Mariposa Grove
Mariposa Grove is a sequoia grove located near Wawona, California, United States, in the southernmost part of Yosemite National Park. It is the largest grove of giant sequoias in the park, with several hundred mature specimens.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Dameon Hudson, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Evergreen forest
- Description: place in California listed on National Register of Historic Places
- Also known as: “Mammoth Grove of Mariposa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Grizzly Giant and Mariposa Grove Museum.
Grizzly Giant
Photo: MikeMurphy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Grizzly Giant is a massive giant sequoia located in Mariposa Grove within Yosemite National Park. Famous for its impressive size and age, the Grizzly Giant has been a symbol of the park since tourism began.
Mariposa Grove Museum
Museum
Photo: Kevin R Foote, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Mariposa Grove Cabin, originally built in 1864 by Galen Clark, Yosemite's first guardian and discoverer of the Mariposa Grove, stands as an iconic symbol of Yosemite National Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fish Camp and South Wawona.
Fish Camp
Photo: Guywelch2000, CC0.
Fish Camp is a census-designated place in Mariposa County, California, United States. It is located 18 miles east of Mariposa at an elevation of 5,062 feet.
South Wawona
Hamlet
Wawona is a census-designated place in Mariposa County, California, United States. The population was 111 at the 2020 census. The community is located entirely within Yosemite National Park, as it preceded the founding of the park as a national recreation area.
Wawona
Hamlet
Photo: Mav, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wawona is a census-designated place in Mariposa County, California, United States. The population was 111 at the 2020 census. The community is located entirely within Yosemite National Park, as it preceded the founding of the park as a national recreation area.
Mariposa Grove
- Categories: grove and forest
- Location: Mariposa County, Sierra Nevada, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.50891° or 37° 30′ 32″ northLongitude
-119.60218° or 119° 36′ 8″ westElevation
6,398 feet (1,950 metres)Open location code
8592G95X+H4OpenStreetMap ID
way 1125956325OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Mariposa Grove” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Mariposa Grove”
- Cebuano: “Mariposa Grove”
- Chinese: “蝴蝶巨杉林”
- Chinese: “馬裏波薩林地”
- Chinese: “馬里波薩林地”
- Chinese: “马里波萨林地”
- Dutch: “Mariposa Grove”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ماريبوسا جروف”
- French: “Mariposa Grove”
- Italian: “Mariposa Grove”
- Portuguese: “Mariposa Grove”
- Russian: “Марипоса”
- Spanish: “Mariposa Grove”
- Ukrainian: “Гай Маріпоса”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Long Meadow and North Wawona.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bachelor and Three Graces and Fallen Monarch.
Mariposa County: Must-Visit Destinations
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mariposa Grove”. Photo: Dameon Hudson, CC BY 3.0.