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If you wish to learn more, exploring the nature and science sections of the park’s website (nps.gov/yose) provides an excellent pre-visit introduction to Yosemite natural and human histories, while a trip to the Yosemite Valley Visitor Center, the Nature Center at Happy Isles, or the Pioneer Yosemite History Center in Wawona is a perfect way to begin your park visit. Many excellent books have also been written on its human and natural histories. Two of my favorites to read before your visit are Geology Underfoot in Yosemite National Park by Allen F. Glazner and Greg M. Stock and the out-of-print, but still available, history of Tuolumne Meadows, Meadow in the Sky by Elizabeth Stone O’Neill. Flowering Shrubs of Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada by Shirley Spencer and Wildflowers of Yosemite by Lynn Wilson, Jim Wilson, and Jeff Nicholas are excellent companions on the trail.

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This book is written for everyone wanting to experience Yosemite’s wonders on foot, whether you wish to take short excursions to the base of waterfalls or to vista points, moderate hikes to a grove of sequoias or to the summit of a granite dome, or more difficult adventures to the top of a peak or to the shores of an alpine lake. The walks range in length from 0.4 mile to 8 miles, with the majority in the always popular 2- to 5-mile range.