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Attractions near Columbia

Leave Columbia for Yosemite National Park, 29 mi away

Roughly 4.3M visitors a year make it to Yosemite National Park. Nothing on our list is inside Columbia; the 8 places to visit are within 40 miles. Among them are 2 ski areas, 2 museums and a national park. At 52 mi, Half Dome is worth the journey.

Attractions nearby
37
within 60 miles
The big one
29 mi
Yosemite National Park
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Ski areas
4
Dodge Ridge Ski Area
Big draws
2
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
National Park · 29 mi east

Yosemite National Park

National park in California, United States.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Plotted on the map

The outermost point is Bear Valley, at 37 mi.

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Orange: Columbia. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

Best known first

All of it lies within 60 miles: 37 places.

Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Columbia →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Yosemite National Park: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Half Dome: Jon Sullivan, Public domain · Hetch Hetchy: Vulpinus2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Yosemite Falls: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Calaveras Big Trees State Park: John J. O'Brien (talk · contribs), Public domain · Glacier Point: Tuxyso, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Taft Point: Dave from San Jose, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Adventist Health Arena: Christopher Bauer, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stanislaus National Forest: U.S. National Park Service, Public domain · Horsetail Fall: Ambitious Wench, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad: Bobtalbot61, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kirkwood Mountain Resort: Gabeguss, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tunnel View: Amysey, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Vernal Fall: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Nevada Fall: self, Public domain · Dodge Ridge Ski Area: IanGad, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bridalveil Fall: Walter Siegmund (talk · contribs), CC BY 2.5 · Railtown 1897 State Historic Park: Ed Bierman, CC BY 2.0 · Bear Valley: Shayan Sanyal, CC BY 2.0 · Haggin Museum: Bluelight999, CC BY-SA 4.0 · USS Lucid: U.S. Navy photo, Public domain · Olmsted Point: Eeekster, CC BY 3.0 · McHenry Mansion: Rayana fazli at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Micke Grove Zoo: Breck22, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Gallo Center for the Arts: OsotedeMonte, CC BY 3.0 · California State Mining and Mineral Museum: California Department of Parks and Recreation, Public domain · Mariposa Grove Museum: Kevin R Foote, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Merced Theatre: Mark Miller, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Yosemite Museum: Almonroth, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eddy Arboretum: United States Forest Service, Public domain · Glacier Point Trailside Museum: Wearsunscreen, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sierra Nevada Logging Museum: Junkyardsparkle, CC0 · Sierra Point: Wingchi Poon, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Yosemite History Center: Wearsunscreen, CC BY-SA 3.0

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