Wawona Point

Wawona Point is a peak in Mariposa County, Sierra Nevada, California and has an elevation of 6,535 feet. Wawona Point is situated nearby to the locality Long Meadow, as well as near the hamlet South Wawona.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mariposa Grove Museum and Mariposa Grove.

Mariposa Grove Museum

Museum

Photo: Kevin R Foote, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mariposa Grove Museum is an historic log cabin in the Mariposa Grove of Yosemite National Park. Galen Clark, the first guardian of the Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Big Tree Grant, built the first cabin on approximately the same site in May 1864 as an office and information center for visitors.

Mariposa Grove

Evergreen forest

Photo: Dameon Hudson, CC BY 3.0.

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.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Wawona and North Wawona.

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.