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Hit the trail during your Yosemite vacation! Choose Yosemite National Park trails based on how easy or family-friendly they are.

Yosemite’s 15 bear rangers and volunteers try to keep human food unavailable to bears. They track bear movements to be ready for confrontations.

A lake, train and wine trail await right outside the national park.

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Head to these granite gems for big vistas and easy treks across rock that is full of geology lessons.

Nearly 95 percent of Yosemite National Park is designated Wilderness. Wilderness is a special distinction granted by Congress protecting land from further development. The best way to experience the 1,100 square miles of the Yosemite Wilderness is to explore it first hand.

Listen to live music, shop at a farmers market, and play a round of golf. Then stop by the visitor center for park entry passes and info about Yosemite.

If you have a trip planned to Yosemite National Park this summer, go ahead and leave the bear spray at home. It’s not allowed within park boundaries.

You don’t have to visit to Yosemite to see the majestic sight of water tumbling down Yosemite Falls, to visit the top of North Dome or hear its rangers speak.

The dark night skies of Yosemite National Park make it a perfect place to stargaze.

Come play in the snow inside Yosemite and also nearby winter play areas such as Tenaya and Sequoia National Park.

“Hold your breath kids, we are almost there!” We honk the horn and tell our kids to hold their breath as long as possible through the, almost 1 mile, long tunnel at the entrance to Yosemite Valley.

Here are 5 tips from EcoVessel on why drinking water from a reusable water bottle is so essential both on and off the trail.

Photographer Grant Ordelheide showcases his photos of waterfalls and gives you tips on how best to photograph these cascades.

Home is where you park it.

Giving back to parks with thoughtful products.

Stand on the Yosemite Creek bridge below Yosemite Falls in March and April and you may see frazil ice in the creek and a snow cone under the upper falls.

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If you’re heading to the home of El Capitan and Half Dome, remember that there’s a fee for entering Yosemite.

Don't miss any of the following heart-stopping vistas.

Spend longer time at fewer places for a deep dive.

In Oxnard, locals like to take time to coast. Take their advice with these three top things to do. 

Explore hundreds of miles of x-country ski areas inside the high elevations in the park, between ancient sequoia trees, and areas surrounding Yosemite.

Avoid the crowds at this less-visited grove of giant sequoia trees.

HIke two trails to remote groves.

In the heart of the Mojave Desert, you’ll find a far-out desert scene where strangely formed rocks, a military base and ancient Native American art collide.

Climb aboard and be pulled by Baldwin locomotive, Sierra No. 28, a newly restored steam locomotive at the Sierra Railway.

From the lowest elevation in the Western Hemisphere at Badwater, to the top of Telescope Peak, this park enfolds an incredible variety of landscapes.

Ride the Historic Steam Train, the "Logger," at Yosemite's South Gate

Bodie is a ghost town in the Sierra Nevada mountains northeast of Yosemite. Today Bodie is a State Historical Park and landmark open to visitors.

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Stroll along an easy pathway or take a moderate hike to see these spectacular falls.

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Choose from a guided day hike, backpacking trip or summer camp from this longtime Yosemite guiding company.

Including waterfalls, wildlife and viewpoints.

An ancient lavascape of hot springs, roiling mud pots, hissing fumaroles, cinder cones and craters, and alpine lakes.

After nearly three years of restoration and construction, the largest sequoia grove in Yosemite reopened on June 15, 2018.