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Wawona is the
Southern Sierra Miwok word for Big Tree. A variety of sources also
suggest Wawona was named after "the local American Indians' word for the
hoot of the owl, which they considered the trees' spiritual guardian."
The town is located on the south fork of the Merced River at an elevation of
approximately 4000 feet. Wawona is the location of the historic
Wawona Hotel, built
in 1876. It is the nearest town to
Chilnualna Falls
and the Mariposa
Grove of Giant Sequoia. The principal trailheads into the southern
Yosemite wilderness are in Wawona. |
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