Places: CA-Eleven Mile Meadow

Eleven Mile Meadow-5,338' (El Capitan) (37.6327089, -119.7037767)
Eleven Mile Creek-4,390 (Wawona) (37.6127099, -119.6973863-Mouth)

Description:

Another branch of the trail starting at Azalea Road. Take the path to the left and proceed a quarter mile northeast distance, the trail turns south. You are now on the Eleven-mile Trail also known as the Old Wawona Road, which parallels the current Wawona Road. Follow this old road bed south. The trail branches at the Eleven-mile Creek. Follow the trail, which parallels the creek bed, to the right to arrive at Eleven- mile Meadow.

Eleven-mile meadow has had many different uses through the years. The Meadow had been used for cattle grazing operations until the early 1930s, as a logging camp and as a CCC camp which was established in 1933.[4] Earlier on, Stage coaches brought travelers to the area with a stop at the Eleven Mile Change Station which was near Chinquapin.[5] As the 20th century approached, the roadbed was converted to a rail bed. The Yosemite Lumber Company used it transport logs to the incline at Henness Ridge. The incline lowered logs to the Merced River far below.

Using the old railroad bed, the hike to the 11 mile trail meadow is an easy walk from Yosemite West and is about 2.8 miles in length, each way. From Wikipedia

From GNIS:

• Eleven mile creek: 
• Heads on the southeast slope of Henness Ridge, flows southeast to Bishop Creek 17.6 km (10.9 mi) southwest of Yosemite Village.
• Also called North Fork of Bishop Creek: Browning, Peter. Yosemite Place Names. Lafayette, California: Great West Books, 1988. p40
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