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THE TOWN of Bishop sunset, above; if the Alabama Hills, west of Lone Pine, look oddly familiar, it's because hundreds of Hollywood westerns were filmed there, below. DRIVE TOUR SONORA HETCH HETCHY ● TUOLUMNE MEADOWS ● GROVELAND ● ● MONO LAKE YOSEMITE ●MARIPOSA HIGHWAY 120 is a magical mystery tour through the heart of Yosemite National Park's exquisite high country. From the handsome old mining town of GROVELAND, follow 120 east into the park (HETCH HETCHY, the fraternal twin of Yosemite Valley that was dammed to provide San Francisco's water supply, is a short side trip) past the TUOLUMNE GROVE of giant sequoias and up into the rarified alpine world. Pull over at OLMSTEAD POINT to view HALF DOME from an angle you've never seen before. You'll traverse TUOLUMNE MEADOWS, the jumping-off point for some of Yosemite's finest hiking trails, and cross 9,943-foot TIOGA PASS before descending three-quarters of a vertical mile to shimmering MONO LAKE. 2 0 1 3 t r av e l gu i d e to c a l i fo rnia 1 5 7