Taft Point

Frommer's Review

The walk to Taft Point is not demanding, and it crosses a broad meadow dotted by wildflowers in early summer. Near Taft Point, note the deep chasms, known as "fissures," in the rock. Some of the cracks are 40 feet long and 20 feet wide at the top and 100 feet deep. The wall of Yosemite actually overhangs the narrow ravine below, and if you carefully peer over the cliff, you'll notice that your head is on the opposite side of a stream running far beneath you. A small pipe railing farther on marks the 6*3-foot Taft Point overlook hanging over Yosemite Valley.

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