• View of Half Dome and Washington Column in Yosemite Valley

    Yosemite

    National Park California

Permits

Business permits and commercial use authorizations

  • Special use permits [19 kb PDF]
    For first amendement activities, special events, business operations, public assembly, sale or distribution of printed material, or construction

Permits for other activities

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.