Yosemite National Park

280px|thumb|right|Half Dome as viewed from Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park

Yosemite National Park is a national park in the state of California, U.S.A.. Created on 1 October 1890, it was the second national park, after Yellowstone. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.UNESCO,  "Yosemite National Park"; retrieved 2012-4-19.  Yosemite covers 1,189 square miles (3,081 square kilometers) on the Sierra Nevada.

Over 3.5 million people visit the park each year. Despite the park's great size, most people spend time in Yosemite Valley, one of the most beautiful places in the park. Almost 95 percent of the park is wilderness. Yosemite has many waterfalls. The most famous of these is the world-famous Yosemite Falls, which at  tall, is one of the tallest waterfalls in the world.

In the northern area of the park lies the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, a debated dam project. The reservoir floods.  Many people supporting environmentalism are trying to get the dam removed.

The eighth major operating system of OS X by Apple Inc. is named after the Yosemite National Park, called OS X Yosemite.

Gallery

 Related pages 
List of World Heritage Sites in the United States

 References 

Other websites

Category:1890 establishments in California
Category:National parks in the United States
Category:World Heritage Sites in the United States
Category:Wilderness Areas of the United States
Category:Geography of California
Category:Madera County, California
Category:Mariposa County, California
Category:Tuolumne County, California