Hetch Hetchy Campground

Hetch Hetchy Campground is a camp in Tuolumne County, Gold Country, California and has an elevation of 3,953 feet. Hetch Hetchy Campground is situated nearby to O’Shaughnessy Dam, as well as near the peak Kolana Rock.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include O’Shaughnessy Dam and Kolana Rock.

O’Shaughnessy Dam

Dam

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

O'Shaughnessy Dam is a 430-foot-high concrete arch-gravity dam in Tuolumne County, California, United States. It impounds the Tuolumne River, forming the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir at the lower end of Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park, about 160 miles east of San Francisco. O’Shaughnessy Dam is situated 1,900 feet north of Hetch Hetchy Campground.

Kolana Rock

Peak

Photo: Crimoid, CC BY 3.0.

Kolana Rock is a prominent granite dome located along the southern edge of Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park. John Muir stated that Kolana was the Indian name for the rock. Kolana Rock is situated 1½ miles northeast of Hetch Hetchy Campground.

Tueeulala Falls

Waterfall

Photo: Epachamo, Public domain.

Tueeulala Falls is located on the north side of Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park. At roughly 880 feet it is the smaller of two large waterfalls that spill into Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, the other being Wapama Falls. Tueeulala Falls is situated 1½ miles northeast of Hetch Hetchy Campground.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mather.

Mather

Hamlet

Mather is an unincorporated community in Tuolumne County, California, United States. Mather is 33 miles west of Tioga Pass. The community is named after Stephen Tyng Mather, who directed the National Park Service from 1917 to 1929. Mather is situated 6 miles southwest of Hetch Hetchy Campground.

Hetch Hetchy Campground

Type: Camp
Location: Tuolumne County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.94242° or 37° 56′ 33″ north

Longitude

-119.78657° or 119° 47′ 12″ west

Elevation

3,953 feet (1,205 metres)

Open location code

8592W6R7+X9

GeoNames ID

5356614

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