Tioga Pass Road

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highway mountain pass road scenic route

Tioga Pass Road is the high-elevation highway that crosses the Sierra Nevada through Yosemite National Park, serving as the park’s eastern entrance and offering access to numerous alpine lakes, trailheads, and campgrounds.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Tioga Road	10
Tioga Pass Road canonical	4
Tioga Pass Road (California State Route 120)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5571256 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Tioga Pass Road
Context triple: [Tioga Lake Campground, accessVia, Tioga Pass Road]

A. Sherman Pass Road
Sherman Pass Road is a high-elevation scenic mountain roadway in Washington State that traverses the Kettle River Range and offers access to outdoor recreation and panoramic views.
B. Mount Rose Highway
Mount Rose Highway is a scenic mountain roadway in Nevada that connects the Reno area to Lake Tahoe, providing access to recreational destinations such as Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe.
C. A18 Mountain Road
A18 Mountain Road is a notable mountain pass route on the Isle of Man, famed for forming part of the Snaefell Mountain Course used in the Isle of Man TT motorcycle races.
D. Convict Lake Road
Convict Lake Road is the access road leading from U.S. Highway 395 to the scenic Convict Lake in the Eastern Sierra region of California.
E. Mineral King Road
Mineral King Road is a narrow, winding mountain road in California’s Sierra Nevada that provides vehicle access to the remote Mineral King valley in Sequoia National Park.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Tioga Pass Road
Target entity description: Tioga Pass Road is the high-elevation highway that crosses the Sierra Nevada through Yosemite National Park, serving as the park’s eastern entrance and offering access to numerous alpine lakes, trailheads, and campgrounds.

A. Sherman Pass Road
Sherman Pass Road is a high-elevation scenic mountain roadway in Washington State that traverses the Kettle River Range and offers access to outdoor recreation and panoramic views.
B. Mount Rose Highway
Mount Rose Highway is a scenic mountain roadway in Nevada that connects the Reno area to Lake Tahoe, providing access to recreational destinations such as Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe.
C. A18 Mountain Road
A18 Mountain Road is a notable mountain pass route on the Isle of Man, famed for forming part of the Snaefell Mountain Course used in the Isle of Man TT motorcycle races.
D. Convict Lake Road
Convict Lake Road is the access road leading from U.S. Highway 395 to the scenic Convict Lake in the Eastern Sierra region of California.
E. Mineral King Road
Mineral King Road is a narrow, winding mountain road in California’s Sierra Nevada that provides vehicle access to the remote Mineral King valley in Sequoia National Park.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	highway ⓘ mountain pass road ⓘ scenic route ⓘ
approachesFromEast	Lee Vining Canyon NERFINISHED ⓘ
approachesFromWest	Crane Flat area NERFINISHED ⓘ
connects	Lee Vining, California NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 395 NERFINISHED ⓘ Yosemite Valley area via Big Oak Flat Road ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crosses	Sierra Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ
elevationCharacteristic	one of the highest paved roads in California ⓘ
forms	eastern entrance of Yosemite National Park ⓘ
givesAccessTo	Olmsted Point NERFINISHED ⓘ Tenaya Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ Tioga Pass Entrance Station NERFINISHED ⓘ Tuolumne Meadows NERFINISHED ⓘ alpine lakes ⓘ campgrounds ⓘ trailheads ⓘ
hasFeature	campground access roads ⓘ numerous trailhead parking areas ⓘ scenic pullouts ⓘ
highestPoint	Tioga Pass NERFINISHED ⓘ
highestPointElevation	3031 meters ⓘ 9945 feet ⓘ
knownFor	access to High Sierra backcountry ⓘ scenic mountain views ⓘ
locatedIn	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Sierra Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ Yosemite National Park ⓘ
maintainedBy	Caltrans ⓘ surface form: California Department of Transportation National Park Service ⓘ
offersViewOf	Sierra Nevada high peaks NERFINISHED ⓘ granite domes and alpine meadows ⓘ
partOf	California State Route 120 NERFINISHED ⓘ
passesThrough	Tuolumne Meadows area NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern boundary of Yosemite National Park ⓘ
regulation	subject to seasonal vehicle restrictions ⓘ subject to temporary closures for snow removal ⓘ
roadNumber	State Route 120 NERFINISHED ⓘ
roadType	two-lane paved highway ⓘ
seasonalStatus	typically closed in winter due to snow ⓘ typically open only in late spring through fall ⓘ
traverses	high-elevation alpine terrain ⓘ
usedFor	recreational access ⓘ tourism ⓘ trans-Sierra travel in summer ⓘ
withinProtectedArea	Yosemite Wilderness vicinity ⓘ

How these facts were elicited