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Yosemite Guide Where Togo and What Todoin Yosemite National Park June-August 2010 Experience Your Americayosemite Nationalpark after a major snowfall. major a after Note: Service to stops 15, 16, 17, and 18 may stop stop may 18 and 17, 16, 15, stops to Service Note: June-August 2010 June-August posted signs. signs. posted to rockfall. Please observe observe Please rockfall. to Mirror Lake is closed due due closed is Lake Mirror A portion of the trail past past trail the of portion A June 30 - August 3, 2010 3, August - 30 June Guide Yosemite Park National Yosemite America Your Experience National Park Service, PO Box 577, Yosemite, CA 95389 Service, 577, Yosemite, PO Park Box National Experience Your America Yosemite National Park Vol. 35, Issue No.5 Inside: 01 Things to Do 02 Park Overview 05 Yosemite Valley 08 Wawona, Glacier Pt. 10 Tuolumne Meadows 16 Camping 17 Hiking Mo`unts Lyell and Maclure, in the Yosemite Wilderness. Photo by Ken Watson Where to Go and What to Do in Yosemite National Park June 30 - August 3, 2010 Yosemite Guide Experience Your America Yosemite National Park Yosemite Guide June 30 - August 3, 2010 Things to Do Keep this Guide with you to get the most out of your visit hat do you want to do Go to the Theater with your special time in Yosemite Theatre LIVE offers WYosemite? The choice is entertainment and inspiration through a yours, but to give you some ideas, here variety of live theater performances that are 12 popular activities for a day in bring Yosemite’s history to life. Discover Yosemite National Park. the world of John Muir and other characters from the park’s rich history. Walk to a Waterfall (See page 7 for shows and starting Yosemite Valley is famous for its awe- times.) inspiring waterfalls; each as distinct as the granite cliffs they dive over. While Have Fun with the Family Yosemite Falls may be dry by August, Learn about Yosemite, meet a park Bridalveil, Vernal, and Nevada Falls ranger, and have a blast by becoming flow all year. (See page 17 for hiking a Yosemite Junior Ranger or Yosemite information.) Little Cub. Check in with any visitor center to find out how. Stop by the Explore a Sequoia Grove Nature Center at Happy Isles for Meet the most massive trees on another great place to explore with the earth as you explore a giant sequoia family. (See page 12 for the Jr. Ranger grove. Yosemite is home to three Page.) groves—the Mariposa Grove, which contains hundreds of sequoias, and the Visit the Yosemite Museum Tuolumne and Merced Groves, which Learn about Yosemite Indians by each hold dozens. (See page 2 for a map exploring a museum collection that of the park.) You can bring your own bike or rent in the Valley. See the bottom of pages 4 and 15 for bicycle rental includes remarkable woven baskets information. NPS photo by Erik Skindrud and traditional dress. Tour the outdoor See Sunset from Glacier Point Indian Village or talk with an Indian Glacier Point provides a superb view of Bring Your Yosemite Guide With You! cultural demonstrator. The Yosemite Half Dome, towering more than 3,000 Museum is located in Yosemite Village feet above Yosemite Valley. Witness the The list on this page offers 12 popular things to do. The table of contents (“What’s Inside...”) at lower right shows at shuttle stops #5 and #9. (See page 5 sunset, as it lights up the cliff face, from for museum hours and a list of gallery Glacier Point (or from other points in where you can turn for more information. Program listings events and features.) Yosemite Valley). Listen in on a sunset (by area) are on pages 6, 7, 9, and 11. talk with a ranger at Glacier Point. Visit the other valley, Hetch Hetchy Travel Back in Time Take a Photography Class “Almost an exact counterpart of the Visit Wawona’s Pioneer Yosemite Learn how to best capture the landscape Yosemite…a visit to its counterpart may History Center and join “Buckshot” of Yosemite by joining a photography be recommended, if it be only to see how for a horse-drawn stage ride! These expert from the Ansel Adams Gallery. curiously nature has repeated herself.” 