Distance: 0.5 miles Type of Trail: Loop ... valley floor via the same trail, you’ll make Columbia Rock your final destination. We hope this helped you plan which hikes in Yosemite National Park ...

Spending time in Yosemite Valley at Yosemite National Park in California is a great introduction to this national park. But ...

Are you wondering if hiking to Little Yosemite is worth it? If you’ve heard about the “Little Yosemite” waterfall area in the ...

“We’ve tried various (management) plans over the years” to curb crowd size, Yosemite National Park Service officials said, ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: Traffic is hectic in and out of Yosemite Valley. The National Park Service ... the mile-long Cook's Meadow Loop or the longer Valley Loop Trail, a 13-mile path that circles ...

Join us for an extraordinary week of hiking and exploration in Yosemite National Park! Our daily hikes will cover the gamut from popular, classic hikes to lesser-known gems. We’ll spend time in ...

Covering an area of more than 750,000 acres, Yosemite National ... hiking trails that travel through Yosemite Valley include the John Muir Trail, which offers excellent views of the park's granite ...

Tired of crowded national parks, or want something new? Here are less visited national parks in California, what months to visit and what not to miss.

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 1996, that number had ...

Death Valley and Sequoia National ... Peaks loop trail. Some trails, including the Old Pinnacles Trail Loop, feature talus caves and other rock formations. What not to miss: This park has ...

For thousands of years, the Ahwaneechee Indians occupied the area we know today as Yosemite. In 1851, the first white men entered the Yosemite valley ... national park, soldiers built the first ...