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More than 3.5 million people visit Yosemite National Park each year. |
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Administration
- Superintendent: David Uberuaga of Mount Rainier National Park serving as acting superintendent as of Jan. 4, 2009.
- 2008 Budget: $26,554,300
- 2008 National Park Service Employees: 953 summer and 702 winter
- 2008 DNC Parks & Resorts at Yosemite: Employees: 1,800 summer and 1,100 winter
Size
- Land Mass: 747,956 acres (or 1,169 square miles) that’s about the size of Rhode Island
- Designated Wilderness: 704,624 miles (or 1,101 square miles) that’s more than 94% of the park
Wilderness Use (number represents permits issued plus an estimate of users without permits)
- Hikers: 43,401 in 2007; 40,804 in 2006 and 40,728 in 2005
- Permits: 15,125 in 2007; 14,141 in 2006; and 14,222 in 2005
- Overnight stays: 112,049 in 2007; 82,484 in 2006; and 81,870 in 2005
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Infrastructure
- Trails: 800 miles
- Paved roads: 195 miles
- Graded roads: 67 miles
- Paved walks and bicycle paths: 20 miles
Lodging (all overseen by DNC Parks & Resorts)
- The Ahwahnee: 123 units
- Yosemite Lodge: 245 units
- Curry Village: 394 units
- Housekeeping Camp: 264 units
- Wawona Hotel: 104 units
- Tuolumne Lodge: 69 units
- White Wolf: 28 units
- High Sierra Camps: 56 units
Campgrounds (1,504 total sites, with a maximum of 9,372 campers)
- Yosemite Valley Family Sites: 464 sites accommodating 2,748 people
- Tioga/Big Oak Flat/Hetch Hetchy: 812 sites for 4,872 people
- Glacier Point/Wawona: 203 sites for 1,218 people
- Group campsites: 16 group campsites (for 480 people); and 9 horse campsites (54 people)
Yosemite structures (1,237 total)
- General buildings: 674
- Housing buildings: 563
Bridges
- Road bridges: 30
- Trail bridges: 97
- Road tunnels: 4
Visitor Use
- Park visitors: 3.6 million in 2007; 3.4 million in 2006; and 3.4 million in 2005
- Search and rescue operations: 238 in 2007; 219 in 2006; and 216 in 2005
- Motor vehicle accidents: 420 in 2007; 441 in 2006; and 405 in 2005
- Citations by park rangers: 3,101 in 2007; 3,337 in 2006; and 4,140 in 2005
- Warnings by park rangers: 14,636 in 2007; 14,086 in 2006; and 14,868 in 2005
Visitor Study
Yosemite National Park conducted a winter survey from February 2-10, 2008. There was a 60% response rate. The entire survey and results can be viewed at the Yosemite National Park Visitor Study: Winter 2008 [638 kb PDF].
- 91% of visitors were U.S. residents; 89% of those were from California.
- 9% of visitors were international visitors. With 9% each from Germany, Korea, Taiwan, United Kindgom.
- 20% of respondents had visited Yosemite National Park at least twice in the past 12 months.
- 26% of respondents were visiting Yosemite National Park for the first time.
- 29% of respondents identified themselves as Asian, Hispanic, American Indian and/or African American.
- 84% of respondents listed "sightseeing or taking a scenic drive" as their primary activity, 73% taking photographs/painting/drawing and 35% listed "hiking".
Yosemite National Park had a comprehensive survey conducted from July 8-17, 2005. In it, 1,326 visitor groups were systematically selected from all five park entrance stations. There was a 65% response rate. The entire survey and results can be viewed at the Yosemite National Park Visitor Study: Summer 2005 [616 kb PDF].
- 82% of visitors were U.S. residents; 69% of those were from California, and 4% were from Texas.
- 18% of visitors were international visitors. Of those, 23% were from England, 11% from France, 9% from Holland and 7% from Japan.
- 19% of respondents had visited Yosemite National Park at least twice in the past 12 months.
- 48% of respondents were visiting Yosemite National Park for the first time.
- 20% of the respondents identified themselves as Asian, Hispanic, American Indian and/or African American.
- 60% of respondents listed “sightseeing or taking a scenic drive” as their primary activity and 20% listed “hiking.”
- 74% of respondents arrived to the park in a private vehicle, and 2% arrived by bicycle
View more about park's study of visitor use concerns and management strategies.
View a list of the park's natural resource statistics at a glance.
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