National park tips: To look down on Yosemite Valley, go here first
Welcome to Yosemite. Now get out of the valley. There’s way more to the park in the high country. Start with Glacier Point, which offers incredible views of Half Dome and Yosemite valley. If crowds are too thick there, walk or drive a mile south to Washburn Point. Different angle, fewer people.
In honor of this year’s National Park Service centennial, the Travel section is posting 100 park travel ideas and tips based on trips staff travel writer Christopher Reynolds has taken, along with photo-op advice from Times photographer Mark Boster. We’ll post one per day through Dec. 31.
See travel videos by Reynolds from around the world.
ALSO
National park tips: It stinks, but this Yellowstone spring is one of my favorite places
National park tips: Find this Colorado lake with a notable (but invisible) cachet
National park tips: These trees will make you feel really small. In a good way.
National park tips: Yes, California has a secret Yellowstone. It’s here.
Get inspired to get away.
Explore California, the West and beyond with the weekly Escapes newsletter.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
More From the Los Angeles Times
-
COVID led Disneyland to cancel its annual pass program. Why locals matter to theme park survival and what Disney should and shouldn’t do when it revamps the program.
-
Yosemite National Park will remain closed through the weekend after high winds that battered much of California knocked down two giant sequoias.
-
The Standard hotel in West Hollywood on the Sunset Strip is set to close Friday. It said its lease price made the location unsustainable.
-
Because flight attendants are potential COVID-19 super spreaders, it’s up to us to follow protection protocols, including remaining alone in my hotel room.
