Mariposa Grove is located at the southernmost point of Yosemite National Park ... Limited shuttle service is also available from the Wawona Hotel also known as the Big Tree Hotel during summer ...

We're feeling much more comfortable with that at this point," Ahern said ... the areas around the Mariposa Grove and Wawona Hotel will remain closed until the danger has passed, Bercovitz said.

The Washburn Fire was reported to be 25% contained at one point Monday ... to defeat the fire and was “excited” to protect Mariposa Grove. A giant sequoia, left of center, is seen in the ...

The Mariposa Grove, Wawona, and the Wawona Hotel and campgrounds ... Additionally, the blaze was so intense that at one point a tree branch was “sent into the air from the powerful updraft ...

A TIPPING POINT': Some of world's largest trees threatened by fires in the Sierra Nevada Nestled in the southern part of Yosemite is the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias, the largest sequoia grove ...

Park officials have urged people in the Wawona campground and community ... at its origin point near the Mariposa Grove area, Matt Ahearn, the operations section chief with California Interagency ...

Catherine Parker "Giant" seems to be an understatement for this grove of sequoia trees in the southernmost section of Yosemite. Mariposa Grove of the Giant Sequoia is one of three groves in the ...

The trail from the Mariposa Grove toward the Yosemite community of Wawona. “Please stay on trails: hazards may exist off trail,” Yosemite officials said. “Firefighters will continue ...

The fire had been entirely within the national park since breaking out July 7, when visitors to the Mariposa Grove of ancient ... believed they had found the point of ignition, but declined ...

The Washburn Fire is now contained throughout the entirety of Yosemite’s Mariposa Grove and residents in Wawona can return to the area beginning Sunday. The fire, which has been burning for just ...