Half Dome
A granite dome at the eastern end of Yosemite Valley, with three smooth rounded sides and one sheer face, so that it looks like a dome cut in two. Its summit stands more than 2,680 metres above sea level.
- Where
- Yosemite Valley, California, United States
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 37.7460, -119.5332
Get the Half Dome stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Half Dome. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your California volume with your photos and a note.
Near Half Dome
Yosemite National Park 0.5 km
A park in the Sierra Nevada known for its granite cliffs, waterfalls and groves of giant sequoias, and a World Heritage Site since 1984. Almost all of it is wilderness, and the valley at its centre, walled in by El Capitan and Half Dome, is where most visitors begin.
Sequoia National Park 148 km
Forested mountains in the southern Sierra Nevada, protected in 1890 for their giant sequoias, among them the General Sherman Tree, the largest tree on Earth by volume. The park's eastern edge reaches Mount Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous United States.
Gurdwara Sahib Stockton 154 km
The first Sikh house of worship in the United States, in the Central Valley city of Stockton. It was opened in 1912 by Punjabi settlers who had come to work the farms of the valley, and it still serves as a gurdwara today.
Lake Tahoe 155 km
The largest alpine lake in North America, about 1,900 metres up in the Sierra Nevada across the line between California and Nevada. At 501 metres it is the second deepest lake in the United States, and its water is famously clear and blue.
Gurdwara Sahib Fremont 218 km
A Sikh house of worship in Fremont that serves the whole San Francisco Bay Area, from Marin and Solano to Santa Clara. It counts among the most influential gurdwaras anywhere, and runs summer Gurmat camps for young Sikhs alongside its daily prayers and langar.
Apple Park 223 km
The headquarters of Apple in Cupertino, a single ring shaped building around a wooded park, which staff began moving into in 2017. The campus itself is closed to the public, but its visitor centre across the road has a rooftop terrace and a model of the whole site.
Computer History Museum 227 km
A museum in Mountain View, in the heart of Silicon Valley, telling the story of computing and the information age. Its collection of machines and artefacts traces how the region's inventions changed the way the world works and lives.
Monterey Bay Aquarium 244 km
An aquarium on Cannery Row devoted to the life of the bay outside its windows. It was the first to show a living kelp forest when it opened in 1984, and its jellyfish galleries and sea otters are what most people come to see.
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Questions
Where is Half Dome?
Half Dome is in Yosemite Valley, California, United States. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Yosemite National Park (0.5 km), Sequoia National Park (148 km), Gurdwara Sahib Stockton (154 km).
How do I get the Half Dome stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Half Dome and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your California volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Half Dome before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your California volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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