Updated: 7:17 PM PDT Apr 21, 2021 By Brody Fernandez Starting Wednesday, you can start booking tickets for Yosemite National Park.Beginning on May 21, anyone visiting the park will need a day-use reservation to enter. The temporary day-use reservation system will allow park officials to better manage visitation levels in order to reduce COVID-19 health concerns and risks associated with exposure. The day-use reservations will be required for all visitors, officials said. This includes annual and lifetime pass holders to the park. Each day-use reservation is valid for three days. Starting on April 21, reservations will be available here, starting at 8 a.m. Each day-use reservation is valid for one vehicle and the occupants of that vehicle. As of Wednesday, day-use passes for May 21 and 22 are already sold out. If visitors are planning to stay overnight at the park, day-use reservations are required. This includes all reservations for the following lodgings: The Ahwa
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May 12
Beginning May 14, some additional reservations will open up at 8 a.m. every day for trips seven days out.
Day-use reservations are required for all visitors, including annual and lifetime pass holders, according to the park. Each day-use reservation is valid for one vehicle for three days.
If you have a reservation for places like The Ahwahnee Hotel, Yosemite Valley Lodge, Curry Village and campgrounds managed by the National Park Service, or if you have a Yosemite wilderness permit or Half Dome permit, you don t need a day-use reservation, the park said.
People entering the park on a Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System bus, on a bicycle, on foot or on horseback don t need a day-use reservation, according to the park.
May 12
Beginning May 14, some additional reservations will open up at 8 a.m. every day for trips seven days out.
Day-use reservations are required for all visitors, including annual and lifetime pass holders, according to the park. Each day-use reservation is valid for one vehicle for three days.
If you have a reservation for places like The Ahwahnee Hotel, Yosemite Valley Lodge, Curry Village and campgrounds managed by the National Park Service, or if you have a Yosemite wilderness permit or Half Dome permit, you don t need a day-use reservation, the park said.
People entering the park on a Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System bus, on a bicycle, on foot or on horseback don t need a day-use reservation, according to the park.
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Want to go to Yosemite in June? You can now make a reservation and here s how.
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Ken and Debra Copeland take a selfie on June 11, 2020, in Yosemite National Park, Calif. Ezra Shaw/Getty Images
If you want to go to Yosemite this summer, you need a reservation and you better act fast.
The national park released an initial round of day-use reservations for May and June on Wednesday morning.
When we checked the booking system at www.recreation.gov at 11 a.m., there were still hundreds of spots available on all days except weekends in May. It s unclear whether May weekends are already fully booked or the park will release these dates later.