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Yosemite National Park

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Officially Sourced Information

Public Park Type: National Park

Managing agency: National Park Service

Location: California, United States

Official website: Yosemite National Park on the National Park Service website

Yosemite National Park is a National Park Service site in California, first protected in 1864 and encompassing nearly 1,200 square miles of valleys, waterfalls, giant sequoias, wilderness, and High Sierra landscapes.

Park Worlds Summary

Park Worlds tracks Yosemite as a public park rather than a privately operated theme park. Public Park Type identifies it as a National Park while keeping it in the broader Park data model.

Sources
  1. Yosemite National Park
    National Park Service · Government / public record · accessed August 20, 2026
    Used for / supports: Official park name; California location; National Park Service context; first-protected-in-1864 statement; nearly 1,200 square mile description.