Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Happy birthday! Yosemite is 135 today

Yogi Bear welcomes kids to park
Yosemite is a U.S. national park in Northern California established on Oct. 1, 1890 (135 years ago), receiving 3,897,070 visitors (2023) [4] and 4,000,000+ in 2024.

It is bordered on the southeast by Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest. The park is managed by the National Park Service and covers 1,187 square miles (3,070 kms) in four counties – centered in…

The word "Yosemite" (derived from the Miwok natives' Yohhe'meti, "They are killers") historically referred to the name that the Miwok American Indians gave to the Ahwahneechee, the resident indigenous… More

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