![]() (check the far end of the parking lot) and 3 miles west at the Nearest Bathrooms: at the trailhead (outhouse variety)ĭown the road (closes at 7 pm and closed all winter)įood Storage Lockers: None at the trailhead. You'll likely end up parking along the shoulder of Glacier Point Road, but this is nothing to be ashamed of. Parking: small lot at the trailhead, which is also the trailhead for Taft Glacier Point, the area's leading attraction. Maybe it's the short trail or maybe it's my overwhelming personal charisma, but I've never been alone here. This one, in which Nevada Fall can be seen.Ĭrowd Factor: Medium. (which, incidentally, is much steeper looking in person) and This one showing the last stretch of the trail to the top of the dome (look for the falls just to the right of the two head-free bodies) ![]() This one showing the view of Yosemite Falls That lets you see all 360 degrees of the view here,Īnd Google Street View has so many that it's virtually impossible to state with confidence that that you've seen them all Įach time you zoom in, lone street view dots transform into ragged clusters of them, a sort of panoception. If you don't smell anything, you might have accidentally made your advances to a Ponderosa pine, which has similar looking puzzle-piece bark. If you shove your nose into the bark and take a deep whiff, you'll catch the aroma of butterscotch You'll also pass some mature Jeffrey Pine trees next to the trail. You'll cross a bridge over a picturesque brook at the beginning of the hike,Īnd if your timing is good, you may see a few dozen varieties of wildflowers, with large doses of spreading phlox, penstemon, and larkspur, among others. The trail to the dome is pleasant but not particularly remarkable. The tree was killed by drought in 1977, despite attempts to save it by hand-carrying buckets of water up the Shakespeare, it's been photographed thousands of times, but it got its first big break and became a star after it appeared in ![]() Instead of wasting your eyes looking that way,Ĭontemplate instead what may be the world's mostįamous dead tree: the Jeffrey pine on the summit. To the south, the views are comparably pedestrian, I'm sorry to report. You'll see Yosemite Valley, including El Capitan andĬlouds Rest, and an assortment of High Sierra peaks. Looking west, you'll see down Yosemite Valley and beyond to the Merced River canyon and, on exceptionally clear days, all the way to Mt. Scenery Summary: Hiking to the top of Sentinel Dome is by far Yosemite's easiest way to experience miles and miles of views in whatever direction you care to turn. If it's yourįirst day in Yosemite, you might feel the effects of the elevation - the trailhead is 3,500 feet (1,000 meters) higher than It requires little effort until the final stretch up the dome itself, which is short but steep. To finally have a reason to use the 360-degree-panorama-stitchingĪnd when it's closed, too, for that matter, if you're an adeptĭifficulty: Mostly easy. Why Hike to Sentinel Dome? To visit the fallen Jeffrey pine, formerly one of the most famous trees in the world. Elevation at trailhead: 7,700 feet (2,345 meters)įinal Elevation: 8,100 feet (2,470 meters)
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