@YosemiteNPS Yosemite Guide Yosemite YOSEMITE TRAVEL TIPS INSIDE - SEE PAGE 1 PAGE SEE - INSIDE TIPS TRAVEL YOSEMITE Volume 42, Issue 6 Issue 42, Volume 2017 29, August – 2017 26, July Park National Yosemite America Your Experience Yosemite, CA 95389 Yosemite, 577 PO Box Service Park National US DepartmentInterior of the Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System Year-round Route: Valley Yosemite Valley Shuttle Valley Visitor Center Summer-only Route: Upper Shuttle System El Capitan Yosemite Shuttle Hetch Fall Yosemite Hetchy Village Campground Tuolumne Lower Yosemite Parking Meadows The Ansel Fall Adams l Medical Church Bowl i Gallery ra Clinic Picnic Area Picnic Area l T al F Yosemite e 5 t E1 Restroom i 4 Valley m 9 The Majestic Area in inset: se Yo Mirror Yosemite Valley Upper 10 3 Yosemite Hotel Walk-In 6 2 Lake Shuttle System seasonal Campground 11 1 Yosemite North Camp 4 8 Half Dome Valley Housekeeping Pines E2 Lower 8836 ft 7 Chapel Camp Wawona Yosemite Falls Parking Lodge Pines 2693 m Yosemite 18 19 Conservation 12 17 Heritage 20 14 Swinging Center (YCHC) Recreation Campground Bridge Rentals 13 Reservations Yosemite Village Parking 15 Pardon our dust! Shuttle service routes are Half Dome Upper Sentinel Village Pines subject to change as pavement rehabilitation Beach il Trailhead E7 a Half Dome Village Parking and road work is completed throughout 2017. r r T te Parking e n il i Expect temporary delays. w M in r u d 16 o e Nature Center El Capitan F s lo c at Happy Isles Picnic Area Glacier Point E3 no shuttle service closed in winter Vernal 72I4 ft Fall 2I99 m l Mist Trai Cathedral ail Tr E4 op h Beach Lo or M ey ses erce all only d Ri V ver E6 Nevada Fall To & Bridalveil Fall d oa R B a r n id wo a Wa lv e The Yosemite Valley Shuttle operates from 7am to 10pm and serves stops in numerical order. Shuttles run daily every 10 to 20 minutes, i l C r e depending on time of day. The El Capitan Shuttle runs from 9am to 7pm, every 30 minutes. See schedules posted at shuttle stops. e k US DepartmentInterior of the Stop # Location Illilouette To Fall 1 Yosemite Village Parking 11 Sentinel Bridge 17 Mirror Lake Trailhead 2 10 Yosemite Village 12 Yosemite Conservation Heritage 18 North Pines Campground 3 The Majestic Yosemite Hotel Center / Housekeeping Camp 19 Pines Campgrounds Postage and Fee Paid Fee and Postage 4 Degnan’s Deli 13 Half Dome Village E3 El Capitan Picnic Area Third Class Mail Class Third 5 9 E1 Valley Visitor Center 14 20 Half Dome Village Parking E4 El Capitan Crossover 6 Lower Yosemite Fall 15 Upper Pines Campground / E6 Cathedral Beach Picnic Area 7 E2 Camp 4 / Yosemite Falls Parking Trailhead Parking E7 Four Mile Trailhead 8 Yosemite Valley Lodge 16 Happy Isles / Mist Trail G 83 i Yosemite Guide July 26, 2017 - August 29, 2017 Welcome to Yosemite Let your curiosity guide you to new places Entrance Fees Yosemite Travel Tips Non-commercial car, truck, RV, or van with 15 or fewer passenger We’re having a busy summer! If you haven’t already, you’re likely to experience congestion, especially in Yosemite Valley. Be prepared for seats Valid for 7 days two- to three-hour delays, especially in afternoons and on weekends. Plan accordingly and use restrooms when available. (No per-person fee) If you’re visiting Yosemite Valley for the day, look for parking in three major parking lots: Yosemite Falls Parking Lot, Yosemite Village Parking Vehicle Valid for 7 days Lot, and at Half Dome Village Parking (formerly Curry Village). Free shuttle service to destinations throughout Yosemite Valley is available $30/Vehicle from each of these parking lots. If you have lodging or campground reservations, please park at your lodge or campsite. Motorcycle Valid for 7 days Once you find a place to park, please leave your car parked. Using the free shuttles Valley Visitor Center $25/motorcycle Upper will help you avoid congestion and trouble finding another place to park. Parking Yosemite Individual Valid for 7 days fills to capacity throughout Yosemite by mid-morning. Don’t forget where you Fall Lower Yosemite W $15 (In a bus, on foot, bicycle, or horse) parked your car, as there are multiple parking areas throughout the Valley. Driving Yosemite Village Fall or parking on vegetation is prohibited. Medical Yosemite Pass $60 Clinic Valid for one year in Yosemite. Do not use or block the “Bus and Authorized Vehicles” lane while Yosemite The Majestic Valley Yosemite Hotel Lodge Interagency Annual Pass $80 driving in Yosemite Valley. The bus lane ensures emergency North Camp 4 Valid for one year at all federal vehicles can respond to incidents when