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Yosemite Valley Attractions
Destination/Trail Starting Point Distance Elevation
Gain/Difficulty
Approximate
Hiking TIme
Notes
Bridalveil Fall Bridalveil Fall Parking Area 1/2 mile round trip Easy 20 minutes round trip
Happy Isles
(Temporarily Closed)
Happy Isles Nature Center Shuttle Stop #16 Approximately 1/2 mile round trip Easy 20 minutes round trip
Mirror Lake/Meadow Mirror Lake/Meadow Shuttle Stop #17 1 mile to lake/meadow
3 miles around lake/meadow
Easy 1/2 hour to lake
2 hours around lake/meadow
Lower Yosemite Fall Yosemite Falls Shuttle Stop #7 1/2 mile round trip Easy 20 minutes round trip
Upper Yosemite Fall Trail
  Columbia Rock Sunnyside Campground, Shuttle Stop #8 2 miles round trip Strenuous
1000' elevation gain
1 to 3 hours round trip Check conditions at Visitor Center in winter
  Top of Fall 7.2 miles round trip Very Strenuous
2700' elevation gain
6 to 8 hours round trip
Mist Trail or John Muir Trail
  Vernal Fall Happy Isles, Shuttle Stop #16 3 miles round trip Strenuous
1000' elevation gain
2 to 4 hours round trip Check conditions at Visitor Center in winter
  Nevada Fall 7 miles round trip Strenuous
1900' elevation gain
6 to 8 hours round trip
  Half Dome 17 miles round trip Most strenuous
4800' elevation gain
10 to 12 hours round trip Open late May to mid-Oct only
Glacier Point
Four Mile Trail
Southside Drive 4.8 miles one way Very strenuous
3200' elevation gain
3 ot 4 hours one way Closed in winter.