This undated photo provided by The Trust for Public Land shows Ackerson Meadow in Yosemite National Park, Calif. Visitors to the park now have more room to explore nature with the announcement on ...

Passengers board before the No. 15 Shay locomotive departs for a Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad “moonlight special” excursion through the Sierra National Forest on June 6, 2019.

Stock image of the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir at Yosemite National Park. iStock / Getty Images Plus "Part of the reason is the distance. It has a separate entrance about 1.5 hours from the popular ...

Yosemite National Park ended the reservation season early, announcing that visitors do not need a reservation to drive through the park for the rest of 2024. As for 2025, it's still up in the air.

Here’s what you need to know. Why are they doing this? Yosemite National Park is one of California’s top tourist attractions. Last year, 4.1 million people visited from all over the world.