traffic is backed up and Housekeeping Pines Chapel Camp Lower recreation sites. provides preference for mass transit. Yosemite Falls Parking Pines Yosemite Village Parking Interagency Senior Pass $10 Swinging Campground $80/beginning August 28 Bridge Half Dome Reservations Village Upper (Lifetime) For U.S. citizens or permanent Sentinel Pines Beach residents 62 and over. Half DomeYosemite Village Parking Village/ Yosemite Visitor Center El Capitan Falls Interagency Annual Senior Pass $20 Stanislaus Picnic Area Yosemite Lodge The beginning August 28 - For U.S. citizens or National Ahwahnee Forest To - El Portal & Mariposa permanent residents 62 and over. To Yosemite Valley Map To El Curry To - San Francisco Manteca 120Cathedral Interagency Access Pass (Free) Beach Capitan Trail to Visitor Center Village Campground (Lifetime) For permanently disabled U.S. Valley Day View Parking Parking citizens or permanent residents. To Picnic Area Bridalveil 140 Fall Bridalveil ad Restroom Interagency Military Pass (Free) Ro Tunnel Fall a on View aw To Walk-In (Annual) For active duty U.S. military W To To Yosemite Valley Merced 41 Fresno Campground and dependents (Elevation 4,000 feet/1,220 meters) To - Glacier Point 0 1 km 1 mile Interagency 4th Grade Pass (Free) Wawona N (Annual) For fourth graders and their Fresno families. Must present paper voucher E3 E4 Reservations Campground Reservations To 395 Lake & 877/444-6777 Eleanor Lee Hetch Hetchy 6 Vining www.recreation.gov O’Shaughnessy Dam 120 Lodging Reservations iver Hetch e R 888/413-8869 n Tioga d Hetchy um oa ol R Tu Pass y Backpackers' www.travelyosemite.com h c t Campground Entrance Hetch e H (Wilderness Group Sales Office: 888/339-3481 t h Hetchy He c Permit Required) Entrance Tuolumne 5 Regional Info Meadows E Yosemite Area Regional v White e r g r Transportation System (YARTS) e Wolf e d n a R o o www.yarts.com Big a R d ad a o g Oak R io ga T Flat io Highway 120 West T Yosemite Entrance Creek Tenaya Yosemite Chamber of Commerce Porcupine Lake Flat 800/449-9120 or 209/962-0429 120 To Manteca Tuolumne County Visitors Bureau Hodgdon 800/446-1333 Meadow Tuolumne 4 www.tcvb.com Grove Tamarack Valley Flat Visitor Center Highway 41 Crane B ig Yosemite Merced Flat r Oa F ive k l R Yosemite Sierra Visitors Bureau Grove a t Valley d R ce Trailhead o 1 r a Me 559/683-4636 d Glacier www.yosemitethisyear.com Point Foresta 2 Tunnel Highway 132/49 View El Coulterville Visitor Center Portal 209/878-3329 To r Gla e cier Po Merced iv int Rd Me R Arch Rock Inyo Highway 140/49 rced Entrance National 140 Bridalveil Forest California Welcome Center, Merced Yosemite Creek 800/446-5353 or 209/724-8104 West W a www.yosemite-gateway.org w o n a R o Mariposa County Visitor Center a d 866/425-3366 or 209/966-7081 Yosemite Mariposa County Ranger Station Tourism Bureau Food Service & Lodging 209/742-4567 Wawona 3 www.homeofyosemite.com Wawona Campground Campground Gas Station Highway 120 East Pioneer Yosemite Lee Vining Chamber of Sierra Mariposa Grove Road closed National History Mariposa Center Grove during renovation Sierra Commerce and Mono Lake Forest National 0 5 km 5 miles Visitor Center, 760/647-6629 Forest South www.leevining.com Entrance 41 To Fresno 1 Experience Your America Yosemite National Park Yosemite Valley Yosemite Valley, open all year, is world-famous for its impressive waterfalls, 1 cliffs, and unusual rock formations. You can get there via Highway 41/Wawona Road from Fresno, Highway 140/El Portal Road from Merced, Highway 120 west/Big Oak Flat Road from Manteca, and (during the summer) via the Highway 120 east/ Tioga Road from Lee Vining. Yosemite Valley is home to massive cliff faces like El Capitan and Half Dome, plunging waterfalls including the tallest in North America, and attractive meadows. While Yosemite Falls slows to a trickle by August, a moderate hike will bring you to impressive Vernal and Nevada Falls. Walk to Mirror Lake, where you will see reflections of Half Dome. Gaze up at El Capitan, a massive granite monolith that stands 3,593 feet from base to summit. Whether you explore the valley by foot, bike, car, raft, or tour, you will behold scenery that will leave you breathless and eager to see what’s around the next corner. Glacier Point Half Dome view from Glacier Point. Photo by Armand Williams Glacier Point, an overlook with a commanding view of Yosemite Valley, Half 2 Dome, and Yosemite’s high country, is located 30 miles (one-hour drive) from Yosemite Valley or Wawona. To get there from either of these places, take the Wawona Road (Highway 41), to Chinquapin, then turn onto Glacier Point Road.