8 Best Things To Do In Yosemite

Above, the bottom of Yosemite Falls. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Over the years, I have been to Yosemite National Park, the last time being in 2016. I reserved (early) a campsite in Yosemite Valley at North Pines Campground in April. A few months later, I drove through Yosemite on Tioga Road from U.S. 395 in the Owens Valley to U.S. 99 in the San Joaquin Valley.

Although it rained much of the time I was camping there, I did enjoy the experience.

Lonely Planet has an article on the 8 best things to do in Yosemite National Park. 

They begin it with:

Yosemite National Park is one of those dazzling, large-than-life destinations with a beauty that must be seen firsthand to truly appreciate it.

Renowned landscape photographer and environmentalist Ansel Adams did a good job introducing the public to this iconic park in the 1930s, when he began documenting its magic in black and white. Close to 100 years later, Yosemite remains an iconic photographic locale attracting close to five million visitors each year.

In California’s Sierra Mountains, Yosemite is the third-oldest national park in the US, established in 1890 and home to more than 700 miles of hiking trails, numerous waterfalls and captivating granite cliffs and buttresses with names like Half Dome and El Capitan. You’ll also find towering sequoia trees, diverse wildlife, sparkling turquoise and aquamarine lakes, scenic byways and a historic lodge that takes you back about a century in time.

Here are our 8 top picks for the best things to do in Yosemite National Park.

Above, a morning view of Half Dome. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

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