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South Central Yosemite backpacking map.
Dicks Lake   Lake Aloha
Dicks, and Fontanillis Lakes from Dicks Pass

All
Central and South Yosemite
Topo
BACKPACKING TRAIL MAP

The Golden Triangle,
The
Sierra Crest,
Cathedral Range,

and
Clarks Range

Pacific Crest Trail and John Muir Trail

Region Trail and Terrain Map

One
BIG
30 minute USGS Backpacking Map

Aloha Lake under Pyramid Peak from Dicks Pass

Maps
Index
JMT
SOUTH

Yosemite
Valley

to
Reds
Meadow

30 min
TYT-PCT
MAP

NORTH

Virginia
Canyon

&
Cold Canyon
to
Tuolumne
Meadows

30 min
JMT-PCT
MAP

SOUTH

Donohue
Pass

to
Reds
Meadow

Miles
and
Elevations

JMT
SOUTHWEST

Tuolumne Meadows
to
Yosemite
Valley

Miles
and
Elevations

PCT-JMT
SOUTHEAST

Tuolumne Meadows
to
Reds
Meadow

Miles
and
Elevations

TYT-PCT
NORTH

Sonora
Pass

to
Tuolumne
Meadows
Trail Guide
PAGE

Tuolumne
Meadows

to
Cathedral
Lake

7.5 minute
LOCAL
MAP
S

Tuolumne
Meadows
Region Map

Yosemite
Valley

Click
MAP SURFACE
for
detailed maps

WEATHER

Yosemite

All
High Sierra
Weather

RESUPPLY

Tuolumne
Meadows

Yosemite
Valley

PERMITS


Yosemite
National
Park

Map Information

Crossing
The Heart of Yosemite

3 DETAILED MAPS UNDER ONE

1
Tuolumne Meadows

7.5 minute Hiking Map
  2
Cathedral Pass

to
Yosemite Valley

to
Merced Lake
7.5 minute Hiking Map
  3
Merced Lake
to
Island Pass via Vogelsang
7.5 minute Hiking Map

North
Classic

TYT-PCT
Virginia Canyon
to
Tuolumne Meadows

Click
the
MARKED ROUTES
ON THIS
MAP

To Find 3 Detailed Trail Maps

  South
Classic

JMT-PCT
Donohue Pass
to
Reds Meadow

South and Central Yosemite backcountry and wilderness hiking map.
North
Virginia Canyon to Tuolumne Meadows
Click
the
MAP

  South
Donohue Pass to Reds Meadow

 


to see
THESE THREE
Yosemite Trail Maps


Tuolumne Meadows
7.5 minute Hiking Map
Cathedral Pass
to
Yosemite Valley

to
Merced Lake
7.5 minute Hiking Map
  Merced Lake
to
Island Pass
via
Vogelsang
7.5 minute Hiking Map

 


Big
Central Yosemite Wilderness

30 minute Hiking Map


Mapology

MAP NOTE
Those squares breaking the USGS maps up into grids are the Universal Transverse Mercator / Military Grid Reference System, otherwise commonly known as UTM.

What's important for our general reference purpose is that each side of a square is 1000 meters, or a Kilometer.

From my point of view that is 1093.6 yards or .62 of a mile.

Diagonal: 1414.22 meters, if my trig is correct.

That converts the diagonal distance into 4,639.8 feet or .88 of a mile.

Map Information Map Symbols

Online and Trail Maps Online Length Conversion

 


Mapping, Mileage,
and
National Forest Information

Trail Map of Central Yosemite

Backpacking trail map of the Heart of Yosemite.

We examine the broad outlines of route from Tuolumne Meadows to Yosemite Valley on the John Muir Trail.

The trails from Tuolumne Meadows to Yosemite Valley including the trail up the Merced River to Merced Lake and over Vogelsang to pick up the JMT in Lyell Canyon are also covered, and these routes are all linked to detailed trail maps depicting their routes.

Examine the map with your cursor to find the Links to these 3 underlying maps covering the Heart of Yosemite in greater detail.

The trail down Lyell Canyon to our exit out the South end of Yosemite through Donohue Pass is also covered.

After clicking from the big map above to the detailed maps we will find that the red dots on these detailed maps are linked to trail guide pages picturing and describing each of those red-dotted locations.

Well, most of them...

Map
Yosemite, Calif, 1975, 30x60 minute
USGS Topographic Map

 

Compass Offset
True North is 16.5 degrees
West of Magnetic North

 

scale
1:100 000

Contours
50 meters

 

Backpacking permitting authority

National Park
Yosemite

Wilderness Area
Yosemite
Physical location
Yosemite
 
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Elevations   More Information


Glen Aulin
High Sierra Camp
7850 feet

Tuolumne Falls
8160 feet

Tuolumne Meadows
8591 feet

Cathedral Pass
9720 feet

Vogelsang
High Sierra Camp

10,180 feet

Trail Guide, Section:

Trail Guide, Segment:

Google Map:


Map Credit

U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior
The
USGS

USGS MAP LOCATOR

I love the USGS, as you can see from the Tahoe to Whitney Maps.

I also dig the NWS, as you can see from our Weather Page.

We gotta know the terrain under our feet, and the weather in the sky. These are the basics. In that spirit, let's set you up with the USGS maps sufficient to plan and execute your High Sierra Backpacking Trip with a set of custom backpacking maps.

In fact, we can use the USGS to set us up to plan and hike anywhere in the US of A.

Move the Map to the Sierras. Or your favorite backpacking spot in the US of A. Navigate the map to the area you wish to locate maps. Click "Mark Point" in the options to see the USGS map grid of the various scaled maps.

Select the maps that will help you plan and execute your backpacking trip, set up a directory on your computer named for the trip or location of the maps, and begin downloading those suckers.

Open your USGS maps with Adobe Reader.

But first, we have to "unzip" the maps.

I use 7zip.

Custom Maps
Once we get the maps downloaded, unzipped, and running on Adobe Reader we can cut and paste the pieces of the maps we need together, and mark our selected hiking routes to create our own customized maps using MS Paint, Photoshop, or some other image software.

Printing
If we want to print up our maps for field use we need some printer technology and knowledge. I understand Inkjet printers, special inks, and the proper paper are necessary to print up servicable maps.

At least one reader of Tahoe to Whitney has copied and printed out Tahoe to Whitney Maps with success.

Map Information Map Symbols

Online and Trail Maps

That is totally cool for personal and non-profit uses.

Trailhead
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