May Is The Perfect Time To Visit Yosemite

Above, The Beast at North Pines Campground in Yosemite Valley. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

May just may be the perfect time to visit Yosemite National Park. It is a bit warmer than April (when I last stayed in Yosemite last year).

But as an article in the Mercury News states, any season is a good time to visit Yosemite National Park. However, the article focuses on the month of May.

The article states, in part:

To be sure, every season is lovely in Yosemite. Summer brings long days, cobalt blue skies and meadows rich with subalpine wildflowers. Autumn is beloved for foliage: magenta dogwoods, yellow maples and butterscotch oaks. In winter, the park is a snowy wonderland, its rocks etched like crystal.

But spring is special. Even the smallest creeks rush with water; the most famed waterfalls reach peak runoff in May or early June. There’s still a chill in the morning air. The trees explode with fresh new leaves. Meadows are bright green corridors of grass. Snow still drapes over the beloved mountain aptly named Clouds Rest. 

Wildlife is stirring, with bears, foxes, deer and lynx moving among the scented cedar and ponderosa pine trees. As spring progresses, the Valley is rich with blossoming white dogwoods and brilliant pink-purple redbuds. 

Here’s another secret: The biggest crowds don’t arrive until Memorial Day. And — more good news — you can escape them. 

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