YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK–Yosemite National Park is announcing a change in the entry reservation end times for the remainder of the 2024 dates. As a result, reservation end times will now be 3:00 p.m. instead of the previous 4:00 p.m. time. When Are Reservations Required? Yosemite National Park requires a reservation to drive into or through the park between 5:00 a.m. ...

OAKHURST— Key stakeholders from gateway communities surrounding Yosemite National Park call for bold and innovative leadership in addressing visitor access and management. These communities see firsthand every day the impacts of the current system on aspiring visitors. They have themselves been deeply impacted by the current system of visitor controls. The neighboring communities emphasize the need for an approach that ...

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK–Yosemite National Park is pleased to share that the Visitor Access Management Draft Plan and Environmental Assessment (EA) is available for public comment at the project website parkplanning.nps.gov/YosemiteVisitorAccess. A virtual public meeting was held on August 22, 2024, and a recording of that meeting is available. The recording is approximately one hour and fifteen minutes long. The visitor access ...