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template: byway.jade
id: "2302"
name: Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road
distance: "64"
duration: Take 90 minutes to drive or three hours to visit places along the way.
description: "This byway offers a spectacular passage over the Sierra Nevada. Drive through the highest automobile pass in California and experience an elevation change of over one mile. Experience glacier-carved granite peaks, pristine lakes, wildflower-covered meadows, and lush evergreen forests with Giant Sequoia groves in this serene yet rugged landscape."
contact: "**[Yosemite National Park](http://www.nps.gov/yose/index.htm)**  \r\n 209-372-0200 (visitor info)  \r\n (209) 379-1075 (roads & trails)  \r\n\r\n"
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websites: 
  - url: "http://www.fs.usda.gov/htnf/"
    name: "Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest"
  - url: "http://www.fs.usda.gov/inyo/"
    name: Inyo National Forest
  - url: "http://www.pcta.org/"
    name: Pacific Crest Trail Association
  - url: "http://www.fs.usda.gov/sierra/"
    name: Sierra National Forest
  - url: "http://www.fs.usda.gov/stanislaus/"
    name: Stanislaus National Forest
  - url: "http://www.nps.gov/yose/index.htm"
    name: Yosemite National Park
designations: 
  - National Scenic Byway
  - National Forest Scenic Byway
  - California State Scenic Highway
states: 
  - CA
ll: 
  - -119.87241399999994
  - 37.810261000000025
bounds: 
  - - -119.876556
    - 37.747209
  - - -119.25784299999998
    - 37.911541

---

This byway offers a spectacular passage over the Sierra Nevada. Drive through the highest automobile pass in California and experience an elevation change of over one mile. Experience glacier-carved granite peaks, pristine lakes, wildflower-covered meadows, and lush evergreen forests with Giant Sequoia groves in this serene yet rugged landscape.