Best Easy Day Hikes Yosemite National Park

by Suzanne Swedo

Overview

Best Easy Day Hikes Yosemite National Park is a perfect guidebook for those who want to sample the best of Yosemite within an easy day's walk, from the world-famous domes and waterfalls of Yosemite Valley to the more remote, less well known, but equally spectacular corners of the park. From a short stroll to an extended ramble, this book is for hikers of almost every ability, age, and interest. Revised and updated, this guidebook will tell you when to go, where to hike, and where to find the best photos, flowers, and wildlife watching.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493079841
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	06/03/2025
Series:	Best Easy Day Hikes Series
Edition description:	Sixth Edition
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	4.25(w) x 7.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Suzanne Swedo is the author of numerous FalconGuides, including Hiking Yosemite National Park. The director of W.I.L.D, a company that offers natural history adventures around the world, she has worked as a naturalist in Yosemite for 30 years. She lives with her family in the Los Angeles area.

Table of Contents

	Ranking the Hikes	xi
	Introduction	1
	Map Legend	6
	Trails in Yosemite Valley	7
1	East Valley Floor	7
2	Happy Isles to Vernal Fall	11
3	Mirror Lake	14
4	Lower Yosemite Fall	17
5	Bridalveil Fall	20
	Wawona Road Trails	23
6	Mariposa Grove	23
7	Wawona Meadow	26
8	Chilnualna Fall	29
	Glacier Point Road Trails	32
9	Glacier Point	32
10	Illilouette Fall	35
11	Sentinel Dome	39
12	Taft Point and the Fissures	42
13	McGurk Meadow	45
	Tioga Road Trails	48
14	Tuolumne Grove	48
15	Lukens Lake	51
16	May Lake	53
17	Olmstead Point Nature Trail	56
18	Tenaya Lake	59
	Tuolumne Meadows Trails	62
19	Pothole Dome	62
20	Dog Lake	65
21	Lembert Dome	68
22	Soda Springs and Parsons Lodge	71
23	Lyell Fork	74
	Hetch Hetchy Trail	77
24	Wapama Falls	77