AUTO TOUR 



93 



the Coulterville Road. Park off the road 

 just ahead if you stop here. (More about 

 the Coulterville Road under W-4, page 



Q CASCADE CREEK - TAMA- 

 - RACK CREEK. Both creeks drain 

 • a relatively small forested area 

 northwest of the valley. The two creeks 

 join to form Cascade Falls which can 

 be seen from the valley floor (V-4) and 

 from the Wawona Road (W-3). Both 

 streams are stocked with eastern brook 

 trout. "Tamarack" was the local name 

 given to the lodgepole pine, the tree 

 common to the headwaters of the 

 streams. 



WILDCAT CREEK — Flowing in the 

 spring and early summer only, this 

 stream drains a small area to the south- 

 west of Tamarack Creek. 



C VIEW OF HALF DOME, EL 

 d CAPITAN AND THE WA- 

 * WONA ROAD. From here is one 

 of the impressive views of Yoscmite Val- 

 ley with El Capitan in the middle left 

 foreground, Half Dome in the middle 

 background, and the Wawona Road cut 

 through the forest on the slope across 

 the gorge. Below is the Merced River 

 with the Merced Road paralleling it. 



C BIG MEADOW. The small open 

 C area in the forest below is known 

 as Big Meadow. It is (in 1956) a 

 privately owned area within the na- 

 tional park. Ponderosa' pine, incense- 

 cedar and black oak, typical of medium 

 elevations on the west slope of the 

 Sierra, make up the forest surrounding 

 the meadow. These same 3 trees are the 



Old Big Oak Flat Road c. T900 



