Visitors to Yosemite can drive on roads throughout the park. However, we encourage you to use shuttle buses, where available. Also, some roads are closed at certain times of the year.

• Tioga Road (Highway 120 through the park) is closed from approximately November through late May or June, depending on conditions.
• Glacier Point Road is closed from approximately November through late May, depending on conditions. The first five miles of the road (to Badger Pass ski area) are open when the ski area is open (approximately mid December through March).
• Mariposa Grove Road is closed from November or December until sometime in April, depending on conditions. When the road is closed, visitors may still walk, ski, or snowshoe on the road (though it may be covered in snow or ice).
• Hetch Hetchy Road is closed overnight. Hours vary by season, but the road is generally open during daylight hours.

You can find out which roads are open for the season by visiting the conditions section. For up-to-the minute road conditions, call 209/372-0200 (press 1 then 1).

Driving Times

(Times are approximate, assume good conditions, and no stops.)

From Yosemite Valley to:

Wawona Road (Highway 41):

• Glacier Point: a little less than an hour
• South Entrance/Mariposa Grove: a little more than an hour
• Wawona: a little less than an hour

El Portal Road (Highway 140):

• Arch Rock Entrance: about 25 minutes
• El Portal: about 30 minutes

Big Oak Flat & Tioga Roads (Highway 120)

• Crane Flat: about 30 minutes
• Big Oak Flat Entrance/Hodgdon Meadow: about 45 minutes
• Hetch Hetchy (via Evergreen and Hetch Hetchy Roads): about one hour and 30 minutes
• White Wolf: about an hour
• Tuolumne Meadows: about one hour and 30 minutes
• Tioga Pass: about one hour and 45 minutes
• Lee Vining: about two hours