10-minute rides introduce you to an Several classes are offered each week. -Josiah D. Whitney. early chapter in Yosemite’s history and Learn more and sign up at the Ansel are fun for the whole family. (See pages Adams Gallery located in Yosemite Hetch Hetchy provides spectacular 8 and 9 for history center and other Village at shuttle stops #5 and #9. (See vistas, waterfalls, and early season program information.) pages 6 and 7 for times and meeting hiking. (See page 2 for a park map and places.) area information.) Stroll with a Ranger Learn about the wonders of the park Discover the Night Sky Drive to Olmsted Point on a ranger-guided stroll. Programs are Attend the “Starry Skies Over Yosemite Take in the spectacular panoramic view offered daily throughout the park on a Valley” for a wild ride through from this scenic turnout on the Tioga variety of topics including waterfalls, the universe to learn about stars, Road: Tenaya Canyon, granite peaks trees, bears, geology, Yosemite Indians, constellations, planets, meteors, and and domes, and Tenaya Lake with Mt. and more. (See area program grids on other night sky features, all from the Conness in the background. (See page 2 pages 6, 7, 9, and 11.) comfort of Yosemite Valley. Sign up at for a park map and area information. any tour desk (see page 4 for locations). Western tanagers are summer visitors to Yosemite from Mexico and Central America. Illustration by Lauren Hamilton Emergency: Dial 911 Access for People With Disabilities What’s Inside: The Yosemite Accessibility Guide is Road, Weather, and Park Information: available at park entrance stations, visitor 2 Discover Yosemite 10 Tuolumne Meadows, www.nps.gov/yose or 209/372-0200 centers, and online at www.nps.gov/yose/ White Wolf, Hetch 3 Exploring the Park Sudden changes in weather are common in the planyourvisit/accessibility.htm. Accessible parking Hetchy Sierra Nevada. Call the number above or check spaces are available just west of the Yosemite 4 Yosemite Valley Tuolumne Programs at a visitor center for the most recent weather Valley Visitor Center. To reach these, enter the 11 5 Valley Store, Restaurant, forecast. Valley on Southside Drive. Turn left on Sentinel 12 Jr. Ranger Activities Drive. Turn left on Northside Drive, and follow Medical, and Service Info the blue-and-white signs. 14 All About Bears Lost and Found 6-7 Yosemite Valley A sign language interpreter may be available for 16 Camping To inquire about items lost or found at one of Program Listings deaf and hard-of-hearing visitors. Call Yosemite’s restaurants, hotels, lounges, shuttle 17 Hiking 209/372-0296 to request an interpreter. 8 Wawona, Glacier Point buses, or tour services, call 209/372-4357. For Advance notice of at least 2 days is requested. 18 Feature Article: Wilderness items lost or found in other areas of the park, 9 Wawona Programs Assistive Listening Devices are available upon call 209/379-1001. advance request. Inquire at a visitor center. Where to Go and What to Do in Yosemite National Park Experience Your America Yosemite National Park Yosemite Village/ Yosemite Falls Visitor Center Stanislaus Yosemite Lodge The National Ahwahnee Forest To To El Curry Manteca 120 Capitan Village Valley Day Discover Yosemite View Parking To 140 Bridalveil Tunnel Fall View To To To Yosemite Valley Merced 41 Fresno Let your curiosity guide you to new places (Elevation 4,000 feet/1,220 meters) Entrance Fees To 395 Reservations are NOT required Lake & Eleanor Lee to enter Yosemite. The park is Hetch Hetchy Vining O’Shaughnessy open year-round, 24 hours/day. Dam 6 120 iver Hetch e R n Tioga d Hetchy um Vehicle $20 oa ol R Tu Pass y Backpackers' h c t Campground Entrance Valid for 7 days Hetch e H (Wilderness t h Hetchy He c Permit Required) Entrance Tuolumne 5 Individual $10 Meadows In a bus, on foot, bicycle, motor- E v White e r cycle, or horse. Valid for 7 days. g r e Wolf e d n a R o o Big a R d ad a o g Yosemite Pass $40 Oak R io ga T Flat io Yosemite Valid for one year in Yosemite. T Entrance Creek Tenaya Porcupine Lake Flat Interagency Annual Pass $80 120 To Valid for one year at all federal Manteca Hodgdon recreation sites. Meadow 4 Tuolumne Grove Tamarack Valley Interagency Senior Pass $10 Flat Visitor Center Crane B ig Yosemite (Lifetime) Merced Flat r Oa F 1 ive k l R Grove a t Valley d R 2 ce For U.S. citizens or permanent Trailhead o r a Me d Glacier residents 62 and over. Point Foresta Tunnel View Interagency Access Pass (Free) El (Lifetime) Portal To r Glac Rd For permanently disabled U.S. e ier P int Merced iv o Me R Arch Rock Inyo citizens or permanent residents. rced Entrance National 140 Bridalveil Forest Yosemite Creek West W Reservations a w o n a Campground Reservations Expect delays along the Wawona Road, R o Sunday 11 pm through through Friday a d 877/444-6777 4:30 pm. Delays will be 30 minutes www.recreation.gov during the day (up to 60 minutes from 11 pm to 6 am). 3 Ranger Station Lodging Reservations Food Service & Lodging 801/559-5000 Wawona Wawona Campground www.yosemitepark.com Campground Gas Station Pioneer Sierra Yosemite Regional Info National History Mariposa Center Grove Sierra Forest National 0 5 km 5 miles Yosemite Area Regional Forest South Transportation System Entrance 41 To (YARTS) www.yarts.com Fresno Highway 120 West Yosemite Chamber of Commerce Yosemite Valley 800/449-9120 or 209/962-0429 Yosemite Valley, open all year, is world-famous for its impressive waterfalls, cliffs, and unusual rock formations.
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