Yosemite Valley, California
Mariposa County · Card no. 6952
A glacier-carved valley of granite walls and waterfalls, and the heart of the park that helped invent the idea of national parks.
- Lincoln signed the Yosemite Grant in 1864, the first time land was set aside by the federal government for preservation.
- El Capitan's face rises 3,000 feet and was first climbed in 1958.
- Yosemite Falls drops 2,425 feet in three tiers.
Every incorporated city and town in California has its own painted card here, free to send by email or by link. No account, nothing to install.