Eight years before Yellowstone was established as America’s first national park, President Abraham Lincoln signed a document ...

It was 1864 when the bill came across Abraham Lincoln’s desk to grant “Yo-Semite Valley” and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove to the State of California “for public use, resort, and recreation ...

The 0.3-mile Big Trees Loop Trail is accessible and starts at the Mariposa Grove Arrival Area. This 30- to 45-minute hike (which is paved) takes travelers past a variety of giant sequoias ...