Two Yosemite National Park Visitors Die In Fall
Two visitors, a man and woman, fell to their deaths Thursday from Taft Point in Yosemite National Park.
- By NPT Staff - October 25th, 2018 3:18pm
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Prepare For Your Yosemite Vacation With A Good Book Or Three
One of the best ways to prepare for a national park vacation is to read up on the park you're destined for. With that in mind, here is a great selection of titles to get you ready for your visit to Yosemite National Park.
- By Kurt Repanshek - August 1st, 2024 1:24am
Fight Over Yosemite National Park Iconic Names Will Drag On Deep Into 2019
It could easily be mid-2019 before any clarity is shed on the dispute between DNC Parks & Resorts at Yosemite and the National Park Service over who owns the rights to such iconic Yosemite National Park names as The Ahwahnee, Curry Village, and the Wawona Hotel.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 5th, 2018 2:00am
Tales From America’s National Parks: Campfire Stories
This is a lovely, well put-together gem of a book. It is not just another collection of ghost stories or tales of killer bears, meant to terrorize youngsters around the campfire, but a mature, reflective look at six of our national parks: Acadia, Great Smoky Mountains, Rocky Mountain, Yellowstone, Yosemite and Zion.
- By Patrick Cone - September 26th, 2018 1:30am
The Sequoia Lives On
“These largest trees on earth begin life as seeds about the size of an oatmeal flake yet can grow as tall as three blue whales stacked chin to tail.”
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 20th, 2018 1:30am
Protecting Nature's Forest Masterpiece
No matter how many times you’ve seen the giant sequoias in Yosemite’s Mariposa Grove, it’s hard not to wonder at their size and tenacity. Sequoias can grow for millennia, reaching heights of nearly 300 feet. More than 150 years ago, they helped inspire the Yosemite Grant Act, which set aside the grove as one of the nation’s first protected landscapes.
- By NPT Staff - September 17th, 2018 2:00am
Glacier Point Road In Yosemite National Park To Reopen
The Glacier Point Road in Yosemite National Park is scheduled to reopen to all traffic at 8 a.m. on Thursday.
- By NPT Staff - August 30th, 2018 1:15am
Yosemite Valley Could Reopen Tuesday
Yosemite National Park's iconic valley, closed to the public since July 25 due to the Ferguson Fire burning outside the park's western border, is scheduled to reopen on Tuesday at 9 a.m. The park's Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias to reopen on Monday, August 13.
- By NPT Staff - August 11th, 2018 2:00am
National Parks Fire Roundup
Fires from Wyoming to Hawaii continue to rage in the National Park System, with thousands of firefighters battling flames that are sending billowing, choking clouds of smoke into some parks and limiting access in others. The Yosemite Valley, Wawona area, and Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias all remained closed in Yosemite National Park on Thursday.
- By Kurt Repanshek - August 9th, 2018 11:19am
National Parks Fire Roundup
As the wildfire season creeps into the dog days of August, fires continue to impact national parks, with the Yosemite Valley remaining closed to all and a blaze in Grand Canyon National Park affecting a North Rim road and some trails there.
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