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Yosemite.

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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.

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01 Your story

Yosemite, in sync.

Set your time, energy and rain preference. Follow a story from place to place, then preview it in My day.

These chapters take place inside a controlled site. Check admission, opening and local restrictions. This switch changes your planning scenario; it does not reserve entry.

Your window of freedom90 min · Ready to wander · Dry +
How do you feel?

Up to 60 min walking, including your return if selected.

More about your moment

Declared scenario and planning estimates; no live opening, weather, queue or booking service.

Try your moment · 2026-10-27 · 12:00 · Yosemite Museum

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The next chapter starts from Yosemite Museum.

The Yosemite possible from here

This map compares 49 defined experiences. The full guide includes all 45 places. Discover ↗

Why this chapter?

Route draft · estimated walks, visits and return if selected

From Yosemite Museum, with 90 minutes to work with.

Access, admission or a useful visit duration still needs checking.

Declared scenario and planning estimates; no live opening, weather, queue or booking service.

02 Your travel personality

Let Yosemite get to know you.

Answer three quick questions. Your interests and pace shape the stories, walks and surprises you see.

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Have we met before?

Remembered in this browser, across all nine languages. Your choices can change anytime.

03 Themed walks

Three ways to make Yosemite yours.

Choose a themed walk, discover small details along the way and add its stops to My day.

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About 15 min · 1 stop

Yosemite Museum

Let the old and the everyday meet. Look for one trace to carry into your next chapter.

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About 47 min · 2 stops

Sentinel Bridge · Cook's Meadow

Follow a line, a texture, a change of light. The next detail is yours to discover.

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About 25 min · 1 stop

Valley View

Give yourself permission to linger. Keep a little space for whatever catches your eye.

Your current mission

Yosemite Museum

These chapters take place inside a controlled site. Check admission, opening and local restrictions. This switch changes your planning scenario; it does not reserve entry.

About 15 min · 1 stopOpen My day

Editable 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 Tribes
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    A little thing to notice

    Pause here. What detail would you keep from this place?

04 A personal surprise

A little Yosemite serendipity.

Tap Surprise me for a place or story chosen around your tastes. Keep it, add it to My day or try another.

Three little choices. A city that starts to feel like yours.

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05 The complete destination guide

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Yosemite.

Browse all 70 places, stories and travel tips. Search or filter by interest, then save what catches your eye.

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Bachelor and Three GracesPlaces

Trail Days

Bachelor and Three Graces

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.

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Badger PassPlaces

Viewpoints

Badger Pass

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.

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Bridalveil FallPlaces

Waterfalls

Bridalveil Fall

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.

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California Tunnel TreePlaces

Trail Days / Architecture

California Tunnel Tree

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.

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Cathedral RocksPlaces

Viewpoints

Cathedral Rocks

Clustered granite spires face El Capitan near the western valley entrance. Use Cathedral Rocks as a focused stop within its Yosemite corridor.

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Chilnualna FallsPlaces

Trail Days / Waterfalls

Chilnualna Falls

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.

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Cook's MeadowPlaces

Trail Days

Cook's Meadow

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.

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Dewey PointPlaces

Trail Days / Viewpoints

Dewey Point

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.

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El CapitanPlaces

Viewpoints

El Capitan

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.

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El Capitan MeadowPlaces

Viewpoints

El Capitan Meadow

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.

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Glacier PointPlaces

Viewpoints

Glacier Point

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.

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Grizzly GiantPlaces

Trail Days

Grizzly Giant

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

Itineraries

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Glacier Point Road01

The route, stop by stop · 8

Glacier Point Road

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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Hetch Hetchy Reservoir and Waterfalls02

The route, stop by stop · 5

Hetch Hetchy Reservoir and Waterfalls

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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Mariposa Grove and Wawona03

The route, stop by stop · 8

Mariposa Grove and Wawona

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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Tioga Road and Tuolumne Meadows04

The route, stop by stop · 8

Tioga Road and Tuolumne Meadows

A one-day grouping through Tioga Road and Tuolumne Meadows, anchored by Tuolumne Grove and Merced Grove with related stops kept in geographic order.

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Yosemite Valley Icons05

The route, stop by stop · 8

Yosemite Valley Icons

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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Yosemite Valley Views and Heritage06

The route, stop by stop · 8

Yosemite Valley Views and Heritage

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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Glacier Point Road and South Rim Trails07

The route, stop by stop · 8

Glacier Point Road and South Rim Trails

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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Tioga Road to Tuolumne Meadows08

The route, stop by stop · 8

Tioga Road to Tuolumne Meadows

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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Valley Views, Museum, and Historic Buildings09

The route, stop by stop · 8

Valley Views, Museum, and Historic Buildings

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.

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Valley Waterfalls and Granite Icons10

The route, stop by stop · 8

Valley Waterfalls and Granite Icons

Link Yosemite Falls, Bridalveil Fall, El Capitan, Half Dome, and Mirror Lake for a first valley day shaped by water and granite.

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07 Find your bearings

Map

Choose one of the 45 places to see it on the map and open its guide.

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The complete Yosemite World

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08 Your day, your way

My day 00

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

Every city deserves a local voice.

We are shaping a programme with local guides and creators. Help us imagine the next chapter of Yosemite.

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