This section was designed to be a quick-reference for your getting to - and from - Yosemite...
One of the best ways to figure this stuff out is to use the Rand-Mcnally Maps & Directions search engine. There you can plug in starting & destination cities and get mileage & guesstimated times, as well as the route. You can also get that here; really it's a trip planner, but what the hey? It'll do in a pinch... Poke around at the Rand McNally site in general; it has incredibly useful routing tools.
Below are some quick-references to distances & times for easy perusal:
Mileage to Yosemite Valley proper (as sorted by the time it takes to get there):
| From | Via Route into YNP | Mileage | Drive Time |
|---|
| Merced |
140 |
82 miles |
1 hour, 52 minutes |
| Fresno |
41 |
94 miles |
2 hours, 4 minutes |
| Sacramento |
120 |
178 miles |
3 hours, 46 minutes |
| San Jose |
120 |
185 miles |
3 hours, 54 minutes |
| Bakersfield |
41 |
203 miles |
3 hours 59 minutes |
| San Francisco |
120 |
192 miles |
4 hours, 3 minutes |
| Monterey |
140 |
204 miles |
4 hours, 31 minutes |
| San Louis Obispo |
41 |
230 miles |
4 hours, 53 minutes |
| Los Angeles |
41 |
313 miles |
5 hours, 44 minutes |
| Santa Barbara |
41 |
336 miles |
6 hours, 47 minutes |
| San Diego |
41 |
431 miles |
7 hours, 36 minutes |
Mileage to the Southern Entrance of Yosemite National Park:
| From | Mileage | Drive Time |
|---|
| Ahwahnee | 21 miles | 28 minutes |
| Bass Lake | 16 miles | 22 minutes |
| Chowchilla | 73 miles | 1.5 hours |
| Coarsegold | 22 miles | 29 minutes |
| Fish Camp | 2 miles | 3 minutes |
| Madera 61 | 58 miles | 1.25 hours |
| North Fork | 30 miles | 47 minutes |
| Oakhurst | 15 miles | 21 minutes |
| Wishon | 18 miles | 26 minutes |
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