Yosemite Information

About Yosemite

Yosemite National Park is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
The South Entrance at Highway 41 is open year-round.
The Park entrance fee is valid for 7 days.
Unless you make other arrangements, you will drive your car into the Park. Reservations are currently required to enter.**
Day use parking is free.
Visitors are encouraged to use the free shuttle bus system that runs to many areas of Yosemite's valley floor. (Shuttle currently not in service due to COVID-19)
Some roads within Yosemite, such as the Tioga Pass (Highway 120), and the Glacier Point and Mariposa Grove Roads, are open seasonally.
Click for Yosemite Links.
Click for Mileage around Yosemite.
Click for Winter driving information.

**New Park Procedure until October 31, 2020: A day use park pass must be purchased online at www.recreation.gov. No passes may be purchased at the park entrances or visitor centers and no same day passes will be sold. A day use pass must be purchased even if you have an annual, senior or lifetime pass. A pass may be purchased two to thirty days in advance. The pass is good for 7 days and costs $2.