Valley View
Look up the Valley from alongside the Merced River.
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Valley View Details
You can look up Yosemite Valley from alongside the Merced River at Valley View. Located along one-way Northside Drive, it is best to stop here on your way out of Yosemite Valley. This popular vista is located just after a view of Bridalveil Fall but immediately before Pohono Bridge, about the time you begin to see directional signs for highways leaving the park.
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Nearby Points of Interest Around Valley View
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Valley View (V11)
A good spot to view the Valley from alongside the Merced River.
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Bridalveil Fall View (V10)
From this vantage point, you can see Bridalveil Falls across the Merced River.
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Mariposa Battalion Campsite (V13)
The Battalion entered Yosemite Valley for the first time in March of 1851 and camped in this meadow.
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Fern Spring (V12)
Be sure to take a moment to enjoy what is perhaps the most beautiful spring in the Park.
