The number of hikes in massive Yosemite National Park, encompassing nearly 1,200 square miles, can seem endless. So what to see on your next Yosemite vacation? Here’s a list of some of the park’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 5-mile trail (round-trip) leads from the Hetch Hetchy Valley's O'Shaughnessy Dam to Wapama Falls in Yosemite National Park. The ...

Yosemite’s Lower Yosemite Falls Trail is a short, paved loop with easy access to one of the park’s most iconic and breathtaking waterfalls. The trail is wheelchair and stroller-friendly, and has ...

Grueling does not always equal gratifying in the hiking world. Instead, take a leisurely stroll along these seven short, accessible trails and be rewarded with gorgeous views, intriguing sights and a ...

Hikers navigate the Mist Trail against the backdrop of Vernal Fall in the Yosemite Valley in 2021. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times) Three thousand people a day visit Mist Trail, which has views of ...

I’ve always had a soft spot for waterfalls. Who doesn’t? So when I planned a family trip to Yosemite last year, I organized my itinerary around as many of the park’s cascades as possible in late ...

Waterfalls have always been a favorite destination of families, and anyone who has watched a river suddenly take a drop into a canyon hundreds of feet below can understand why; they are just plain ...

There's no doubt about it-Yosemite National Park is a hiker's paradise. There are easy, family-friendly trails where you can ...

Outside my window in Mariposa, California, in the Sierra foothills, I can see that the leaves have turned. Yosemite National Park and the surrounding mountains are an incredible year-round destination ...

An extra wet winter and spring this year means waterfall season in Yosemite National Park is off to a thunderous, gushing start. This is also a great time to see many of the park’s lesser-known falls ...

The water was winning. Fed by the heaviest Sierra snowmelt in decades, it gushed down the narrow valley's walls and rushed across the trail in front of me. The bravest and most foolish hikers plunged ...