Annual park visitation exceeds 3.5 million, with most visitor use concentrated in the seven-square-mile (18 km2) area of Yosemite Valley.
Dve imenovani tudi "Wild and Scenic Rivers", Merced in Tuolumne, izvirata znotraj meja Yosemite in tečeta proti zahodu ob vznožju Sierre, v Central Valley v Kaliforniji.