Outside my window in Mariposa, California, in the Sierra foothills, I can see that the leaves have turned. Yosemite National Park and the surrounding mountains are an incredible year-round destination ...

The number of hikes in massive Yosemite National Park, encompassing nearly 1,200 square miles, can seem endless. So what to see on your next Yosemite vacation? Here’s a list of some of the park’s ...

Yosemite National Park is known worldwide for its incredible granite cliffs, breathtaking vistas, and some of the most impressive waterfalls in North America. In such a natural wonderland, it is ...

Named "leaping waters" by the Paiute and pronounced "Chil-noo-al-na," Chilnualna Falls is a series of five large cascades over granite formations above the Wawona Basin. On the southern edge of ...

Of all U.S. states, it’s California that is home to the highest number of national parks — nine in total. While the largest is Death Valley and the smallest is Pinnacles, it’s Yosemite National Park ...

Yosemite National Park is really a park in name only. In most areas of the 1,187-square-mile expanse, it is truly a wild place. For a Midwestern flatlander, the sheer magnitude of the rock formations ...

A half-mile round-trip hike will take you to the base of another icon, Bridalveil Fall, located near where Highway 41 (called Wawona Road in the park) enters Yosemite Valley. The short paved trail ...