Here are the five best day hikes in Yosemite, with picks for all skill levels, whether you're an avid hiker or lacing up your ...

There's no doubt about it-Yosemite National Park is a hiker's paradise. There are easy, family-friendly trails where you can ...

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 ...

What do California's most popular national park and a historic landmark in San Francisco have in common? In their 2025 study of America’s most loved hiking trails, outdoor adventure website KÜHL found ...

Of the top five “most loved” hiking trails in the country, two of them are in California — and one of those is in Yosemite National Park. In Yosemite, Half Dome via the Muir Trail is the fifth “most ...

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 ...

At Yosemite National Park, a landscape defined by breathtaking views and stunning scenery, the Mist Trail stands out. The seven-mile round trip, which begins near Happy Isles in the eastern edges of ...

Three thousand people a day visit Mist Trail, which has views of two majestic waterfalls and is arguably the most popular hike at Yosemite National Park. Mist Trail is now going to get a $5 million ...

Yosemite is a dancing valley. The incredible landscape — massive cliffs and giant waterfalls — are the product of millions of years of motion as granite mounds pushed to the surface and glaciers and ...

Some destinations don’t need an introduction - they announce themselves the moment you arrive. The air feels different, the ...

Winter visitors to Yosemite hoping to admire the snow and the park’s legendary firefall might be disappointed to find that a popular Yosemite Valley trail closed this week. “The trail between Happy ...