The Wawona Hotel is 30 minutes from Yosemite Valley near Mariposa Grove and the southern entrance to the park on Highway 41.

The Yosemite fire and aviation management department said it was "proactively protecting" the grove by setting up a sprinkler system to increase humidity around the trees and by removing potential ...

One in particular is a state park that is a dead ringer for Yosemite. As such, it is hard to believe that the park is still as unknown to many as it is. Calaveras Big Trees State Park is among the ...

Wawona, a Yosemite Indian name for a sequoia, is a word imitating the hoot of an owl, the guardian spirit of the big trees. Become a subscriber and support our award-winning editorial features ...

which provided lodging and refreshment for travelers going to Yosemite Valley. It was renamed Wawona (the native word for big trees) in 1882 by the wife of Henry Washburn, who owned the hotel at ...

He had been lured to Yosemite by James Hutchings' lavish accounts and was the first white man to see the collection of giant sequoias that he named the Mariposa Grove of Big Trees. Clark threw ...

It’s one of the state’s original mountain resorts with a history that can be traced back to 1856 and the establishment of Clark’s Station, which provided lodging and refreshment for travelers going to ...

Nestled within Yosemite's High Sierra is a moderate trail that takes hikers to May Lake, on the way to one of John Muir's ...

FTC's noncompete rule is effectively deadThe absence of federal regulation means that each state's noncompete laws will govern. Risk, expected value and 'heads in beds'Risk on vacation may have ...

California is home to more national parks than any other state, and on Saturday you can visit them for free to celebrate ...

If you missed the annual Big Tree Hunt put on by the New Jersey Forest Service this spring, the mammoth specimen you thought might be a contender is worth keeping an eye on. The event ...

The 0.3-mile Big Trees Loop Trail is accessible and starts ... Located about 35 miles south of Yosemite Valley, the Mariposa Grove Welcome Plaza is just inside of Yosemite's south entrance.