01About 15 min · 1 stop
Yosemite Museum
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Yosemite / The complete destination guide
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Find your own Yosemite through its places, stories and landscapes. Keep a few favourites and shape a day that makes sense for you.
Find your Yosemite01 Your story
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Try your moment · 2026-10-27 · 12:00 · Yosemite Museum
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02 Your travel personality
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03 Themed walks
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01About 15 min · 1 stop
Let the old and the everyday meet. Look for one trace to carry into your next chapter.
02About 47 min · 2 stops
Follow a line, a texture, a change of light. The next detail is yours to discover.
03About 25 min · 1 stop
Give yourself permission to linger. Keep a little space for whatever catches your eye.
Your current mission
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About 15 min · 1 stopOpen My dayEditable planning times for this mission only, including walks between its stops. Your existing day and travel to or from the route are separate.
Follow the storyNative Yosemite: Ahwahneechee and Associated TribesA little thing to notice
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04 A personal surprise
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05 The complete destination guide
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Trail Days
Four closely grouped sequoias reveal how giant roots and trunks share the same forest floor. Use Bachelor and Three Graces as a focused stop within its Yosemite corridor.
Viewpoints
Yosemite's historic winter-sports area provides groomed skiing and access toward Glacier Point when conditions allow. Use Badger Pass as a focused stop within its Yosemite corridor.
Waterfalls
Wind shifts the narrow fall across its granite alcove, with the strongest flow usually during spring runoff. Use Bridalveil Fall as a focused stop within its Yosemite corridor.
Trail Days / Architecture
An 1895 passage through the living trunk records an earlier era of spectacle-based park tourism. Use California Tunnel Tree as a focused stop within its Yosemite corridor.
Viewpoints
Clustered granite spires face El Capitan near the western valley entrance. Use Cathedral Rocks as a focused stop within its Yosemite corridor.
Trail Days / Waterfalls
A steep Wawona trail climbs beside cascades to the top of a fall hidden within granite turns. Use Chilnualna Falls as a focused stop within its Yosemite corridor.
Trail Days
A level meadow loop gives changing views of Yosemite Falls, Half Dome, and Sentinel Rock. Use Cook's Meadow as a focused stop within its Yosemite corridor.
Trail Days / Viewpoints
The forest trail ends at a quiet south-rim outlook above El Capitan and the western valley. Use Dewey Point as a focused stop within its Yosemite corridor.
Viewpoints
The sheer granite wall rises above the valley floor and remains Yosemite's defining big-wall climbing landmark. Use El Capitan as a focused stop within its Yosemite corridor.
Viewpoints
The open meadow provides the valley floor's most direct view up El Capitan's southeast face. Use El Capitan Meadow as a focused stop within its Yosemite corridor.
Viewpoints
The rim overlook looks down into Yosemite Valley and across to Half Dome and the High Sierra. Use Glacier Point as a focused stop within its Yosemite corridor.
Trail Days
Massive limbs and a broad scarred trunk distinguish one of the grove's oldest and largest sequoias. Use Grizzly Giant as a focused stop within its Yosemite corridor.
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06 Ready-made itineraries
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01The route, stop by stop · 8
A one-day grouping through Glacier Point Road, anchored by Glacier Point and Washburn Point with related stops kept in geographic order.
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02The route, stop by stop · 5
A one-day grouping through Hetch Hetchy Reservoir and Waterfalls, anchored by Hetch Hetchy Reservoir and O'Shaughnessy Dam with related stops kept in geographic order.
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03The route, stop by stop · 8
A one-day grouping through Mariposa Grove and Wawona, anchored by Mariposa Grove and Grizzly Giant with related stops kept in geographic order.
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04The route, stop by stop · 8
A one-day grouping through Tioga Road and Tuolumne Meadows, anchored by Tuolumne Grove and Merced Grove with related stops kept in geographic order.
ExploreThe route, stop by stop · 8
A one-day grouping through Yosemite Valley Icons, anchored by Yosemite Falls and Lower Yosemite Fall with related stops kept in geographic order.
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06The route, stop by stop · 8
A one-day grouping through Yosemite Valley Views and Heritage, anchored by Tunnel View and Valley View with related stops kept in geographic order.
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07The route, stop by stop · 8
Combine Glacier Point and Washburn Point with a choice of Sentinel Dome, Taft Point, or a longer south-rim trail. The sequence keeps distant stops out of the same walking segment.
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08The route, stop by stop · 8
Cross the high country from the sequoia groves to Olmsted Point, Tenaya Lake, Tuolumne Meadows, and Soda Springs. The sequence keeps distant stops out of the same walking segment.
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09The route, stop by stop · 8
Pair Tunnel View and Valley View with meadow walks, the Yosemite Museum, the chapel, and The Ahwahnee. The sequence keeps distant stops out of the same walking segment.
ExploreThe route, stop by stop · 8
Link Yosemite Falls, Bridalveil Fall, El Capitan, Half Dome, and Mirror Lake for a first valley day shaped by water and granite.
Explore07 Find your bearings
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08 Your day, your way
Your chosen stops come together here. Reorder them, adjust visit times or ask for a new draft when plans change.
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09 Local voices
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