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Yosemite National Park
Public Transportation
 

Visitors can ride Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System (YARTS) buses from gateway communities outside the park into Yosemite Valley. YARTS buses also connect with Amtrak and Greyhound service in Merced.

Amtrak provides a combination of train and bus service to Yosemite Valley.

Free shuttle service is available within some (but not all) areas of the park.

If you arrive in Yosemite Valley by bus, access to other areas of the park are possible, as follows:

  • Yosemite Valley (free shuttle service in eastern Yosemite Valley)
  • Glacier Point (late May/June through October via fee-based tour)
  • Badger Pass (mid December through mid March via free shuttle)
  • Wawona (summer only; very limited shuttle service available from Wawona to Yosemite Valley in the morning and from Yosemite Valley to Wawona in the afternoon)
  • Tioga Road/Tuolumne Meadows (July and August, along with weekends in June and September, via fee-based tour and YARTS Highway 120 East bus)
  • Tuolumne Meadows (summer only; free shuttle service in the Tuolumne Meadows area)
  • Hetch Hetchy Valley (no public transportation)
Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System
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View of Yosemite Valley from the Wawona Tunnel Vista.  

Did You Know?
Rockfall events have helped shape many of the outstanding features along Yosemite Valley's walls, including Royal Arches, North Dome, and Half Dome. Giant talus slopes that slant away from the Valley walls accumulate debris with each rockfall event.

Last Updated: March 18, 2009 at 21:45 EST