Must-see attractions in Yosemite National Park

  • General Grant Grove trees

    Mariposa Grove

    Yosemite National Park

    With their massive stature and multi-millennium maturity, the chunky high-rise sequoias of Mariposa Grove will make you feel rather insignificant. The…

  • Half Dome and the Yosemite Valley viewed from Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park

    Glacier Point

    Yosemite National Park

    If you drove, the views from 7214ft Glacier Point might make you feel like you cheated – superstar sights present themselves without your having made…

  • Half Dome and the Tenaya Valley

    Half Dome

    Yosemite National Park

    Yosemite's most distinctive natural monument, Half Dome is 87 million years old and has a 93% vertical grade – the sheerest cliff in North America…

  • El Capitan

    Yosemite National Park

    At nearly 3600ft from base to summit, El Capitan ranks as one of the world’s largest granite monoliths. Its sheer face makes it a world-class destination…

  • Bridalveil Falls, Yosemite National Park.

    Bridalveil Fall

    Yosemite National Park

    At the southwestern end of the valley, Bridalveil Fall tumbles 620ft. The Ahwahneechee people call it Pohono (Spirit of the Puffing Wind), as gusts often…

  • Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sierra Nevada, California, United States of America, North America

    Yosemite Falls

    Yosemite National Park

    West of Yosemite Village, Yosemite Falls is considered the tallest waterfall in North America, dropping 2425ft (740m) in three tiers. A slick trail leads…

  • Yosemite Conservation Heritage Center

    Yosemite National Park

    Built by the Sierra Club in 1903, this small, rustic, granite-and-wood lodge offers a glimpse of a relatively unknown chapter of California architecture…

  • Olmsted Point

    Yosemite National Park

    This ‘honey, hit the brakes!’ viewpoint, midway between the May Lake turnoff and Tenaya Lake, is a lunar landscape of glaciated granite with a stunning…

  • Inspiration Point

    Yosemite National Park

    Some of Yosemite's best vistas are granted to those who hike the steep, 1.3-mile trail up to this viewpoint. Inspiration Point used to be a spot along an…

  • Chilnualna Falls

    Yosemite National Park

    Chilnualna Creek tumbles around 2200ft over the north shoulder of forested Wawona Dome in an almost continuous series of cascades. The largest and most…

  • Sentinel Dome

    Yosemite National Park

    The hike to Sentinel’s summit (8122ft) is the shortest and easiest trail up one of Yosemite’s granite domes. For those unable to visit Half Dome’s summit,…

  • Main Meadow

    Yosemite National Park

    Stretching nearly 3 miles from Pothole Dome in the west to Lembert Dome in the east, Tuolumne’s main meadow is beautiful to behold, especially at sunset,…

  • Tenaya Lake

    Yosemite National Park

    Just east of Olmsted Point, the shiny blue surface of Tenaya Lake (8150ft) looks absolutely stunning framed by thick stands of pine and a series of smooth…

  • Ansel Adams Gallery

    Yosemite National Park

    Few know about it, but original Ansel Adams photographic prints are shown at Yosemite Valley's Ansel Adams Gallery. A number of walks and classes are also…

  • Yosemite Museum

    Yosemite National Park

    The Yosemite Museum has Miwok and Paiute artifacts, including woven baskets, beaded buckskin dresses and dance capes made from feathers. Native American…

  • Soda Springs

    Yosemite National Park

    Above the north shore of the Tuolumne River, carbonated mineral water burbles silently out of Soda Springs, a small natural spring that turns its…

  • The Ahwahnee Hotel

    Yosemite National Park

    About a quarter-mile east of Yosemite Village, The Ahwahnee is a picture of rustic elegance, dating back to 1927. You don’t need to be a…

  • Lembert Dome

    Yosemite National Park

    Prominently marking the eastern end of the main meadow, Lembert Dome towers about 800ft above the Tuolumne River. Its summit, which chalks in at 9450ft…

  • Parsons Memorial Lodge

    Yosemite National Park

    This simple but beautifully rugged cabin was built in 1915 from local granite. It initially served as a Sierra Club meeting room and was named for Edward…

  • Happy Isles

    Yosemite National Park

    Where the Merced River courses around two small islands lies Happy Isles, a popular area for picnics, swimming and strolls on marked paths and a small…

  • Pothole Dome

    Yosemite National Park

    Pothole Dome marks the western end of Tuolumne Meadows. It’s small by Yosemite standards, but the short, 200ft climb to the top offers great views of the…

  • Pioneer Yosemite History Center

    Yosemite National Park

    Off Wawona Rd, about 6 miles north of Mariposa Grove, you can take in the manicured grounds of the elegant Big Trees Lodge and cross a covered bridge to…

  • Yosemite Community Church

    Yosemite National Park

    Built in 1879, this chapel is Yosemite’s oldest structure that still remains in use, including for weddings. In 1885, President Ulysses Grant's memorial…

  • Vernal Fall

    Yosemite National Park

    At one of Yosemite's iconic falls, the thundering waters of the Merced River tumble 317ft down on the way to meet Yosemite Valley below. Mist Trail, the…

  • Ribbon Falls

    Yosemite National Park

    At 1600 ft, Ribbon Falls, only seen from the west side of El Capitan, is the highest single drop falls in North America. There's no signage and no real…

  • Wawona Swinging Bridge

    Yosemite National Park

    Metal cables anchored to boulders on both ends of this 40 ft span over the South Fork of the Merced River keep the wobbling relatively light. Nice spot…

  • Stoneman Bridge

    Yosemite National Park

    An iconic spot, both as a perfect foreground structure for photos of Half Dome in the distance and for its simple, elegant single-arch stone design over…

  • Wapama Falls

    Yosemite National Park

    These falls, on the north side of the Hetch Hetchy reservoir, fall more than 1000ft and are a worthy destination for a 5-mile round-trip hike from the O…

  • Tunnel View

    Yosemite National Park

    Just off Hwy 41, immediately east of Wawona Tunnel, is the parking lot for this spectacular viewpoint where you can take in much of the valley floor,…

  • Nevada Fall

    Yosemite National Park

    Spectacular views await from these falls, ricocheting 594ft as part of the 'Giant Staircase' leading the Merced River down into Yosemite Valley. Most…

  • Washburn Point

    Yosemite National Park

    On the way to Glacier Point, less than a mile away, this viewpoint faces east toward the Clark Range, so no sweeping view of Yosemite Valley. Still,…

  • Tueeulala Falls

    Yosemite National Park

    These falls, pronounced twee-lala, drop more than 1000ft over a sheer granite cliff on the north side of the Hetch Hetchy reservoir.

  • Lyell Canyon

    Yosemite National Park

    This lovely canyon, which includes a section that is part of the John Muir Trail, follows the Lyell Fork of the Tuolumne River.

  • Merced Grove

    Yosemite National Park

    A dirt road, closed to cars, dips steeply down the smallest, densest and quietest sequoia grove in the park.

  • McGurk Meadow

    Yosemite National Park

    Lush wildflower-strewn meadow with a historic log cabin. Makes for a nice, leisurely stroll.

  • Sentinel Bridge

    Yosemite National Park

    This bridge over the Merced River has fantastic views of Half Dome and Yosemite Falls.

  • Valley View

    Yosemite National Park

    Views of El Capitan and Bridalveil Fall can be had from this valley-floor turnout.

  • Dewey Point Lookout

    Yosemite National Park

    There are panoramic views of Yosemite Valley from this 7385ft ridge lookout.

  • Tuolumne Grove

    Yosemite National Park

    Small grove of towering giant sequoias.

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