Yosemite Museum is the place to visit in Yosemite Valley
Some 4.3M visitors a year come to Yosemite National Park. Only one place to visit is inside Yosemite Valley, but 25 more are within 40 miles. There are 5 museums, 5 waterfalls and 5 attractions to choose from. Kings Canyon National Park lies 54 mi out, the pick for a day trip.
Yosemite National Park
National park in California, United States.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Where each one is
Dodge Ridge Ski Area, 37 mi away, is the farthest on the map.
Orange: Yosemite Valley. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
All of it
After the one in town come 34 more within 60 miles.
1Yosemite National Park
National park in California, United States.
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5Kings Canyon National Park
National park in the Sierra Nevada mountains in California, USA.
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7Mammoth Mountain
Mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California, home to a ski resort.
8Devils Postpile National Monument
National monument in California, USA.
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11Calaveras Big Trees State Park
California state park with groves of giant sequoias.
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Dodge Ridge Ski Area
Ski area near Pinecrest, California in Tuolumne County.
Railtown 1897 State Historic Park
State historic park in Jamestown, California, USA.
Bear Valley
Ski resort near Bear Valley, Alpine County, California, United States.
California State Mining and Mineral Museum
Museum in California, United States.
Mariposa Grove Museum
Place in California listed on National Register of Historic Places.
Merced Theatre
Theater and movie theater in Merced, California, United States.
Glacier Point Trailside Museum
Place in California listed on National Register of Historic Places.
Sierra Point
Point in Yosemite National Park at the eastern end of the valley.
The places inside Yosemite Valley lead. The rest are ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places come first and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Yosemite Valley →
Photo credits
Yosemite Museum: Almonroth, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Yosemite National Park: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Half Dome: Jon Sullivan, Public domain · Mono Lake: File:Mono lake sat.jpg: created by NASA Rotation and crop: Hike395, Public domain · Kings Canyon National Park: NileGuide.com (Josh Steinitz), CC BY 2.0 · Hetch Hetchy: Vulpinus2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mammoth Mountain: Hike395 (talk · contribs), CC BY 3.0 · Devils Postpile National Monument: Frank Kovalchek from Anchorage, Alaska, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Yosemite Falls: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Convict Lake: The original uploader was Geographer at English Wikipedia., CC BY 1.0 · 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 · Ansel Adams Wilderness: Hike395 (talk · contribs), CC BY 3.0 · Sierra National Forest: Smack (talk · contribs), Public domain · 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 · 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 · June Mountain: Frank K. from Anchorage, Alaska, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Olmsted Point: Eeekster, 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 · 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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