Mooiste weg om Yosemite NP te bereiken

[Dorothy]

Wat is de mooiste weg om naar Yosemite NP te gaan.
We komen van Coulterville, ca en overnachten op Wawona campground te Yosemite NP.


Alvast bedankt

[mirdj]

Wanneer ga je?

[Dorothy]

Begin juli 2007

[Martin & Marianne]

Als je rechtstreeks rijdt, via de 49, is het ruim een uur rijden. Willen jullie eerst naar Wawona en dan het park verkennen of mag het ook andersom?
In dat laatste geval kun je de 140 nemen, via El Portal, en dan naar de vallei, en dan aan het eind van de dag naar Wawona.
De ingang via de 120 is ook mooi, maar dat is vanaf Coulterville niet voor de hand liggend. De 140 is echter prachtig, je rijdt langs de Merced River het park binnen.
Er is ook een Forest Road die ter hoogte van Coulterville begint en vlak voor Yosemite op de 120 uitkomt, maar ik weet niet hoe die weg is. Als je dit leest wel de moeite waard:

Once a sheepherders' trail and later a stagecoach road into Yosemite, the Old Yosemite Road is finally making a well-deserved comeback. With Mariposa County planning signs to mark the historic route, visitors now have an opportunity to trace what some are calling the "John Muir Corridor."

Those picking up State 132 in Modesto can follow it through Coulterville (where it changes to County Rd. J132) past Greeley Hill. Stay on the main road, which becomes Smith Station Road, to State 120.

More adventurous explorers with four-wheel-drive vehicles can continue along the original route--turn off the main highway toward Bower Cave, where the road turns to gravel. Forest Service roads wind uphill to State 120, just west of Yosemite's Big Oak Flat entrance station. The final stretch on Forest Road 2S01 is well worth the effort--it crosses the flanks of Pilot Peak, the towering mountain that stagecoaches used to gauge their proximity to Yosemite. From here you'll be treated to stunning views over rarely seen valleys.

At its upper end, F.R. 2S01 reaches Hazel Green, a delightful spring-fed meadow (privately owned) where Muir and many other early bone-weary visitors found sweet respite under towering pines. Proposals are afoot to turn this historic site into an educational center and resort adjacent to the park. For now, though, backtracking to Forest Road 20 and heading north will take you to State 120 west of the Big Oak Flat entrance station, where you can congratulate yourself on having forged your own intriguing route to Yosemite.

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Marianne