Yosemite: Hetch Hetchie

The National Park Service: "Hidden in Yosemite National Park’s peaceful northwest corner, Hetch Hetchy Valley is a
treasure worth visiting in all seasons. In spring, two of North America’s tallest waterfalls
plummet spectacularly over thousand-foot granite cliffs. The dramatic cliffs surrounding
these waterfalls add to the grandeur that John Muir compared to the more well known
Yosemite Valley. In 1870, Muir called Hetch Hetchy Valley “a wonderfully exact
counterpart of the great Yosemite.”