sentinel Rock at sunset

  • Panoramic Overview from Glacier Point over Yosemite Valley 2013 Alternative

    Yosemite Valley

  • Yosemite Falls and Half Dome

    Yosemite Falls and Half Dome in the winter

  • Three Brothers Yosemite

    The Three Brothers formed from the El Capitan pluton

  • Washburn Point Yosemite August 2013 003

    Half Dome from Washburn Point

  • Cyanocitta stelleri 08585

    Steller's jay

  • Mist trail 1983

    The Mist Trail, as seen from the top of Vernal Falls

  • Brooklyn Museum - Half Dome, Yosemite Valley, California - Marguerite Thompson Zorach - overall

    Half Dome and Liberty Cap, Yosemite Valley, California. Marguerite Zorach (Brooklyn Museum)

  • Captain John Paiute Poko Tucket

    Captain John, leader of the Yosemite-Mono Lake Paiutes

  • Galen Clark in the Big Tree Grove

    Galen Clark in the Big Tree Grove

  • 8. The vernal fall, Yosemite valley

    The Vernal Fall, Yosemite by Carleton Watkins c.1873 - 83

  • The Yosemite Valley from Inspiration Point, Showing Bridalveil Falls

    The Yosemite Valley from Inspiration Point, showing visitors gazing at Bridalveil Falls, 1921

  • Jo Mora 1931 Yosemite map

    1931 pictorial map by Jo Mora

  • YosemiteValley1stSketchThomasAyres1855

    The First Picture of Yosemite Valley by Thomas Ayres, 1855


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