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Lower Mariposa Grove Loop (Yosemite National Park, CA)

On By Andrew WojtanikIn California, Easy Hikes, Yosemite National Park2 Comments

Mariposa Grove Trail, Yosemite National Park, May 2022 Though not the tallest, nor the widest, giant sequoias—found only in California’s Sierra Nevada—are the largest trees by volume in the world. The largest of three sequoia stands in Yosemite, Mariposa Grove is a top destination for visitors to California’s most popular national park. As with basically …

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Tuolumne Grove Trail (Yosemite National Park, CA)

On By Andrew WojtanikIn California, Moderate Hikes, Yosemite National Park5 Comments

Tuolumne Grove, Yosemite National Park, April 2021 Giant sequoias, close cousins of coast redwoods, are the largest trees (by total volume) on earth and grow naturally only in 75 groves on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada in California. Three such groves can be found in Yosemite National Park: Mariposa, Merced, and Tuolumne. Situated …

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