Yosemite National Park
National park · CA, USA
Yosemite National Park in CA, USA. Operated by National Park Service.
Usual hours
- Mon–Sun 0:00–0:00
About
This park's official page lists: Pet-friendly (leashed).
Entrance / day-use fee applies.
This park's official page lists: Visitor center.
At the park
- Camping
- Waterfalls
- Hiking trails
Events
- Family Ranger Talk (Yosemite Valley)
- Historic Ahwahnee Hotel Tour (Yosemite Valley)
- In the Field: Creative Smartphone Photography (Yosemite Valley)
- The Ansel Adams Gallery Photography Walk (Yosemite Valley)
- Guided Nature Walk (Yosemite Valley)
- Yosemite After Dark (Yosemite Valley)
- Art Class (Happy Isles Art & Nature Center)
- Ansel Adams' Legacy and Your Digital Camera (Yosemite Valley)
- Coffee with a Ranger (Wawona)
- Kids' Open Art Studio (Happy Isles Art & Nature Center)
- Jr. Ranger Discovery Table (Tuolumne Grove of Giant Sequoias)
- Jr. Ranger Walk (Yosemite Valley)
- Ranger Walk (Yosemite Valley)
- Ranger Walk: Wild About Bears (Yosemite Valley)
- Explore Yosemite's Night Sky (Yosemite Valley)
- Junior Ranger Talk (Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias)
- Nature Walk (Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias)
- Bird Walk (Tuolumne Meadows)
- Domes and Meadows (Tuolumne Meadows)
- Jr. Ranger Program (Tuolumne Meadows)
- Wildlife of the High Sierra (Tuolumne Meadows)
- Bear Talk at The Redwoods (Wawona)
- Discovery Walk (Yosemite Valley)
- Evening Program: Movie Night! (Yosemite Valley)
- Evening Programs (Yosemite Valley)
- Forest Walk (Tuolumne Meadows)
- Geology of Tuolumne Meadows (Tuolumne Meadows)
- Ranger Talk: Welcome to Tuolumne! (Tuolumne Meadows)
- Tioga Pass Botanical Walk (Tuolumne Meadows)
- Yosemite Valley Sunset Walk
- and 16 more
Before you go
- First aid
- In-park (mapped location) — First aid station marked on the park map. Confirm the current location with any team member on arrival.
- Limits
- A permit is required to hike Half Dome
- Limits
- Pets are allowed in some areas of Yosemite
- Limits
- In general, launching, landing, or operating unmanned aircraft (drones) in units of the National Park System is prohibited
- Park alert: No overnight parking on Tioga & Glacier Point Roads
- Overnight parking is not allowed on Tioga Road and Glacier Point Road, including all parking lots reachable from these roads.
- Getting there
- You can drive to Yosemite year-round and enter via Highways 41, 140, and 120 from the west. Tioga Pass Entrance (via Highway 120 from the east) is closed from approximately November through late May or June. Hetch Hetchy is open all year but may close intermittently due to snow. Please note that GPS units do not always provide accurate directions to or within Yosemite.
- Weather & when to go
- Yosemite National Park covers nearly 1,200 square miles (3,100 square km) in the Sierra Nevada, with elevations ranging from about 2,000 feet (600 m) to 13,000 ft (4,000 m). Yosemite receives 95% of its precipitation between October and May (and over 75% between November and March). Most of Yosemite is blanketed in snow from about November through May. (Yosemite Valley can be rainy or snowy in any given winter storm.)
- Visitor center
- Arch Rock Entrance
- Visitor center
- Arch Rock Entrance
- Visitor center
- Arch Rock Entrance
- Visitor center
- Big Oak Flat Entrance
- Visitor center
- Big Oak Flat Entrance
- Visitor center
- Big Oak Flat Entrance
- Visitor center
- Happy Isles Art and Nature Center
- Visitor center
- Hetch Hetchy Entrance
- Visitor center
- Hetch Hetchy Entrance
- Visitor center
- Hetch Hetchy Entrance
- Visitor center
- Mariposa Grove Welcome Plaza & Parking
- Visitor center
- South Entrance
Facilities on the park map
9 bench, 1 first aid station, 16 picnic area, 34 restroom, 23 visitor information.
History
- Opened
- 1890
- Heritage status
- Listed heritage / protected status
- Park opened
- Tunnel View opened