Top Reasons to Go to Yosemite National Park

Feel the earth move: An easy stroll brings you to the base of Yosemite Falls, America's highest, where thundering springtime waters shake the ground.

Tunnel to heaven: Winding down into Yosemite Valley, Wawona Road passes through a mountainside and emerges before one of the park's most heart-stopping vistas.

Touch the sky: Watch clouds scudding across the bright blue dome that arches above the High Sierra's Tuolumne Meadows, a wide-open alpine valley ringed by 10,000-foot granite peaks.

Walk away from it all: Early or late in the day, leave the crowds behind and take a forest hike on a few of Yosemite's 800 mi of trails.

Powder your nose: Winter's hush floats into Yosemite on snowflakes. Wade into a fluffy drift, lift your face to the sky, and listen to the trees.