Mono Lake Yosemite National Park was founded in 1890 and has an area of approximately 1,200 square miles. It is the largest and probably most popular national park in California. It is famous for its wonderful nature, including waterfalls, spectacular rock formations, woods, and the famous Yosemite Valley.
Many visitors also come in the hope to see one special attraction of the park - bears.
It is often thought to stand for a description of the place in the language of the native tribes which lived here before the settlers came and took their lands. This makes for one of the very best names for any national park. The view from the Half Dome is truly spectacular and is a big reward for the sweat. Another famous rock is El Capitan, but this granite monolith of 3,593 feet above the valley floor can be climbed only with special climbing gear. The Bridalveil Falls are even easier accessed by a 15-minute hike from the nearby parking lot in the Yosemite Valley.