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YOSEMITE HIKES: THE BEST PLACES TO TAKE YOUR FEET IN YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK


Cook's Meadow Loop

What's so fabulous about Yosemite? It's got dozens of incomparable meadows and
more than a hundred lakes, plus waterfalls as tall as a 200-story building,
trees the size of rocket ships, mountains the size of - well, mountains - and
even a few beaches. It's bigger than a handful of European countries and nearly
the size of Rhode Island.

It also has more than 800 miles of trails, and you're likely to spend lots of
your Yosemite vacation wandering on them. Whether you prefer paved thoroughfares
that never take you beyond shouting distance of a restaurant (a perfectly
respectable approach) or remote paths where man has never before set foot
(except perhaps to build the trail you're on), you'll find it here.

2024 Entry Restrictions:  After the 2023 free-for-all, Yosemite has reintroduced
a reservation system for 2024, but with some tweaks from previous years. From
April 13 - June 30 and from August 17 - October 27, you'll need a reservation to
enter the park on weekends and holidays. In between those stretches (i.e., from
July 1 - August 16), you'll need a reservation every day of the week. There are
various exceptions: you won't need a reservation if you arrive at the park
entrance before 5 AM or after 4 PM, if you've got lodging reservations at
assorted park properties, if you ride a YARTS bus to the park, etc. See the NPS
website for all the details.


YOSEMITE BASICS

Yosemite Lodging
Alternatives to sleeping in your car
Getting to Yosemite
Show me the mileage charts
Yosemite Admission
What's it gonna cost me?
Yosemite Tours
Essential sights for Yosemite newbies
Yosemite's 10 Best Easy Hikes
Maximizing your scenery per footstep
Yosemite's Greatest Hits
What's so hot about Yosemite, anyway?


YOSEMITE REGIONAL BREAKDOWN:




Yosemite Valley:

This is the place people are usually thinking of when they think about Yosemite.
Many of the things Yosemite is famous for are here: El Capitan and Half Dome,
Yosemite and Bridalveil Falls, the Mist Trail, the tunnel view. A fair number of
people, too. You won't find solitude here unless you show up during a blizzard,
but all those tourists have good reason to be here. There's simply no place else
like it anywhere.





Tioga Pass Road:

Tioga Pass Road is the A-list destination for the Yosemite sightseer who can't
decide what he wants. It's got some of everything - granite peaks, alpine lakes
and meadows, a giant sequoia grove, and even a few hikes to the north rim of
Yosemite Valley.





Southern Yosemite:

Home to the most renowned bunch of trees in the world. The Mariposa Grove has
Giant Sequoias just hanging out in the parking lot that people would normally
drive hundreds of miles to see, yet they're completely overlooked here due to
the larger-than-life presences of the Grizzly Giant, the California Tunnel Tree,
and a host of others.





Glacier Point Road:

If you want to find out whether or not you're afraid of heights, there's no more
scenic way to do it than to try the hikes off Glacier Point Road. Any of the
trails with "Point" in the name lead to jaw-dropping, vertigo-inducing views
over the sheer walls of Yosemite Valley. This road also passes the trailhead to
Sentinel Dome, where you'll find a fabulous 360-degree vista and possibly the
most revered tree, thanks to Ansel Adams and scores of other photographers, that
ever lay dead on the ground.





Hetch Hetchy & Big Oak Flat:

Hetch Hetchy Valley has been flooded for more than 80 years, much to the
detriment of its own beauty and the environmental cred of the city of San
Francisco, which is adamantly opposed to tearing the dam down. Despite the
valley's destruction, there are still things to see here - a giant waterfall
that's had its feet chopped off by the reservoir but is still impressive, and in
the Big Oak Flat area, Yosemite's least crowded giant sequoia grove.




EVEN MORE YOSEMITE STUFF

Yosemite Weather
Forecasts & stuff
Yosemite Road Conditions
Critical updates for tire-chain phobics
Yosemite in Autumn
Watch nature shutting up shop
Yosemite Wildflowers
An incomplete guide
Yosemite Books & Maps
'Cause sniffing your monitor is no fun
Yosemite in Winter
Paradise for the crowd-hating Yosemite lover




TOYS & DIVERSIONS

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Free Yosemite Wallpapers
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Yosemite Highlights Photo Gallery
Why read when you can look at pictures?


 

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