Administration

• Superintendent: David Uberuaga of Mount Rainier National Park serving as acting superintendent as of Jan. 4, 2009. 
• 2009 Budget: $28,398,513
• 2008 National Park Service Employees: 953 summer and 702 winter
• 2008 DNC Parks & Resorts at Yosemite: Employees: 1,800 summer and 1,100 winter 

Size

• Land Mass: 747,956 acres (or 1,169 square miles) that’s about the size of Rhode Island
• Designated Wilderness: 704,624 acres (or 1,101 square miles) that’s more than 94% of the park

Wilderness Use (number represents permits issued plus an estimate of users without permits)

• Hikers: 45,907 in 2008; 43,401 in 2007; 40,804 in 2006 and 40,728 in 2005
• Permits: 15,156 in 2008; 15,125 in 2007; 14,141 in 2006; and 14,222 in 2005
• Overnight stays: 124,817 in 2008; 112,049 in 2007; 82,484 in 2006; and 81,870 in 2005

Infrastructure

• Trails: 800 miles
• Paved roads: 195 miles
• Graded roads: 67 miles
• Paved walks and bicycle paths: 20 miles

Lodging (all overseen by DNC Parks & Resorts)

• The Ahwahnee: 123 units
• Yosemite Lodge: 245 units
• Curry Village: 394 units 
• Housekeeping Camp: 264 units
• Wawona Hotel: 104 units
• Tuolumne Lodge: 69 units
• White Wolf: 28 units
• High Sierra Camps: 56 units

Campgrounds (1,504 total sites, with a maximum of 9,372 campers)

• Yosemite Valley Family Sites: 464 sites accommodating 2,748 people
• Tioga/Big Oak Flat/Hetch Hetchy: 812 sites for 4,872 people
• Glacier Point/Wawona: 203 sites for 1,218 people
• Group campsites: 16 group campsites (for 480 people); and 9 horse campsites (54 people)
• Leave No Trace: NPS helps campers take only pictures and leave only footprints through a 9.5-minute video. Learn more about LNT at Yosemite or at www.LNT.org. 

Yosemite structures (1,237 total)

• General buildings: 674
• Housing buildings: 563

Bridges

• Road bridges: 30
• Trail bridges: 97
• Road tunnels: 4

Visitor Use

• Park visitors: 3,557,961 in 2008; 3.6 million in 2007; 3.4 million in 2006; and 3.4 million in 2005
• Search and rescue operations: 248 in 2008; 238 in 2007; 219 in 2006; and 216 in 2005
• Motor vehicle accidents: 635 in 2008; 420 in 2007; 441 in 2006; and 405 in 2005
• Citations by park rangers (infractions like $250 for disturbing wildlife and $150 for taking pets in wilderness): 2,935 in 2008; 3,101 in 2007; 3,337 in 2006; and 4,140 in 2005
• Warnings by park rangers: 18,700 in 2008; 14,636 in 2007; 14,086 in 2006; and 14,868 in 2005

Visitor Study
Yosemite National Park conducted a winter survey from February 2-10, 2008. There was a 60% response rate. The entire survey and results can be viewed at the Yosemite National Park Visitor Study: Winter 2008 [638 kb PDF].

• 91% of visitors were U.S. residents; 89% of those were from California.
• 9% of visitors were international visitors. With 9% each from Germany, Korea, Taiwan, United Kindgom.
• 20% of respondents had visited Yosemite National Park at least twice in the past 12 months.
• 26% of respondents were visiting Yosemite National Park for the first time.
• 29% of respondents identified themselves as Asian, Hispanic, American Indian and/or African American.
• 84% of respondents listed "sightseeing or taking a scenic drive" as their primary activity, 73% taking photographs/painting/drawing and 35% listed "hiking".

Yosemite National Park had a comprehensive survey conducted from July 8-17, 2005. In it, 1,326 visitor groups were systematically selected from all five park entrance stations. There was a 65% response rate. The entire survey and results can be viewed at the Yosemite National Park Visitor Study: Summer 2005 [616 kb PDF].

• 82% of visitors were U.S. residents; 69% of those were from California, and 4% were from Texas.
• 18% of visitors were international visitors. Of those, 23% were from England, 11% from France, 9% from Holland and 7% from Japan.
• 19% of respondents had visited Yosemite National Park at least twice in the past 12 months.
• 48% of respondents were visiting Yosemite National Park for the first time.
• 20% of the respondents identified themselves as Asian, Hispanic, American Indian and/or African American.
• 60% of respondents listed “sightseeing or taking a scenic drive” as their primary activity and 20% listed “hiking.”
• 74% of respondents arrived to the park in a private vehicle, and 2% arrived by bicycle

View more about park's study of visitor use concerns and management strategies.

View a list of the park's natural resource statistics at a glance.