Yosemite Falls
a series of falls in Yosemite National Park: upper falls, 1,436 feet (438 meters) high; middle falls, 626 feet (190 meters) high; lower falls, 320 feet (98 meters) high. Total height (including rapids), 2,526 feet (770 meters).
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From the station, take the YARTS Highway 140 Bus up to the Yosemite Valley Visitor Center and the Yosemite Valley Lodge, where you can reach trailheads to Yosemite Falls, Mirror Lake, and the Four Mile Trail to Glacier Point.
Start with 2,425-foot Yosemite Falls, the fifth tallest waterfall in the world and one of the most famous falls in the lower 48.
These falls almost rival some of the far-famed Yosemite Falls.
My First Summer in the Sierra | John MuirNext in progress come Yosemite Falls, loftiest by far in the world, a spectacle of sublimity.
The Book of the National Parks | Robert Sterling YardIn an hour or two we came to Yosemite Creek, the stream that makes the greatest of all the Yosemite Falls.
My First Summer in the Sierra | John Muir
Above the mantel of the lodge's thermionic fireplace was hung a brilliant cascading stereo of Yosemite Falls in misty motion.
Deepfreeze | Robert Donald Locke
British Dictionary definitions for Yosemite Falls
/ (jəʊˈsɛmɪtɪ) /
a series of waterfalls in central California, in the Yosemite National Park, with a total drop of 770 m (2525 ft): includes the Upper Yosemite Falls, 436 m (1430 ft) high, and the Lower Yosemite Falls, 98 m (320 ft) high
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