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Yosemite’s acting Superintendent, Raymond McPadden, has issued a new rule as part of the park’s Superintendent’s Compendium in response to the increase in protest flag displays. The policy prohibits ...
The system will be the least restrictive the park has ever implemented, with reservations required every day from June 15 to Aug. 15, 2025, between 6 a.m. and 2 p.m., as well as over Memorial Day ...
Yosemite's most underrated trail, like many of the park's most popular routes, gets its name from historical figures. Olmstead Point was named after landscape architects Frederick Law Olmsted and his ...
Mules have been part of Yosemite since 1916, when Congress created the National Park Service and civilian park rangers were put in place to patrol the park, according to the NPS.
YOSEMITE, Calif. – As summer nears, visitors will be able to enjoy all the campgrounds at Yosemite National Park for the first time in six years, park officials announced Wednesday.
Yosemite National Park requires reservations for visitors in summer 2025, including Memorial Day and Labor Day holiday weekends. How to book on Recreation.gov.
The US National Park Service has laid out a schedule for when you will need a reservation to drive into or through Yosemite this year. On certain days between May 24 and and Sept. 1 the ...
Yosemite Falls is reflected in a meadow which is beginning to flood in Yosemite Valley, as warming temperatures have increased snowpack runoff, on April 28, 2023 in Yosemite National Park, California.
Federal authorities are investigating after a woman died after she was found with severe injuries at Yosemite National Park last week, according to the National Park Service. "NPS is investigating ...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Yosemite National Park has been dealing with overcrowding issues for decades, according to National Park Service officials. In 1980, Yosemite welcomed 2 million visitors. By ...
The park service has about 20,000 workers, according to the AP. In San Francisco, Saturday’s protests took place at the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, which includes the Presidio and Muir ...