• View of Half Dome and Washington Column in Yosemite Valley

    Yosemite

    National Park California

Yosemite Guide

Where to Go and What to Do in Yosemite National Park

The Yosemite Guide contains information about trip planning, activities, scheduled events, and hours of operations for different facilities and services. This publication replaces the Yosemite Today.

The Guide is published several times per year. Each issue will be posted a few days prior to its effective date. Approximate file size for each PDF file is 5 MB.

You can also find information, beyond that contained in the Yosemite Guide, about special programs, such as the Parsons Memorial Lodge Summer Series and Poetry Festival.

2012

May 23 - June 26
April 11 - May 22
February 15 - April 10

December 14 - February 14

2011

October 12 - December 13
September 7 - October 11

August 3 - September 6
June 29 - August 2
May 25 - June 28
April 13 - May 24
February 16 - April 12

December 15, 2010-February 15, 2011

2010

December 15, 2010-February 15, 2011
October 13 - December 14

September 8 - October 12
August 4 - September 7
June 30 - August 3
May 26 - June 29

April 14 - May 25
February 17 - April 13
December 16, 2009 - February 16, 2010

2009
October 14 - December 15
September 9 - October 13
August 5 - September 8
July 1 - August 4
May 27 - June 30
April 15 - May 26
February 18 - April 14
December 17, 2008 - February 17, 2009

2008

December 17, 2008 - February 17, 2009
October 15 - December 16
September 3 - October 14
July 23 - September 2 
June 11 - July 22

2008 Yosemite Today issues

May 28 - June 10
April 30 - May 27
April 2 - April 29
February 27 - April 1
January 16 - February 26


View past issues of the Yosemite Today.

Did You Know?

Vernal and Nevada Falls

In Yosemite Valley, dropping over 594-foot Nevada Fall and then 317-foot Vernal Fall, the Merced River creates what is known as the “Giant Staircase.” Such exemplary stair-step river morphology is characterized by a large variability in river movement and flow, from quiet pools to the dramatic drops of the waterfalls themselves.