Indian Arch

Indian Arch is in Mariposa County, Sierra Nevada, California. Indian Arch is situated nearby to the peak Indian Rock, as well as near Basket Dome.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Half Dome and Basket Dome.

Half Dome

Peak

Photo: y6y6y6, Public domain.

Half Dome is a quartz monzonite batholith at the eastern end of Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, California. It is a well-known rock formation in the park, named for its distinct shape. Half Dome is situated 2½ miles southeast of Indian Arch.

Basket Dome

Peak

Photo: joeshlabotnik, CC BY 2.0.

Basket Dome is a granite dome in Yosemite National Park, United States. Basket Dome was named from a Native American legend involving a woman carrying a basket, who was turned by anger into stone, forming the dome.

Snow Creek Falls

Waterfall

Photo: ambitious wench, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Snow Creek Falls is a long series of cascades located in Yosemite National Park toward the eastern extent of Yosemite Valley. It descends a steep gorge on a sizeable stream that originates in May Lake to the north, dropping east of the trail that leaves the Valley above Mirror Lake en route to North Dome and other north-rim destinations.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yosemite Village and Curry Village.

Yosemite Village

Village

Photo: Almonroth, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Yosemite Valley is a census-designated place in Mariposa County, California, United States. It consists of Yosemite Village, the main developed area, together with adjacent areas of the Yosemite Valley within Yosemite National Park. Yosemite Village is situated 2½ miles southwest of Indian Arch.

Curry Village

Village

Photo: Almonroth, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Curry Village is a campground in Mariposa County, California in Yosemite National Park within the Yosemite Valley. A rockfall in 2008 damaged a number of structures, and about one third of visitor units were closed because of risk. Curry Village is situated 3 miles south of Indian Arch.

Happy Isles

Locality

Photo: Glenn Scofield Williams, CC BY 2.0.

Happy Isles is a group of small isles in the Merced River in Yosemite National Park, California, United States. They are located at the easternmost end of the Yosemite Valley floor. Happy Isles is situated 3 miles south of Indian Arch.

Indian Arch

Type: Tourist attraction
Category: tourism
Location: Mariposa County, Sierra Nevada, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.77663° or 37° 46′ 36″ north

Longitude

-119.55373° or 119° 33′ 13″ west

Open location code

8592QCGW+MG

OpenStreetMap ID

node 332605502

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=arch

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Indian Rock and North Dome.

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