Hetch Hetchy Valley
Hetch Hetchy is a valley, reservoir, and water system in California in the United States. The glacial Hetch Hetchy Valley lies in the northwestern part of Yosemite National Park and is drained by the Tuolumne River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Valley with an elevation of 3,783 feet
- Description: valley, reservoir, and aqueduct in California, USA
- Also known as: “Hatchatchie”, “Hatchatchie Valley”, “Hetch Hetchey Valley”, “Hetch Hetchy”, “Hetch-Hetchy Valley”, “Hetcy Hetchy Valley”, “Tuolumne Valley”, and “Tuolumne Yosemite”
Places of Interest
Highlights include O’Shaughnessy Dam and Tueeulala Falls.
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.
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.
Kolana Rock
Peak
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 east of Hetch Hetchy Valley.
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 Valley.
Hetch Hetchy Valley
- Categories: reservoir and landform
- Location: Tuolumne County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Hetch Hetchy Valley” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Hetch Hetchy”
- Catalan: “Hetch Hetchy”
- Cebuano: “Hetch Hetchy Valley”
- Chinese: “Hetch Hetchy 山谷”
- Chinese: “赫奇赫奇”
- Chinese: “赫奇赫奇山谷”
- Czech: “Hetch Hetchy”
- Dutch: “Hetch Hetchy Valley”
- Dutch: “Hetch Hetchy”
- Esperanto: “Hetch Hetchy”
- French: “Hetch Hetchy Valley”
- French: “Vallee d’Hetch Hetchy”
- French: “vallée d’Hetch Hetchy”
- French: “Vallée d’Hetch Hetchy”
- German: “Hetch Hetchy Valley”
- Hebrew: “הץ‘ הצ’י”
- Italian: “Hetch Hetchy Valley”
- Italian: “Valle di Hetch Hetchy”
- Japanese: “ヘッチ・ヘッチー”
- Japanese: “ヘッチヘッチー峡谷”
- Latin: “Hetch Hetchy”
- Portuguese: “Vale de Hetch Hetchy”
- Spanish: “Hetch Hetchy”
- Ukrainian: “Гетч-Гетчі (долина)”
- Ukrainian: “Гетч-Гетчі”
- Ukrainian: “Долина Гетч-Гетчі”
- Ukrainian: “Долина Хетч-Хетчі”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Harden Gardens and Aspen Valley.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Falls Creek and Wapama Falls.
Tuolumne County: Must-Visit Destinations
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