4.0 hr
Overview
500 Giant Sequoias up to 2,000 years old in southern Yosemite, on the Mariposa Grove hike. 7-mile loop. Sunrise start to drive straight to the trailhead.
Trail Stats
10.3 km
485 m
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Photos
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The route has ups in downs, but in general, you’ll be climbing until you reach Wawona Point, and then heading back down. The section between the California Tunnel Tree and the Telescope Tree feels most like an uphill, but compared to the other hikes in Yos
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If you take the shuttle from the Mariposa Grove Welcome Center, it will drop you off here at the trailhead.
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Here’s the parking lot at the trailhead. I’m here at sunrise, the only car in the lot on a weekend in July. This is the best time to visit.
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The Mariposa Grove is in the southern part of Yosemite National Park, along Rt-41, about an hour’s drive from the Yosemite Valley.
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