The Washburn Fire was a wildfire that burned in Yosemite National Park near the Mariposa Grove of giant sequoias. The fire was reported on July 7, 2022, in the lower Mariposa Grove area near the Washburn trail, for which the fire is named. The fire quickly attracted national attention due in part to the role the Mariposa Grove played in the establishment of Yosemite National Park and the National Park Service.
The smoke plume of the Washburn Fire as seen from Oakhurst
A wildland firefighter performing mop up operations in the Mariposa Grove of Sequoias.
Mariposa Grove is a sequoia grove located near Wawona, California, United States, in the southernmost part of Yosemite National Park. It is the largest grove of giant sequoias in the park, with several hundred mature examples of the tree. Two of its trees are among the 30 largest giant sequoias in the world.
Grizzly Giant tree of Mariposa Grove
The Mariposa Grove Museum
Fallen Monarch, a fallen giant sequoia that is on the walking path leading to Grizzly Giant. (There used to be a parking lot near the Fallen Monarch, but Mariposa Grove has been reconfigured and there is no longer parking in that area.)
Grizzly Giant