National Public Lands Day in Yosemite
 

Hi everyone!
I´m planning a trip to California this september/october (LA, the Pacific Coast Highway, Yosemite Park and San Francisco).

I was planning to stay in Yosemite the nights of September 27th and 28th, but googling around I found out that on September 27th National Public Lands Day is celebrated.

Should this interfere with my itinerary? Will Yosemite be too crowded, or will I have trouble in getting accomodation or any other problem?

If you could advice me on this I would greatly appreciate it!

Regards,
Maggie.

There's difficulty getting lodging almost all year long at Yosemite. Definitely want to make reservations ahead of time.

I've never heard of National Public Lands Day but as a general rule of thumb I would expect more crowds on weekends. There will still be plenty of people in the Valley on weekdays, but it's even worse on weekends.

If you have time, go up into the high country of Yosemite. It doesn't get remotely as many visitors and it's gorgeous.

Go to Yosemite on weekdays or go in on Sunday afternoon. Of course you need to get lodging reservations ASAP.

I don't know why, but I always thought of this as State Park Fee Free Day!

Except for the fact that it means fee free for the day, at that time of year, the park will have really winded down. Probably this year more than any other at Yosemite.

Why?

This is just a guess, but because of the drought, the snow pack will be small, meaning the water falls will have virtually dried out by (my best guess) mid-July. By late September, everything should be bone dry.

Also, following Labor Day, Yosemite completely thins out with any overnighters.

You can see this on the link to Yosemite Park Lodging -- lots of availability.

http://www.yosemitepark.com/lodging.aspx

Actually, I'm a little shocked to see there's availability right now over Labor Day!

Wow! I am surprised, too. Lots of lodging options in September.

Great! I´ll hurry up with the reservations then.

Thanks everyone for your information!