Yosemite is a dancing valley. The incredible landscape — massive cliffs and giant waterfalls — are the product of millions of years of motion as granite mounds pushed to the surface and glaciers and ...

A wildfire burning near Yosemite Valley has prompted closure of some trails and caused poor air quality, park officials said. The Pika Fire, started by lightning on June 29, had burned 50 acres near ...

Of the top five "most loved" hiking trails in the country, two of them are in California - and one of those is in Yosemite National Park. In Yosemite, Half Dome via the Muir Trail is the fifth "most ...

Yosemite is one of those parks where the scenery can feel huge even when the human traffic does not. The National Park Service says more than four million people visit each year, and from spring ...

Three thousand people a day visit Mist Trail, which has views of two majestic waterfalls and is arguably the most popular hike at Yosemite National Park. Mist Trail is now going to get a $5-million ...

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 ...