Awesome! The National Geographic Travel Guide: Yosemite National Park.
Millions of visitors come to Rhode Island-size Yosemite each year, most to the mile-wide (1.6-kilometer-wide) Yosemite Valley, which was cut by the Merced River and then enlarged by glaciers. Huge domes—notably El Capitan and Half Dome—and high peaks close in the valley, which makes up only one percent of the park. Hundreds of miles of hiking trails cross the green meadows and woodlands found across a roller coaster of different elevations. A great variety of wildlife is protected here, including black bears, mule deer, and hundreds of bird species. Today more than four million people visit the park every year, for rock climbing, hiking, bicycling, horseback riding, camping, skiing, and snowshoeing.