McGurk Meadow

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Lower McGurk Meadow. Ostrander Rocks in background.

McGurk Meadow is a meadow in Yosemite National Park located near Bridalveil Fall. It is located at 37°40′48″N 119°37′55″W / 37.6799288°N 119.6318303°W / 37.6799288; -119.6318303Coordinates: 37°40′48″N 119°37′55″W / 37.6799288°N 119.6318303°W / 37.6799288; -119.6318303.^[1].

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^ "McGurk Meadow". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:263369.

Yosemite National Park

Founded in 1890 • Based in Tuolumne, Madera, and Mariposa Counties in California

Yosemite National Park

Yosemite Valley

Attractions

Yosemite Valley • Yosemite Village _(CDP) • Hetch Hetchy _{(valley, dam)} • Glacier Point • Badger Pass • Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias • Tuolumne Meadows • Tioga Pass • Wawona _{(community, hotel, tree)} • Chilnualna Falls

Valley attractions	Half Dome • Yosemite Falls • El Capitan • Bridalveil Fall • Happy Isles • Mirror Lake • North Dome • Vernal Fall • Nevada Fall • Little Yosemite Valley • LeConte Lodge • Camp Curry • The Ahwahnee • Bracebridge Dinner • Yosemite Firefall _{(defunct attraction)}

Hiking trails	Yosemite Falls • Bridalveil Falls • Half Dome • Mist Trail • Panorama Trail _{(Glacier Point)} • Mirror Lake • McGurk Meadow • Ostrander Lake • Mono Meadow • Taft Point • Sentinel Dome • Chilnualna Falls • Alder Creek • Mariposa Grove • Wapama Falls • Rancheria Falls • Soda Springs • Dog Lake • Lembert Dome • Elizabeth Lake • Cathedral Lakes • Mono Pass • Gaylor Lakes • Vogelsang • John Muir Trail

People

John Muir • Stephen T. Mather • Galen Clark • David Curry • Shelton Johnson • Buffalo Soldiers • Chief Tenaya • Ahwahnechee people

Lodging

Yosemite Lodge at the Falls • The Ahwahnee • Camp Curry • Wawona Hotel • White Wolf Lodge • Housekeeping Camp • High Sierra Camps

Dining	The Ahwahnee Dining Room • Mountain Broiler Room • Lodge Cafeteria • Wawona Hotel Dining Room • Curry Village Pizza Parlor

Natural Disasters

Flood ₍₁₉₉₇, Merced River) • Rockfalls _{(1996, 2008, 2009)}

Transportation

Nearby airports: _{FAT, MPI, MMH} • YARTS • Route 140 • Route 41 • Route 120 • Hetch Hetchy Road • Glacier Point Road

Nearby Municipalities

Foresta • El Portal & Arch Rock Entrance • Yosemite West & Chinquapin • Bootjack • Mariposa • Briceburg • Oakhurst • Midpines • Lee Vining • Mammoth • Merced • Le Grand • Chowchilla

Additional Information

History of the Yosemite area • Geology of the Yosemite area • National Register of Historic Places in Yosemite National Park • Waterfalls_{(list, template)}

Category • Yosemite National Park official website • The Ahwahnee • Yosemite Lodge at the Falls

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