"Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity..." --John Muir, 1898
Yosemite National Park – A true gem of the park system. While most visitors stick to Yosemite Valley — making the shuttle bus system a necessity — there are miles and miles of trails and tens of thousands of acres where you’re unlikely to run into another human being. More than 94 percent of the park is designated wilderness.
By the numbers:
Park size: 747,956 acres or 1,169 square miles
2010 visitation: 4,047,880
Busiest month: August, 659,857 visitors
Slowest month: January, 96,089 visitors
What you may not know: The park has five waterfalls of 1,000 feet or more.
Website: www.nps.gov/yose
For more on how wilderness is managed in Yosemite, visit: http://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/yosemitewilderness.htm
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