Look At The Yosemite Waterfalls!Here I want to show you the main Yosemite Waterfalls. There are four main waterfalls in Yosemite Valley. There are waterfalls just outside the valley and seasonal waterfalls as well. The deeper the snowpack the more waterfalls there are! This one great National Park has some of the most spectacular waterfalls of the world. Just click on the links below to learn more about each waterfall. One more thing, there are a few pointers that I want to share with you before you come and take pictures of the Yosemite waterfalls. Water moves and therefore will blur your pictures. Get to know your camera and its settings. Take home your own memories of your Yosemite vacation.
Yosemite Falls is very well known. This National Park has several waterfalls but this is the most famous of them all! This magnificant waterfall consists of three parts. The Upper Falls, The Lower Falls and a cascade of water in between. The upper part is 1430 feet tall. The lower part is 320 feet tall. The cascade in the middle is 675 feet. All combined the water falls 2425 feet, almost a half of a mile! This is the tallest waterfall in North America. Learn Even More About Yosemite Falls
When you come into Yosemite National Park from one of the two south entrances, Bridalveil Falls is the first waterfall that you will see. Standing 620 feet tall among lush green trees, it frames your view of the valley. It is postcard perfect as you view the Valley from the Wawona Tunnel. Travelers entering the park from the west and northwest will see this fall as they leave the park. This waterfall gets it name because of how the water blows it around. As wind blows the falling water it looks like the vail of a bride.
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Yosemite Nevada Falls is 1.5 miles above Vernal Falls. This waterfall is 594 feet tall. The water thunders down the sheer granite wall that makes up this waterfall. In the spring all the waterfalls in Yosemite run full force and thunder over the cliffs to the rocks below. By late fall most of the falls are a trickle of water. But this waterfall goes strong all year long! This fall is fed by the snowfields up in these high Sierra Mountains. Learn Even More About Nevada Falls
Yosemite Vernal Falls is one of the most beautiful waterfall in Yosemite National Park. You must hike to the bridge or drive to the top of Glacier Point to see this waterfall. It is not seen from the main valley floor.
This waterfall is 317 feet tall! During the spring run off this fall is 80 feet wide! Take the free valley shuttle bus to Happy Isles. From there you walk a well marked John Muir Trail to the top of the waterfall. The path is sandy and rocky but not difficult to walk. It winds through wooded land just north of the Merced River. On a good portion of the trail you can see fast-flowing, boulder-filled whitewaters. Learn Even More About Vernal Falls
Illilouette Fall is sometimes called the "hidden falls". It is not seen from the valley floor. You can view it from Glacier Point and while hiking on the Vernal Falls trail. This waterfall is 370 feet tall. The best time to hike Illilouette Fall is in the spring and early summer months. The hike is 4.2 miles round trip. Not all Yosemite waterfalls are seen by everyone who visits. This is one of those picture perfect destination for those that like to hike! Learn Even More About Illilouette Fall
Alright, this is a thing of the past. But it is something that people still talk about and ask about today. It fits perfectly into our theme of yosemite waterfalls. It was not a fall of water, but a fall of fire. And it was beautiful! The Yosemite Firefall began in 1872 when James McCauley pushed the embers of a campfire over the edge of Glacier Point. The man made fall of fire became a nightly attraction during the summer months. I remember watching these firefalls as a young girl.
Horsetail Falls on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park is a ephemeral waterfall (meaning it is seasonal). It flows only during the peak of spring runoff. This is early February to early March. It is at its peak during the second and third week in the month of February each year.
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