Cook S Meadow Yosemite | Slide Mouse
The distance is only a few blocks but there is plenty to see.
Cook s meadow yosemite. The trailhead is right across the road from yosemite falls. This short trail runs from shuttle stop 6 which is where you get off for lower yosemite falls to shuttle stop 11 which is at the visitor s center. Cook meadows is one of the few meadows at 4000 elevation. It s name is a little curious who was cook anyway.
It is located at the very end of yosemite valley with glacier point on one side yosemite lodge at the falls on another side and yosemite village on a third side. Domestic animals didn t get kicked out of the meadow for good until the late 1920 s. Cook who owned a hotel in yosemite valley from 1881 87 and grazed cattle in the meadow. Cook s meadow cook s meadow is a great location any time of day because it offers great views on so many classic yosemite landmarks.
You will also see nice views of yosemite falls and half dome. It loops from sentinel drive parking lot and across from yosemite falls the best time for waterfalls is in the early spring but this area of the park is equally beautiful in fall when the meadow turns a golden yellow and the black oaks and elms start losing their brightly colored leaves. Lots of incredible photography opportunities abound as the cook s meadow loop offers incredible views of half dome glacier point sentinel rock and yosemite falls. Driving to cook s meadow from tunnel view takes about 15 minutes.
If you are there at the right time you will see the beautiful milkweeds in bloom. Nowhere else can you shoot upper and lower yosemite falls dramatic and stark oak trees reflections of half dome and the classic elm tree and half dome. Cook s meadow is named for john j. Cook s meadow hike walk yosemite valley the loop or figure eight trail for the walk through and around cook s meadow in yosemite valley a favorite of many visitors often starts at the main visitor center but people can also access it starting at free yosemite valley bus stop 11.
There is a second prominent meadow in yosemite in the northern section. I love cook s meadow and explored it for several hours on this day and the next day. Cook s meadow is an easy walk to see a beautiful meadow. It was named for the cook family prominent business owners in yosemite and nearby communities in the late 1800s.
It no longer exists as the meadow was dammed up in the early 1900s and now lies beneath 50 feet of water of the hetch hetchy reservoir source of drinking water for much of the bay area. Cook s meadow trail a wonderful short trail that is accessible year round and very flat. Cook s meadow loop is a really nice nature walk that you can hike it in just a few minutes in yosemite national park. The loop is.
1 mile 1 6 km loop.