Yosemite National Park
Beyond Yosemite
Wawona:
Wawona Meadow Wawona Hotel 3.5 miles round-trip Easy Loop 1.5 hours
Swinging Bridge Wawona Store/ 4.75 miles round-trip Moderate Loop Pioneer Yosemite 2 hours Hist. Ctr. Parking Area
Glacier Point Road:
Taft Point Sentinel Dome 2.2 miles round-trip Easy to Parking Area 2 hours Moderate
Sentinel Dome 2.2 miles round-trip Moderate 2 hours
Tuolumne Meadows Area:
Soda Springs/ Lembert Dome 1.5 miles round-trip Easy Parsons Lodge Parking Area 1 hour
Lembert Dome Lembert Dome 4 miles round-trip Moderately Parking Area 3 to 4 hours strenuous
John Muir Trail Dog Lake 8 miles one-way Easy through Lyell Parking Area 3 to 4 hours 200-foot gain Canyon
Elizabeth Lake Tuolumne 4.8 miles round trip Moderate Meadows Group 4 to 5 hours Campground
Tioga Road:
Lukens Lake White Wolf1 5.4 miles round-trip Moderate 3 to 4 hours
Yosemite Valley Porcupine Creek1 7 miles one-way Moderate via Porcupine 4 to 6 hours 3,500- to Creek 4,000-foot loss
Yosemite Valley Lukens Lake 10.5 miles one-way Moderately via Yosemite Trailhead1 5 to 9 hours strenuous Creek 3,500- to 4,000-foot loss
Yosemite Valley Tenaya Lake1 19 miles one-way Strenuous via Clouds Rest 10 to 12 hours
Hetch Hetchy:
Wapama Falls O'Shaughnessy Dam 5 miles round-trip Easy to 3 to 4 hours Moderate
1These are drop-off points via the Tuolumne Meadows Hikers' Bus.
Yosemite In Depth
- Yosemite National Park
- Activities & Programs
- Bears in Yosemite
- Beyond Yosemite
- Campgrounds in Yosemite
- Camping in Yosemite
- Effects of Altitude
- Eight Tips for Yosemite
- Evolution of Yosemite Valley
- Flora & Fauna
- Heart of Yosemite
- Highlights
- Hikes in Yosemite
- History of Yosemite
- Hybrid Buses
- Important Numbers
- John Muir
- Just For Kids
- Keep Wildlife
- License Plates
- Life of the Bear
- Mountain Lions
- Oh, Ranger!
- Only A Day
- Plan For Future
- Plan Your Visit
- Preserve Yosemite
- Red Bear, Dead Bear
- Sights To See
- Spirit Of Yosemite
- Visitor Services
- Walking & Hiking
- Welcome to Yosemite
- Who's Who in the Park
- Yosemite Regulations
- Yosemite Waterfalls
- Event Calendar
- Yosemite Map
- Yosemite Photos
- Recent Yosemite News
News from the Parks
November 21, 2008 - 10:01am
I always look forward to getting my Frommer's newsletter every week. Not only are they budget travel saavy, they inspire me to get out there no matter the weather! Here are their top five picks for cozy camping.
November 21, 2008 - 9:56am
The Nisqually Road in Mount Rainier National Park will reopen today, a day earlier than expected. The road, and the park, have been closed since Nov. 12 when Kautz Creek jumped its banks and flooded the main road into the park.
November 21, 2008 - 9:55am
Reporting from Glacier National Park -- No one knew what to expect on the trail to Grinnell Glacier one late summer morning, but a second bull moose less than an hour out was hardly a good sign. During September and October -- mating season -- it's always best to give the spindly-legged animals plenty of room.
November 21, 2008 - 9:07am
An upcoming National Park Service (NPS) rule change could greatly benefit mountain bicycling by improving the administrative process for opening trails to bicycles. IMBA has been asking the agency to revise its policies since 1992, because the current "special regulations" process is needlessly cumbersome and treats bicycles like motorized vehicles.
November 21, 2008 - 8:55am
On our recent trip to Hawaii we had a feeling that things were less busy than usual. Now there are some numbers to back up our hunch: The national parks in the state saw a drop in attendance of more than 50,000 visitors during the month of October.



