Yosemite Creek View (T13)

From this point, you can learn more about granite, which is so much a part of Yosemite.

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Yosemite Creek View (T13) Details

This scenic view also offers wonderful views of the Yosemite Creek, as it heads seven miles downstream and plunges 2,425 feet into the Yosemite Valley as Yosemite Falls. The National Park Service describes granite's role in this way: "Massive granite dominates the Yosemite area and much of the Sierra Nevada as well. Mount Hoffmann and most of the terrain visible from it are composed of granite, formed deep within the Earth by solidification of formerly molten rock material and subsequently exposed by erosion of the overlying rocks. Because of its massiveness and durability, granite is shaped into bold forms. These include the cliffs of Yosemite and Hetch Hetchy Valleys, many of the higher peaks in the Park, and the striking sheeted domes that can form only in massive, unlayered rock. Although granite dominates nearly the entire length of the Sierra, the granite is not monolithic. Instead, it is a composite of hundreds of smaller bodies of granitic rock that, as magma (molten material), intruded one another over a timespan of more than 100 million years. This multiplicity of intrusions is one of the reasons why there are so many varieties of granitic rock in Yosemite and the rest of the Sierra. The differences are not always apparent to the casual observer, but they are reflected in sometimes subtle differences in appearance and in differences in response to weathering and erosion acting on the rocks." Roadside marker: T13

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Tioga Road (Rt 120 East)