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Bridalveil

American  
[brahyd-l-veyl] / ˈbraɪd lˌveɪl /

noun

  1. a waterfall in Yosemite National Park, California. 620 feet (189 meters) high.


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Opening dates for Bridalveil Creek, Porcupine Flat and Tuolumne Meadows campgrounds has not yet been announced.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2025

He had proposed the day before, at the foot of Yosemite’s Bridalveil Fall, hours before meeting us.

From Washington Post • Jan. 31, 2023

Bridalveil Falls in Yosemite National Park, California, is a good example of a hanging valley.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

While it has closed some backcountry hiking, it was not threatening the Yosemite Valley, home to such iconic sights as the Half Dome and El Capitan rock formations and Bridalveil and Yosemite Falls.

From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2013

A striking black-and-white photograph of the majestic Bridalveil waterfall is among numerous that landscape photographer Ansel Adams took with Polaroid film - a technology many celebrated artists embraced to produce innovative and surprising works.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 12, 2010