Alerts

Visitors who plan to enter Yosemite National Park between 6 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Memorial Day weekend, any day between June 15 and August 15, or Labor Day weekend are likely to need a reservation. Reservations will become available Tuesday, May 6 at 8:00 a.m. Pacific time.

Need To Know

  • Reservation Limit

    Visitors are allowed up to 1 private vehicle or 1 motorcycle reservations per account every three days. Reservations are valid for three consecutive days for one vehicle or motorcycle. You are not required to obtain a reservation every day you visit. Reservation holder must be in the vehicle or on the motorcycle at the time of entry and prepared to show photo ID.

  • Entering the Park

    Please have a printed or digital copy of your reservation available to be scanned at the park entrance station upon arrival. 

  • Interagency Pass Holders

    An entrance fee is required to enter the park. Pass holders must provide their Interagency Annual or Lifetime pass for validation or will be required to pay the entrance fee. Be prepared to show photo ID. 

  • Foreign Currency Not Accepted*

    Recreation.gov does not accept payment from foreign bank accounts or travelers’ checks.

  • Bear habitat! Food Storage

    Day users should leave food in their car with doors closed and food out of sight when hiking or away from vehicle. Not in pickup bed or strapped to outside of vehicle.

  • Dispose of garbage immediately in bear-proof dumpsters

    Garbage receptacles are located in every parking lot in Yosemite Valley.

  • Park Information and Road Conditions

    For additional park information or current road conditions, call (209) 372-0200 or visit www.nps.gov/yose  

    • Directions

    Take Highway 41 north from Fresno, Highway 140 east from Merced, or Highway 120 east from Manteca into Yosemite National Park. Follow signs to Yosemite Valley and other points of interest in the park.

    Contact

    Mailing address

    Yosemite National Park Ticketed Entry
    9003 Village Dr
    P.O. BOX 577
    Yosemite National Park CA, 95389

    Phone number

    209-372-0200