Yosemite Trail Maps

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Yosemite Valley

Glacier Point Road

Tioga Road

Southern Yosemite

Hetch Hetchy & Big Oak Flat

Outside Yosemite

Listed distances are round trip in most cases. Click on the hike links for more information.

PSA: If the long-form tables are driving you crazy, rotate your phone to landscape mode.

Hikes in Yosemite Valley

Trail	Distance miles (km)	Elevation Gain feet (meters)
4-Mile Trail	4.7 (7.5)*	3,200 (975)
Artist Point	2.0 (3.2)	500 (150)
Bridalveil Fall	1.2 (1.9)	200 (60)
Columbia Rock	3 (4.8)	1,000 (300)
Half Dome	14.2 (22.7)*	4,800 (1,600)
Happy Isles	0.5 (0.8)*	< 10
Inspiration Point	2.6 (4.2)	1,000 (300)
Mirror Lake & Tenaya Canyon	2.4 (3.8)*	< 100*
The Mist Trail (Vernal and Nevada Falls)	3 (4.8)*	1,000 (300)*
Sentinel / Cook's Meadow Loop	2.25 (3.6)	< 10
Snow Creek Trail	7.2 (11.6)*	2,700 (820)*
Turtleback Dome	1.2 (2)	360 (110)
Lower Yosemite Falls	0.5 (.8)*	< 50*
Upper Yosemite Falls	7.6 (12)*	2,600 (790)*
Vernal Fall Footbridge	2 (3.2)	300 (90)

Hikes in Southern Yosemite

Trail	Distance miles (km)	Elevation Gain feet (meters)
Chilnualna Falls	8.4 (13.5)	2,300 (700)
Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias	2.0 (3.2)*	1,200 (360)*
Wawona Meadow Loop	3.5 (5.6)*	< 50*
Wawona Swinging Bridge	0.75 (1.2)*	< 50

Hikes Along Glacier Point Road:

Trail	Distance miles (km)	Elevation Gain feet (meters)
4-Mile Trail	4.7 (7.5)*	3,200 (975)
Bridalveil Creek	5.5 (9)*	100 (30)*
Dewey, Crocker, & Stanford Points	7.8 (12.5)*	300 (90)*
Glacier Point	1 (1.6)	< 50
Illilouette Falls	4 (6.5)	1,400 (420)
McGurk Meadow	1.8 (2.9)	100 (30)
Mono Meadow	1.2 (2)*	300 (90)
Ostrander Lake	12.4 (20)	1,600 (490)
Panorama Trail	8.5 (13.5)	3,200 (975)
Pohono Trail	13 (21)*	3,700 (1,130)*
Sentinel Dome	2.2 (3.5)	400 (120)
Taft Point and the Fissures	2.2 (3.5)	200 (60)
Washburn Point	0.1	15 (5)
Westfall Meadow	2.8 (4.5)	100 (30)

Tioga Road Hikes

Trail	Distance miles (km)	Elevation Gain feet (meters)
Cathedral Lakes	8.2 (13.2)*	800 (240)*
Clouds Rest	14.5 (23.3)	1,775 (540)
Dog Lake	2.8 (4.5)*	750 (225)*
Elizabeth Lake	4.6 (7.4)*	900 (270)*
Gaylor Lakes	3 (4.8)*	600 (180)*
Glen Aulin (Tuolumne Falls/White Cascade)	13 (21)	600 (180)*
Harden Lake	5.8 (9.3)	300 (90)
Lembert Dome	2.8 (4.5)*	900 (275)*
Lower Gaylor Lake	4.6 (7.4)*	800 (245)*
Lukens Lake	1.6 (2.5)*	200 (60)*
Lyell Canyon	1.4 (2.2)*	< 100 (30)*
May Lake & Mt. Hoffman	2.5 (4)*	500 (150)*
Mono Pass	7.4 (12)*	900 (275)
North Dome	8.8 (14.2)	-560 (-170)
Olmsted Point	0.25 (0.4)	< 100
Pothole Dome & Tuolumne River	2.5 (4)	250 (75)
Spillway Lake	8 (13)	800 (240)
Snow Creek Trail	10 (16)*	1,700 (520)*
Sunrise Lakes	8.8 (14)*	1,300 (395)
Tenaya Lake	2.5 (4)	0
Tuolumne Grove of Giant Sequoias	2.5 (4)	-400 (-120)
Tuolumne Meadows	2 (3.2)	0

Hetch Hetchy & Big Oak Flat Hikes

Trail	Distance miles (km)	Elevation Gain feet (meters)
Carlon Falls	3.8 (6)	200 (60)
Foresta Falls	2 (3.2)	200 (60)
Little Nellie Falls	5.6 (9)	320 (100)
Lookout Point	2.8 (4.5)	500 (150)
Merced Grove of Giant Sequoias	3 (4.8)	600 (180)
Rancheria Falls	13 (21)	800 (240)
Wapama Falls	5.5 (8.8)	200 (60)

Not Quite Yosemite

Trail	Distance miles (km)	Elevation Gain feet (meters)
Ahwahnee Hills Park	2.7 (4.3)*	100 (30)
Hite Cove	4.0 (6.4)*	100 (30)
Lewis Creek (Red Rock & Corlieu Falls)	3.0 (4.8)*	300 (90)
Merced Wildlife Refuge	2.5 (4.0)*	0 (0)
Mono Lake (South Tufa Trail)	1 (1.6)	40 (12)
Nelder Grove of Giant Sequoias	1 (1.6)	< 100 (30)
Panum Crater	2.5 (4)	200 (60)

* For hikes that have more than one possible route, these tables list distance and elevation for the shortest route. Or the longest one. Whatever seemed handy at the moment.