Alt Text Area map of the Greater Yosemite Area, which is mostly in California though a few features extend over the state line into Nevada in the upper right corner. National parks are shown in green, national forests in lighter, frosty green, surrounding areas in tan, the roads in dark brown. Extended Description The national parks and forests create a wide, diagonal band reaching from the top left to the bottom right corners of the map. This description will start at the northwest and work down and to the right before describing the location of towns across the network of roads. National Parks and Forests Near the top left corner, Stanislaus National Forest extends off the top edge of the map. The roughly oval-shaped Yosemite National Park is nested under Stanislaus National Forest, and Inyo National Forest lies immediately to the east with the Mono Basin Scenic Area Visitor Center near the northeast border. The Devils Postpile National Monument is located within the Sierra National Forest, which stretches down across the middle of the map to connect with Sequoia National Forest, Giant Sequoia National Monument, and Kings Canyon National Park. Inyo National Forest crosses the southern edge of the map, as do Sequoia National Forest and Giant Sequoia National Monument. Another columnar-shaped section of the Inyo National Forest is to the northeast of the first band, and Death Valley National Park is in the lower right corner of the map. Manzanar National Historic Site and Eastern Sierra Interagency Visitor Center are the two sections of Inyo National Forest. Roads and Towns Interstate 5 and State Highway 99 cut diagonally across the bottom left corner of the map, with Interstate 5 close to the corner and Highway 99 to the north, in the middle of the map. From north to south, State Routes 120, 49, 140, 41, 33, 180, and 198 create a network across the left half of the map. The town of Groveland is on State Route 120. El Portal, Midpines, Mariposa, and Merced are on State Route 140, and Fish Camp, Oakhurst, and Fresno are on State Route 41. State Route 49 connects Mariposa and Oakhurst. In the south, State Route 198 passes through Three Rivers and Visalia. US Highway 395 runs north and slightly west between the two long sections of Inyo National Forest on the right half of the map. From north to south, US Highway 395 passes through Lee Vining near the Mono Basin Scenic Area Visitor Center, Mammoth Lakes, and the Devils Postpile National Monument off a short branching road, Bishop, Big Pine, and Lone Pine to the south. At Bishop, US Highway 6 jogs north and into Nevada over the top of the columnar section of Inyo National Forest. State Routes 136 and 190 branch off of 395 and head east near the bottom edge of the map. Red text near one road cutting through Yosemite National Park and the other into Kings Canyon National Park read “Road open summer only.” Text near US Highway 395 at the top of the map reads, “Yosemite Valley to Lake Tahoe and Reno, 218 miles (351 kilometers).” Text on the left edge of the map reads, “Yosemite Valley to San Francisco, 195 miles (314 kilometers). Text near the bottom left corner of the map reads, “Yosemite Valley to Los Angeles, 313 miles (504 kilometers).” Legend A scale in the upper right corner of the map measures 10 and 20 kilometers and 10 and 20 miles.