Sunset at Hills near Yosemite Photo

This picture was taken of a beautiful sunset near the entrence to Yosemite National Park just a couple miles west of Groveland and Big Oak Flat. You can see part of the reservoir to Don Pedro Lake in between the hills. Yosemite is located in east-central California and lies 105 miles north of Fresno, 195 miles east of San Francisco, 313 miles north of Los Angeles and 350 miles northwest of Las Vegas. The gross area acres for the national park is Gross Area Acres for 761,266 and receives about 3,300 total recreational visits per year. The elevation in the park ranges from from 2000 feet to over 13,000 feet. The cliffs, waterfalls, steep mountains and deep lakes of Yosemite National Park were all formed over millions of years by earthquakes, glaciers and numerous other forces of nature.