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Lake Eleanor Campground

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Lake Eleanor Trailhead
Lake Eleanor TrailheadTrails & trailheads

Lake Eleanor is a reservoir located in the northwestern backcountry of Yosemite National Park at an altitude of 4,657 feet (1,419 m). The reservoir has a capacity of 26,100 acre-feet (32,200,000 m3) and a surface area of 953 acres (3.9 km2).

9.7 km · ~33 min driveDirections ↗
Shingle Springs TrailheadTrails & trailheads14.9 km · ~64 min driveDirections ↗
Jawbone FallsWaterfalls21.4 km · ~60 min driveDirections ↗
Lookout Point (2,201 m)Summits & peaks31.6 km · ~102 min driveDirections ↗
North Mountain (1,747 m)Summits & peaks

summit in Tuolumne County, California

31.7 km · ~87 min driveDirections ↗
Smith Peak TrailheadTrails & trailheads60.9 km · ~136 min driveDirections ↗
Tueeulala Falls
Tueeulala FallsWaterfalls

Tueeulala Falls is located on the north side of Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park. At roughly 880 feet it is the smaller of two large waterfalls that spill into Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, the other being Wapama Falls. It is, however, the larger of the two in terms of greatest free-fall distance, as Wapama is split into two falls. Tueeulala Fall drops free for 600 feet, hits a ledge, then

64.2 km · ~143 min driveDirections ↗
Wapama Falls
Wapama FallsWaterfalls

Wapama Falls is the larger of two waterfalls located on Falls Creek on the northern wall of Hetch Hetchy Valley below Hetch Hetchy Dome, in Yosemite National Park. The other waterfall, Tueeulala Falls, is on a separate seasonal distributary of Falls Creek. Wapama Falls flows year-round and during peak flow has been known to inundate the trail bridge crossing its base, making the falls impossible t

64.2 km · ~143 min driveDirections ↗
Wapama Falls
Wapama FallsAttractions

Falls Creek, also known as the Falls River, is a tributary of the Tuolumne River in Yosemite National Park, California, United States. The creek begins at the northern boundary of the national park and flows 24 miles (39 km) to empty into the Tuolumne at Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, dropping over two well-known waterfalls. The Pacific Crest Trail and other national park trails follow the creek for much

64.2 km · ~143 min driveDirections ↗
Emigrant Wilderness
Emigrant WildernessParks & play

wilderness area in Tuolumne County, California, United States

146.1 km · ~290 min driveDirections ↗

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