Your National Parks, with Detailed Information for Tourists

by Enos A. Mills; Laurence Frederick Schmeckebier

Tours

The main roads in Yosemite National Park are the Tioga Road, which crosses the Park in an east-west direction almost in its center; the Big Oak Flat Road, by which Yosemite Valley may be reached from Modesto and Stockton; the Coulterville Road, by which Yosemite Valley may be reached from Merced; El Portal Road, between the terminus of the Yosemite Valley Railroad and Yosemite Valley; the Wawona Road, connecting Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove of Big Trees; and the Glacier Point Road, extending from the Wawona Road to Glacier Point. Travel between points in the Park that are not contiguous to these roads must be made on foot or horseback over the many trails that connect the principal points of interest.

Yosemite Village is the center of all activities in the Park and practically all the trips radiate from this point. Every variety of trip may be taken, ranging from a single day excursion to the peaks surrounding the Valley to a 9-day tour of the High Sierra. Arrangements may be made for extended or special trips, but the tours and trips listed below include the more important points of interest. All of these trips are under the supervision of the Desmond Park Service Company and are made on horseback unless otherwise noted. The rates include transportation only. Meals and lodging may be obtained at Glacier Point Hotel and at the lodges at the regular rates.

One-day trips:—
	Vernal and Nevada Falls, round trip	$3.00
	Vernal and Nevada Falls, Glacier Point and return, continuous, round trip	3.00
	Vernal and Nevada Falls and Clouds Rest, round trip	3.00
	Glacier Point and Sentinel Dome via Union Point (short trail), round trip	3.00
	Yosemite Point, round trip	3.00
	Eagle Peak, round trip	3.00
	Pohono Trail to Fort Monroe, thence byautomobile from Fort Monroe via WawonaRoad to Valley	5.00
	North Dome via Mirror Lake, and return via Yosemite Falls, or vice versa	3.00
	Lake Tenaya via Tenaya Cañon, round trip	3.00
	Glacier Point, Sentinel Dome, and Fissures via Union Point (short trail) and return	3.00
Two-day trips:—
	Happy Isles, Vernal and Nevada Falls,Glacier Point Hotel, Sentinel Dome, TaftPoint, Dewey Point, and Inspiration Point	8.00
	Mirror Lake, Tenaya Lake Lodge, Nevada and Vernal Falls	6.00
Three-day trips:—
	Happy Isles, Vernal and Nevada Falls,Merced Lake Lodge, Merced Soda Springs, and Washburn Lake	9.00
	Mirror Lake, Tenaya Lake Lodge, Nevadaand Illilouette Falls, and Glacier Point Hotel	9.00
Four-day trips:—
	Mirror Lake, Merced Lake Lodge, MercedSoda Springs, Washburn Lake, Nevada and Vernal Falls	12.00
	Mirror Lake, Tenaya Lake Lodge, WhiteCascades, Le Conte, California, Nevada, and Illilouette Falls, and Glacier Point Hotel	12.00
Five-day trips:—
	Mirror Lake, Tenaya Lake Lodge, TuolumneMeadows, Soda Springs, Tuolumne SodaSprings Camp, Donohue Pass, Mount Lyell,Glen Aulin Falls, Magee Lake, Eagle Peak, and Yosemite Point	15.00
Six-day trips:—
	Mirror Lake, Tenaya Lake Lodge, WhiteCascades, Le Conte, and California Falls,Soda Springs, Tuolumne Soda Springs Camp,Tuolumne Meadows, Donohue Pass, MountLyell, Eagle Peak, and Yosemite Point	18.00
Seven-day trips:—
	Mirror Lake, Tenaya Lake Lodge, White Cascades,Le Conte and California Falls, Tuolumne Meadows,Soda Springs, Tuolumne Soda SpringsCamp, Donohue Pass, Mount Lyell, Nevada andIllilouette Falls, and Glacier Point Hotel	21.00
Eight-day trips:—
	Mirror Lake, Tenaya Lake Lodge, White Cascades,Le Conte and California Falls, Tuolumne Meadows,Soda Springs, Tuolumne Soda SpringsCamp, Donohue Pass, Mount Lyell, MercedLake Lodge, Merced Soda Springs, and Washburn Lake	24.00
Nine-day trips:—
	Mirror Lake, Tenaya Lake Lodge, Cascades, LeConte and California Falls, Tuolumne Meadows,Soda Springs, Tuolumne Soda Springs Camp,Tuolumne Pass, Mount Lyell, Merced LakeLodge, Merced Soda Springs, Washburn Lake,and Glacier Point Hotel	27.00

Automobile trips to points reached by road may be made at the following rates:—

From Sentinel Hotel or any of the permanent camps:—
	To or from Happy Isles or Mirror Lake, one way	$ .75
	Round trip to Happy Isles or Mirror Lake	1.25
	To Bridal Veil Falls, one way	1.00
	To Bridal Veil Falls, round trip	1.75
	To Happy Isles, Mirror Lake, the Village, CathedralRocks, Bridal Veil Falls, El Capitan, round trip	3.25
	To Happy Isles, Mirror Lake, the Village, CathedralRocks, Bridal Veil Falls, El Capitan, Artistand Inspiration Points, round trip	4.50
	To Artist and Inspiration Points, round trip	3.00
From Yosemite Valley:—
	To Wawona, one way	5.50
	To Wawona, round trip	9.50
	To Mariposa Big Tree Grove and return to Wawona	7.75
	To Mariposa Big Tree Grove, round trip	11.25
	To Mariposa Big Trees and return via InspirationPoint and Wawona, including side trip Chinquapinto Glacier Point and return	$16.25
	To Glacier Point, one way	5.50
	To Glacier Point, round trip	9.50
	To Tuolumne Big Trees, one way	2.50
	To Tuolumne Big Trees, round trip	4.25
	To Tenaya Lake via Tuolumne Big Trees, oneway	8.75
	To Tenaya Lake via Tuolumne Big Trees, roundtrip	15.25
	To Soda Springs via Tuolumne Big Trees, one way	10.00
	To Soda Springs via Tuolumne Big Trees, round trip	17.50
From Glacier Point:—
	To Mariposa Big Tree Grove and return to Valleyor Glacier Point	11.25
	To Wawona, one way	5.50
	To Wawona, round trip	9.50

The automobile rates from Yosemite Village to El Portal, Fresno, and Merced are given in connection with the account of the railroad connections.

Principal Points of Interest

Distances from Yosemite Post-Office to Principal
Points in Yosemite Valley

	Miles
Basket Dome (top of)	9.0	Northeast
Camp Ahwahnee	1.0	West
Camp Curry	1.0	East
Camp Lost Arrow	.5	North
Clouds' Rest	11.0	East
El Capitan	3.5	West
Glacier Point	4.5	South
Glacier Point Hotel and Camp	4.5	South
Half Dome (foot of)	3.0	East
Happy Isles	2.5	East
Liberty Cap	5.5	East
Mirror Lake	3.0	East
Mount Watkins (top of)	9.0	East
Nevada Falls	6.0	East
North Dome (top of)	11.0	Northeast
Sentinel Rock	1.0	West
Tenaya Cañon	4.0	East
Union Point	3.0	South
Vernal Falls	5.0	East
Yosemite Falls	.5	North