Yosemite Wilderness

Fire restrictions

Who manages Yosemite Wilderness

Getting to Yosemite Wilderness

• Yosemite Valley, CA is the nearest town, 0.3 miles in a straight line from the boundary (not a driving distance). (US Census places, accessed 2026-09-29)
• Access roads named on the area's wilderness.net page: Interstate 580, Interstate 205, Interstate 80, Interstate 50, Interstate 5, Interstate 405.

Position, roads and vehicle notes: wilderness.net page for Yosemite Wilderness, accessed 2026-09-29. Roads and conditions change; check with the managing office before driving in.

Trailheads at Yosemite Wilderness

• Tamarack Creek Trailhead (inside the boundary, 6,369 ft), at 37.7507, -119.7336 (mapped on OpenStreetMap)
• Bridalveil Creek Trailhead (0.01 mi outside the boundary, 6,958 ft), at 37.6620, -119.6193 (mapped on OpenStreetMap)
• Gaylor Lakes Trailhead (0.02 mi outside the boundary, 9,953 ft), at 37.9102, -119.2583 (mapped on OpenStreetMap)
• Lake Eleanor Trailhead (0.02 mi outside the boundary, 4,846 ft), at 37.9700, -119.8862
• Tuolumne Meadows (0.03 mi outside the boundary, 9,705 ft), at 37.8910, -119.2625
• Shingle Springs Trailhead (0.22 mi outside the boundary, 5,881 ft), at 38.0131, -119.8859
• Quartz Mountain Trailhead (0.29 mi outside the boundary, 8,257 ft), at 37.5308, -119.4473
• Nunatak Tioga Tarns Trailhead (0.89 mi outside the boundary, 9,646 ft), at 37.9313, -119.2506

Trailhead locations: Forest Service recreation sites layer , accessed 2026-09-29. Elevations from USGS 3DEP.

Trailheads mapped on OpenStreetMap: © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License , accessed 2026-09-29. The extract used here, with distances from the boundary: osm-trailheads-ca.json. Where an agency layer lists the same trailhead, the agency's point is shown instead.

Named summits, canyons, and springs in Yosemite Wilderness

• Mount Lyell summit about 13,067 ft
• Mount Dana summit about 13,035 ft
• Mount Maclure summit about 12,960 ft
• Clark Canyon canyon
• Cold Canyon canyon
• Sachse Spring spring
• Adair Lake lake

Features whose official location is inside the boundary, from the USGS Geographic Names Information System, accessed 2026-09-29. Summit elevations measured on the USGS 3DEP elevation model, which can read a few feet under a surveyed summit height.

Fishing and water

Tioga Lake fishing (0.6 miles outside the boundary): its fishing and stocking record on fishypedia.com.

Public lands next to Yosemite Wilderness

• National Park Service unitYosemite Wilderness lies inside Yosemite National Park.
• Wilderness areaYosemite Wilderness borders Ansel Adams Wilderness.
• Wilderness areaYosemite Wilderness borders Emigrant Wilderness.
• Wilderness areaYosemite Wilderness borders Hoover Wilderness.
• National forestYosemite Wilderness borders Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.
• National forestYosemite Wilderness borders Inyo National Forest.
• National forestYosemite Wilderness borders Sierra National Forest.
• National forestYosemite Wilderness borders Stanislaus National Forest.

Measured between the units' boundaries as mapped in USGS PAD-US. Distances are straight line, not driving.

Other wilderness areas in California

• Yuki Wilderness (Mendocino County)
• Agua Tibia Wilderness (Riverside County)
• Ansel Adams Wilderness (Madera County)
• Argus Range Wilderness (Inyo County)
• Avawatz Mountains Wilderness (San Bernardino County)

California wilderness areas