At 620 feet this cataract is short compared to Yosemite Falls, but chances are you still don't have anything like it in your neighborhood. It's famous for the mist that wafts off it when the breezes blow and which, according to the poetic, isolation-addled souls who get to name waterfalls, resembles a bridal veil. Hanging out at the base of the falls during peak runoff can be akin to taking a shower in a tornado, sans the flying cows

Mirror Lake is a small, seasonal lake located on Tenaya Creek in Yosemite National Park. Situated in Tenaya Canyon directly between North Dome and Half Dome, it is the last remnant of a large glacial lake that once filled most of Yosemite Valley at the end of the last Ice Age, and is close to disappearing due to sediment accumulation.

Rising nearly 5,000 feet above Yosemite Valley and 8,800 feet above sea level, Half Dome is a Yosemite icon.

El Capitan is the world's largest granite monolith, 3,000 feet high - three times the height of the Eiffel Tower, more than twice as high as the Empire State Building.

Yosemite Falls is the highest waterfall in Yosemite National Park, dropping a total of 2,425 feet from the top of the upper fall to the base of the lower fall.

209 ft, 2,000 to 3000 years old, give or take a year

209 ft, 2,000 to 3000 years old, give or take a year

209 ft, 2,000 to 3000 years old, give or take a year