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Yosemite Valley loop, California

The classic loop through Yosemite Valley, open to cars all year: from Tunnel View into the valley and back out to Valley View. The people of Ahwahnee, the first tourists and the 1864 Yosemite Grant, Half Dome's missing half, a waterfall made by a moraine, and the climbers of El Capitan.

20 min of audio · 12 miles · Read the transcript

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    1. Start in the right placeThis tour begins at Tunnel View. Start while parked; the first story plays when you arrive.
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    4. You're ready to explorePark at Tunnel View on Wawona Road (Highway 41), at the east end of the Wawona Tunnel, then press Start. The tour loops through Yosemite Valley on its one-way roads, about 12 miles, and ends at Valley View on the way out. The valley is open to cars all year; there is no entrance reservation in 2026, but the park entrance fee applies and tire chains may be required in winter. Valley parking usually fills by 9 am in summer. Download the tour before you arrive: phone signal in the valley can be patchy.

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    Facts from Yosemite National Park (NPS) place, history, geology, waterfall and conditions pages, including the NPS Cook's Meadow, Geology and Lower Yosemite Fall self-guided tour stops. Music: Brahms, Symphony No. 2, first movement, Musopen Symphony (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons). Narration is AI-generated. Not an official National Park Service product.