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Latest Yosemite National Park hotel reviews
Pro
Beautiful and magnificent scenery, a lot of waterfalls
Con
Crowded, congested and hot, hot, hot during the summer
In a nutshell
Contains in Yosemite Falls the greatest natural spectacle in North America!
48 Reviews First of all this is not Sequoia National Park which is a bit further south from Yosemite. This is just part of the massive Yosemite National Park at the southern edge of the park. Sue and I only had a few hours to spend here before meeting VTer Kathymof and her husband for dinner nearby, but we did...
45 Reviews Drive up to Glacier Point, (a good 45 minutes from Yosemite Valley), the view is spectacular with view of the Half Dome mountain and a few waterfalls. Many hike trails start from up there, one that takes you down to Yosemite valley in about 4-5 hours depending on your hiking level, I didn't take it...
55 Reviews From Yosemite Center, we took a bus to Yosemite Falls, right when you get off, is the beginning of the hike path, it's an easy one, cemented, perfect if you have small children in strollers. The highest waterfall of the U.S, Yosemite Falls, can be seen about a minute after you start walking, it's...
37 Reviews In the Yosemite National Park are several spectacular waterfalls. Many of them are in the park's backcountry and are only to be reached after a days hike. In the valley and "available" by car or the park's tourist"train". However, you must be lucky to see the highest (North) American waterfall:...
49 Reviews Half Dome is the most distinctive monument in Yosemite. It's size alone soaring up to 8,842 feet is breathtaking alone, but it has also been tabbed as 87 million years old, and it is still the youngest plutonic rock in the Valley. It looks as though the dome was split in half by a science fiction...
43 Reviews El Capitan stands 3,593 feet from base to summit, making it the largest single monolith of granite in the world. Standing as guardian for Yosemite Valley, it overshadows most of the many other sites within Yosemite National Park. This location within the park is noted as a rock climbers dream come...
27 Reviews Tioga Road is a 46 mile mountain road that peaks at nearly 10,000 feet at the Tioga Pass which happens to be the Tioga Entrance Station to Yosemite National Park. This is one of the most scenic drives in America and only open in season which is generally late May to October. It all depends on the...
16 Reviews and 534 Opinions I have often visited the Awahnee Hotel Dining room. The food is always excellent and is on par in...
15 Reviews and 450 Opinions Just to clarify, at least several reviews have included erroneous information about who "runs" the...
16 Reviews This thread has not been updated some entries from 2006. The food was more than acceptable. Al you can eat with a great selection. Not a finer place for breakfast in Yosemite Valley and perfect for families with kids. If you can't find something you like here your not hungry. Make your own breakfast...
10 Reviews The great architectural wonder of the Ahwahnee Hotel is best appreciated at lunch, when the light and views of the mountains are seen through the expansive wall of windows. The vintage 1927 interior architecture log construction can be seen in natural light. For this reason, those with some...
9 Reviews I can't believe we skipped this. There is a standard moonlight tour that meets at Yosemite Lodge, shuttle stop #8, costs $20 and lasts about 2 hours. The times vary depending the moonlight. That sound great enough, but the one night we were in Yosemite happened to be a full moon. The staff at our...
22 Reviews The scenic highway 140 route to Yosemite starts at the junction of freeway 99 in Merced and proceeds through the Mother Lode mining town of Mariposa and enters just past tiny El Portal at the Arch Rock Entrance. This route from Mariposa to El Portal, the highway snakes along the Merced River near...
24 Reviews To keep traffic and pollution down in the park, the Park Service operates a free shuttle bus service, the Yosemite Shuttle. The shuttle runs in a big loop around the Valley, stopping at key points. Leave your car in the visitors lot and hop on the shuttle. It's convenient and green, and you can...
5 Reviews Inspired by the scenic beauty of Yosemite and spurred on by the specter of private exploitation of Yosemite's natural wonders, conservationists appealed to Senator John Conness of California. On June 30, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill granting Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove of...
46 Reviews Camping sites are equipped with bear safe boxes, at night you are forced to put all your food in it! I was very scared of having to face one, bear that is, when i was there but no never did! so I think if you are careful with not letting food lay around, you will be fine
22 Reviews I bought a book called "Off the Wall - Deaths at Yosemite". It's available at the tourist shops in Yosemite and should be recommended reading for all those who venture off the main road. I shudder at times when reading it as it records many wrong things I have done bushwalking (hiking) in Australia....
7 Reviews This being one of the top backpacking destinations in the US, a backpack might be a good thing to bring along. There is such a big network of trails, you just couldn't see them all day-hiking so you'll need to carry all your gear...you guessd it, on your back. A day hiking pack is also necessary if...
9 Reviews It is a very long drive over to Mono Lake but if you are driving the Tioga Road it is a side trip well worth the effort and if camping at Tuolomne Meadows, the town of Lee Vining where the lake is located is your closest place to shower, pick up supplies, or find a restaurant. The lake is not...
31 Reviews The "Great Sierra Mine" sounds like a huge operation, doesn't it? Well, it's not much of a mine and certainly not great, but the trail up to it, which skirts the jewel-like Gaylor Lakes, is one of the best short hikes in Yosemite. Four miles round trip which can be done in 2-3 hours, you get a good...
13 Reviews Temperatures in April can range between 32 (freezing) and 66 (relatively pleasant), but the weather can go from gorgeous to dangerous in a matter of an hour - very unpredictable, still, in April. That being said, I don't want to discourage you from going because it's a beautiful time of the year,...
34 Reviews After a lengthy break and snack, we pushed further up the trail with the crowds thinning out considerably. We reached the Little Yosemite Valley Campground in no time but had been told we would have to camp up the trail due to it being full. There certainly seemed to be plenty of open spots and one...
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Yosemite National Park is one of the top backpacking destinations in the world so if you are in any way so inclined bring your backpack. Even if you have just...
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Q: Hi, I'm going with some friends on a trip in June to San Francisco and Los Angeles and we wanted to pass by one the National...
A: I've never been to Sequoia but have been to Yosemite twice. I can't imagine that anything can compare with the splendor there.
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The Incomparable Valley (and Park)
Yosemite is one of the most lauded natural areas in the United States, and for a good reason. It's granite walls, lakes, thousand-foot waterfalls, domes, spires, meadows, and giant trees definitely......
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A park ranger was asked during an interview what he would do if he only had one day to spend in Yosemite, and he responded, "I'd weep." Easy for him to say, as he gets paid to spend his days there. I,...
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On Becoming Part of the Food Chain: Yosemite
Yosemite joins perhaps only Yellowstone in pedigree when it comes to US National Parks. Part of the young nation's psyche from their inception in the late 1800s, they were grand proof that new ideas...
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I lived in California back in the late '80s and early '90s and never made it to Yosemite, so when my friend Gina and I were trying to decide what to do with a couple extra days on a visit to San...
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The Glacial Beauty of Yosemite National Park
While visiting the San Francisco area, we made a point of adding Yosemite National Park to our itinerary. We thoroughly enjoyed this magnificent national park and were amazed by its beauty. The...
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