YOSEMITE FACT FILE

🔷 Its granite rock formations glow like fire at sunset

🔷 The park is home to over 400 species of wildlife

🔷 It’s also home to Yosemite Falls – one of the highest waterfalls in the world

🔷 Some four million people visited the park in 2018

🔷 This is one of the few places in the US where it’s possible to see a rainbow at night

🔷 It is revered as the birthplace of rock climbing for sport

🔷 Yosemite’s most famous hotel was once used as a wartime hospital

🔷 Buffalo soldiers were some of the park’s first protectors