The Best Time To Visit Yosemite National Park

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The Best Time To Visit Yosemite National Park By Becca Blond • July 31, 2025

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From the moment you arrive, Yosemite dazzles with its natural beauty. One of America’s most iconic national parks and its third oldest, it captivates with myriad waterfalls, sky-grazing sequoias, gemstone-hued lakes, subalpine wilderness areas and granite cliffs and buttresses, like El Capitan and Half Dome .

High in the Sierra Mountains , Yosemite experiences four seasons, each offering something special for visitors. Summer is your best bet if you want to be practically guaranteed good weather, with May and June being the best months for peak flow at the waterfalls. But winter, when snow often blank