Stand on the Wawona Swinging Bridge to gently sway above the south fork of the Merced River in Yosemite National Park. This easy hike is open year round, but it's most popular in summer, when the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A historic piece of Yosemite lodging will be closed indefinitely starting in December as the National Park Service conducts a ...

Legend has it that in the 1920s, a small plane crashed outside the Wawona Hotel in Yosemite National Park. Taken to Moore Cottage, on the slope behind the main hotel building, the injured pilot is ...

There are few things more breathtaking than that first glimpse of the Yosemite Valley and the sheer majesty of El Capitan. But glorious as that is, it’s a mere subset of the national park’s 1,162 ...

National Park Service documents written into the 2000s describe the Pioneer Yosemite History Center – a cluster of old buildings made into a historic village in Yosemite National Park – as a place for ...

This file has been updated. The Ahwahnee offers luxury in the heart of Yosemite Picture a sterling example of National Park Service rustic architecture tucked at the base of a monumental granite cliff ...

Evacuation orders remain in place for the tiny California community of Wawona as crews try to surround a stubborn, week-old fire in Yosemite National Park. The U.S. Forest Service said Sunday that the ...

The community of Wawona, within Yosemite National Park, was ordered evacuated Wednesday evening as the Ferguson Fire extended to the east. The park’s Wawona entrance has been closed since July 24. The ...

Firefighters keep an eye on spot fires along the Wawona-Mariposa Grove Trail, an area burned by the Washburn Fire near Wawona in Yosemite National Park Monday, July 11, 2022. ERIC PAUL ZAMORA ...