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The Very Best Short Hikes

VERY BEST FOR LOCATION

3.	Wapama Falls Spring wildflowers and waterfalls encircling Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
11.	Mist Trail and Clark Point Waterfalls, cliffs, domes, tumbling water, and narrow amphitheaters
16.	Four Mile Trail Never-ending, but evolving, views of Yosemite Falls and Yosemite Valley
45.	Twenty Lakes Basin Seven named lakes, abundant flowers, and the steep northern faces of Mount Conness and North Peak

VERY BEST FOR DESTINATION

13.	Taft Point El Capitan views from an overhanging perch, staring down deep clefts
26.	Mount Hoffmann Views in every direction, including to Half Dome, and eating lunch on beautiful slabs, surrounded by marmots
31.	Lower Cathedral Lake Glacier-smoothed slabs, steep granite walls and pointed peaks, and a spectacular lake
38.	Mono Pass Imposing red walls and green meadows frame Summit Lake and historic mining cabins

VERY BEST FOR HISTORICAL INTEREST

20.	Mariposa Grove One of the reasons the national park was created and home to Yosemite’s first guardian, Galen Clark
22.	Crane Flat Lookout Fire lookout on the National Register of Historic Places
34.	Soda Springs and Tuolumne Meadows The intriguing Soda Springs and the historic Parsons Lodge
39.	Gaylor Lakes and Great Sierra Mine The Great Sierra Cabin and mine shafts atop Tioga Hill
42.	Bennettville Restored cabins from the 1880s and the Great Sierra Tunnel

VERY BEST FOR ALPINE SCENERY

39.	Gaylor Lakes and Great Sierra Mine Big alpine lakes, bright-green meadows, and striking views to the Cathedral Range
41.	Dana Plateau Expansive views, steep escarpment, and alpine wildflowers
43.	Gardisky Lake Alpine lake perched on a pass and flanked by accessible ridges; colorful meadows
44.	Slate Creek Fork of Lee Vining Creek A magnificent backdrop featuring a semicircle of steep granite walls with year-round snowbanks
45.	Twenty Lakes Basin Endless lakes and tarns, verdant meadows, and towering granite and metamorphic peaks

VERY BEST FOR CHILDREN

8.	Swinging Bridge and Superintendent’s Bridge Waterfall views, bridges, and boardwalks keep children engaged along this flat loop
14.	Sentinel Dome One of Yosemite’s easiest summit hikes
29.	Pothole Dome Young children happily run up the slabs to the top
30.	Tuolumne River Short walk to wonderful swimming holes and beaches

VERY BEST LESS-TRAVELED

4.	Base of El Capitan Quiet location to absorb an immense granite wall
21.	Merced Grove Peaceful forest walk to some wonderful sequoias you can enjoy in solitude
44.	Slate Creek Fork of Lee Vining Creek Chance to wander past boulders and slab-dotted meadows and beneath tall ridges
48.	Lee Vining Creek Location to quietly explore the Mono Basin, with Mono Lake views, aspen groves, and Lee Vining Creek

VERY BEST FOR WILDFLOWERS

12.	McGurk Meadow Intense patches of color in an expansive meadow
24.	Lukens Lake (from White Wolf) Colorful streamside gardens, densely planted forest openings, and a lake ringed with flowers
43.	Gardisky Lake Unbelievably dense stands of meadow wildflowers and diversity of wildflower habitats
45.	Twenty Lakes Basin Enormous diversity of species as you walk through ever-changing habitats

VERY BEST FOR WALKING ON GRANITE SLABS

14.	Sentinel Dome Follow granite slabs to a spectacular western Yosemite viewpoint
27.	Olmsted Point Short walk up granite slabs to a vista of slabs in every direction
29.	Pothole Dome Beautiful glacial polished rock is a highlight on this easy, not-too-steep ascent
36.	Lembert Dome Steep slabs and a little scrambling lead to the summit of this panoramic Tuolumne dome