Scenic viewpoint in Yosemite National Park, California, US
Profile Rock or Taft Point, a promontory on the south side of Yosemite Valley, is on the left.The first fissure at Taft Point. The drop is 1,000 feet (300 m) from the edge at this point.
Taft Point is a viewpoint in Yosemite National Park west of Glacier Point. It offers wide views of Yosemite Valley, Yosemite Falls and El Capitan. The main attraction of Taft Point is the giant fissures in the mile-high granite rock. The fissures are breaks and cracks in the mountain that drop directly down to the valley floor at some points.
The point is named after 27th President of the United States William Howard Taft, who, according to newspaper accounts, came across the point when he visited Yosemite for three days hosted by John Muir in October 1909. The two hiked from nearby Glacier Point down to the valley floor. President Taft planned the trip by horseback, but the horses brought for his use were all too small for his 300 plus pounds. His staff set luncheon for the president's party during the hike, including fried chicken. The lunch spot may have been near the flat ledge that has since become known as Taft Point.
Taft wrote of his hike, "While I am tired from the open air exercise, I feel greatly the better for it." He was sweat-drenched when he returned to the Sentinel Hotel in El Portal following the hike.
TaftPoint is a viewpoint in Yosemite National Park west of Glacier Point. It offers wide views of Yosemite Valley, Yosemite Falls and El Capitan. The...
Glacier Point is a viewpoint above Yosemite Valley in the U.S. state of California. It is located on the south wall of Yosemite Valley at an elevation...
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various vantage points within the park, including the Four Mile Hike, TaftPoint, El Cap Meadow, and Tunnel View. The waterfall itself is known as Horsetail...
The trailhead, the same as the TaftPoint trailhead, is located 6 miles (9.7 km) from Bridalveil Creek on the Glacier Point road. Once at the base, hikers...
Taft School or Taft High School may refer to: Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut, founded by Horace Dutton Taft, William Howard Taft's brother Schools...
western portions of Yosemite Valley. A separate intrusion of igneous rock, the Taft Granite, forms the uppermost portions of the cliff face. A third igneous...
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The Taft Broadcasting Company (also known as Taft Television and Radio Company, Incorporated) was an American media conglomerate based in Cincinnati,...
adjacent to an accessible viewing area, provides the most-used viewing point for the waterfalls. Yosemite Creek emerges from the base of the Lower Fall...
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Justice until his resignation, at which point Charles Evans Hughes was nominated and confirmed as Taft's replacement. Taft was also the nation's 27th president...
articles associated with the title Taft Hotel. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article...
officer to lead the Buffalo Soldiers and the first black graduate of West Point, was Henry O. Flipper in 1877. From 1870 to 1898, the total strength of...
Potter and Graham Hunt died attempting a proximity wingsuit flight from TaftPoint above Yosemite Valley. The route they were attempting, which they had...
Justice Taft may refer to: William Howard Taft (1857–1930), chief justice of the United States Supreme Court Kingsley A. Taft (1903–1970), chief justice...
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on one's conditioning, a bridge which re-crosses the river - the halfway point of a hike to the foot of Vernal Fall - can be reached in 15 to 30 minutes...
Robert Taft may refer to: Robert Taft Sr. (c. 1640–1725), 17th century founder of the U.S. Taft political family Robert Taft, 2nd (1674–1748), colonial-born...
upstream neighbor, Vernal Fall is clearly visible at a distance, from Glacier Point, as well as close up, along the Mist Trail. The waterfall flows all year...
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dome that has lost its northwest half, is just an illusion. From Washburn Point, Half Dome can be seen as a thin ridge of rock, an arête, that is oriented...
William Howard Taft, suspended the Interior Department's approval for the Hetch Hetchy right-of-way. After years of national debate, Taft's successor Woodrow...
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