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Yosemite Valley

Floor1,195 m3,921 ft

Depth: 1,218 m
Rim: 2,436 m
Length: 13.9 km
Tonight: 44°FFair · Wind 5–20 mph ENE

Yosemite Valley is up to 1,218 m deep: the rim reaches 2,436 m and the floor 1,195 m, along 13.9 km.

All facts

Floor: 1,195 m

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3D map

Yosemite Valley 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Yosemite Valley topographic map

100 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the centre

Yosemite Valley elevation profile

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Print & wall

JPGYosemite Valley satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-07.

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GIS & GPS

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Depth

Depth of Yosemite Valley

Up to 1,218 m deep (typically 1,039 m) along the 13.9 km in view.

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km.

Weather

Yosemite Valley weather

Today · Light rain · 44 / 60°F (7 / 16°C) · 10% chance of precipitation · Wind 5 mph WSW

Yosemite Valley forecast for about 1,219 m.

Today44°60°10%5 mph WSW
Sat46°70°–0–10 mph NE
Sun47°71°–5–10 mph SSE
Mon45°70°1%5–15 mph SSW
Tue46°70°1%0–10 mph SSW
Wed48°71°3%5–10 mph SSW
Thu46°68°13%5–10 mph S

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 22:56 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Yosemite Valley

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Yosemite Valley, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
0.1 km SE
+2 more within 0.5 km
Directions Map
Nearest trailhead
Rockslides Trailhead
0.3 km NNE · +2 more within 2.8 km
Directions Map
Nearest campsite
Camp 4
4.5 km ENE
Directions Map

All mapped places 7

Place	Distance
Parking	0.1 km SE
Rockslides TrailheadTrailhead	0.3 km NNE
Parking	0.4 km SW
Parking	0.5 km E
Bridalveil Falls TrailheadTrailhead	0.7 km SW
Pohono TrailheadTrailhead	2.8 km WSW
Camp 4Campsite	4.5 km ENE

Slope

Share of the 12 × 12 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

44.6%

Moderate, 15–30°

33.6%

Steep, 30–45°

13.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

8.2%

Steeper than 30°: 21.8% of the 144 km² view
Relief in view: 1,572 m low point 1,163 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 74.7%Grassland 20.9%Bare rock / sparse 4.1%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 6 km of Yosemite Valley.

Summit list 9

1Eagle Peak2,362 m 1.6 km N
2Taft Point2,286 m 2.1 km SSE
3El Capitan2,307 m 2.3 km W
4Sentinel Dome2,475 m 2.6 km ESE
5Eagle Tower2,220 m 2.7 km NNE
6Boundary Hill2,575 m 3.9 km NNW
7Dewey Point2,236 m 4.5 km SW
8Ostrander Rocks2,482 m 4.9 km SSE
9Crocker Point2,165 m 5.1 km SW

Where it sits

Where Yosemite Valley sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Data sources

Terrain: U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-07)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Protected area: USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Yosemite Valley

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