Yosemite National Park
Hikes in Yosemite
Trail/ Starting Distance/ Difficulty/ Destination Point Time Elevation
Bridalveil Fall Bridalveil Fall 0.5 mile round-trip Easy Parking Area 20 minutes
Lower Yosemite Lower Yosemite Fall 1.0 mile round-trip Easy Fall Shuttle Stop #6 20 minutes
Upper Yosemite Fall Camp 4 2 miles round-trip Strenuous Trail to Columbia Near Shuttle Stop #7 2 to 3 hours 1,000-foot gain Rock
Top of Upper same as above 7.2 miles round-trip Very Strenuous Yosemite Fall 6 to 8 hours 2,700-foot gain
Mirror Lake Mirror Lake 2 miles round-trip Easy (a seasonal lake) Shuttle Stop #17 1 hour
Vernal Fall Happy Isles 1.4 miles round-trip Moderate Footbridge Shuttle Stop #16 1 to 2 hours 400-foot gain
Top of Vernal Happy Isles 3 miles round-trip Strenuous Fall Shuttle Stop #16 2 to 4 hours 1,000-foot gain
Top of Nevada same as above 7 miles round-trip Strenuous Fall 5 to 6 hours 1,900-foot gain
Top of Half Dome same as above 17 miles round-trip Extremely 10 to 12 hours Strenuous 4,800-foot gain
Four Mile Trail to Southside Drive 4.8 miles one-way Very Strenuous Glacier Point 3 to 4 hours one-way 3,200-foot gain
Valley Floor Loop Lower Yosemite Fall 13 miles full loop Moderate Shuttle Stop #6 5 to 7 hours full loop
Yosemite In Depth
News from the Parks
National Parks Escape, This Time Around
January 8, 2009 - 5:17pm
Unlike the last two years, popular recreation areas in Western Washington have escaped serious damage from this week’s heavy rain. Mount Rainier National Park and Gifford Pinchot National Forest were devastated by flooding in 2007. Last year, flooding hit Olympic National Park.
January 8, 2009 - 5:17pm
Unlike the last two years, popular recreation areas in Western Washington have escaped serious damage from this week’s heavy rain. Mount Rainier National Park and Gifford Pinchot National Forest were devastated by flooding in 2007. Last year, flooding hit Olympic National Park.
Dorgan with Game and Fish
January 8, 2009 - 5:06pm
Sen. Byron Dorgan, (D-N.D.) said he agrees with the North Dakota Game and Fish Department on the elk situation at Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Since the unveiling of the National Park Service’s Draft Elk Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement on Dec. 17, Game and Fish officials have voiced their displeasure that the document did not include their “Alternative G,” as a viable option.
January 8, 2009 - 5:06pm
Sen. Byron Dorgan, (D-N.D.) said he agrees with the North Dakota Game and Fish Department on the elk situation at Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Since the unveiling of the National Park Service’s Draft Elk Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement on Dec. 17, Game and Fish officials have voiced their displeasure that the document did not include their “Alternative G,” as a viable option.
Coming to the Inauguration? Read This First, Then Think Again
January 8, 2009 - 5:05pm
All roads will lead to Washington on Inauguration Day, but many of them will be closed. With packed trains, buses and planes, how will as many as 2 million people who are hoping to witness history crowd into a city whose subway system usually accommodates 718,000 a day?
January 8, 2009 - 5:05pm
All roads will lead to Washington on Inauguration Day, but many of them will be closed. With packed trains, buses and planes, how will as many as 2 million people who are hoping to witness history crowd into a city whose subway system usually accommodates 718,000 a day?
Scientists Ready to Analyze Yellowstone Park Quake Data
January 8, 2009 - 5:01pm
Between Dec. 27 and Jan. 2, more than 500 small earthquakes shook Yellowstone National Park. The swarm of quakes was centered below Yellowstone Lake, beginning southeast of Stevenson Island and migrating north toward Fishing Bridge before quieting.
January 8, 2009 - 5:01pm
Between Dec. 27 and Jan. 2, more than 500 small earthquakes shook Yellowstone National Park. The swarm of quakes was centered below Yellowstone Lake, beginning southeast of Stevenson Island and migrating north toward Fishing Bridge before quieting.
Haleakala National Park Gets New Superintendent
January 8, 2009 - 5:00pm
Sarah Creachbaum, a 15-year veteran of the National Park Service, has been named superintendent of Haleakala National Park.
January 8, 2009 - 5:00pm
Sarah Creachbaum, a 15-year veteran of the National Park Service, has been named superintendent of Haleakala National Park.
