Attention Educators and Parents! Yosemite National Park’s National Junior Ranger Day is just around the corner. Your student/child can become a Junior Ranger! Saturday, April 20th through Monday, April 22, 2013 Activities in Yosemite Valley: Saturday only beginning at 10:30 a.m.* Exploration Fair–Drop-in activities: Search & Rescue, Horse Patrol, Bear Team and more! LIVE Earth Music for Kids. Junior Ranger Walks or Camino de Guardaparque Jovenues (en Espanol). National Volunteer...
Dogwood Patch Hwy 41 North to Wawona – 12/13/2012 – C. Powell Pond at Fish Camp – 12/13/2012 – C. Powell
DNC is reporting on their website that Badger Pass is scheduled to open on Friday, December 21. “We’ve gotten our first taste of snow, and are excited to get the ski season started….Begin your snow dances now!”-DNC Enjoy a Snow Play Get-A-Way at The Redwoods In Yosemite Year-Round Vacation Home Rentals. Choose from an intimate Log Cabin for two or bring the entire family to stay in a spacious vacation home. Relax by a crackling fire,...
WAWONA ROAD (continuation of Highway 41 from Fresno) Expect 15-minute delays due to road work. Outside of the park on Highway 41, though the CalTrans website says differently, our employees have seen 20 minute wait times at road construction sites between Cedar Valley and the park entrance. BIG OAK FLAT ROAD (continuation of Highway 120 from Manteca into Yosemite Valley) CLOSED on Sep. 19 from 5:30 pm to 8 pm...
The Friends of the Wawona Library will host the 16th annual book, bake and craft sale on Saturday, September 1, 2012 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM in the library parking lot. There will be a great selection of books as well as an array of bake sale treats generously prepared by local bakers. A beautiful handcrafted bird house donated by Dave Sischo, a Wawona craftsman, will be raffled. Raffle...
Wawona Hotel Golf Course – September 8th, 2012 There are still some openings for tournament players. Tournament prizes include $50 and $25 gift certificates good for any stores and restaurants operated by DNC Parks and Resorts at Yosemite, and raffle prizes include dinners for two at the Mountain Room and the Wawona Dining Room, brunch for two at the Ahwahnee Dining Room and San Francisco Giants tickets! New for 2012:...
Come meet a true Yosemite insider! Peter Hoss, author of Born in Yosemite: 75 Years of Personal Observations will be doing a book signing on August 30 from 3:00-5:00 PM at the Valley Visitor Center and August 31 from 3:00-5:00 PM at the Wawona Visitor Center. (National Park Service) Born in Yosemite Valley in 1934, Peter takes the reader on a 75-year journey through historical events and personal adventures that...
Photo courtesy of NPS By Mary Forgione Los Angeles Times Daily Travel & Deal blogger August 24, 2012, 6:45 a.m. The National Park Service, the agency that overseas 397 national parks, battlefields, monuments, historic sites, seashores and even scenic byways, turns 96 on Saturday.Some parks are older than that — Yellowstone, the nation’s oldest park, was created in 1872 — and some are much younger. Gates of the Arctic National...
Bears have been active in Yosemite Valley in meadows, parking lots, and campgrounds. Bears have also been active in the White Wolf area along Tioga Rd. Make sure to always be within arm’s reach of food and scented items while in picnic areas and campgrounds. Several incidents have occurred because visitors were too far from these items. Please report all bear incidents and sightings to a ranger or the Bear...
