Tioga Pass

Tioga Pass

▪ mountain roadway, California, United States
 highest (9,945 feet [3,031 metres]) roadway across the Sierra Nevada, central California, U.S. Originally the pass served the nearby mining district, and it was named about 1878 for the Tioga mine; it now functions as the eastern entrance to Yosemite National Park. Inyo National Forest is east of the pass, and Devils Postpile National Monument lies to the south.

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