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Yosemite draws about four million visitors annually. [14] Most visitors spend the majority of their time in the valley's seven square miles (18 km 2). [8] The park set a visitation record in 2016, surpassing five million visitors for the first time. [15] In 2023, the park saw nearly four million visitors. [16]
Yosemite National Park had a record number of 5 million visitors in 2016. [5] In 2020 visitation dropped to 2,268,313 visitors. [6] A reservation system was implemented in 2020, which required a reservation in order to enter the park. [7] The reservation system has been periodically lifted and reimplemented since 2021.
Yosemite features sheer granite cliffs, exceptionally tall waterfalls, and old-growth forests at a unique intersection of geology and hydrology. Half Dome and El Capitan rise from the park's centerpiece, the glacier-carved Yosemite Valley , and from its vertical walls drop Yosemite Falls , one of North America's tallest waterfalls at 2,425 feet ...
Yosemite National Park. Yosemite first instituted its timed entry system in 2020 to limit visitor numbers during the COVID-19 pandemic, but even when cases began to subside, Yosemite kept the ...
Visitors flocked to national parks in 2021 after the pandemic put the brakes on travel for much of 2020. These were the year's most-visited parks.
Car lines out of Yosemite National Park have been at a standstill this summer as visitors, employees and locals report long waits to enter the park. 'Like sitting on the 101 in L.A.': Yosemite ...
Yosemite stage routes, 1870s. Before wagon roads, reaching Yosemite Valley required a grueling journey on foot or horseback. In the 1870s, growing interest in Yosemite's natural wonders spurred competition among three rival companies to build toll roads into the valley, aiming to profit from the increasing number of visitors.
Reservations will be required to enter Yosemite National Park on some days between 5 a.m. and 4 p.m., including: April 13 through June 30: Weekends and holidays will require a reservation. A ...