Reservations now needed to visit Yosemite National Park

Kathy Matheson/AP

FILE - This April 2013 file photo shows a shuttle bus picking up passengers at Sentinel Bridge in front of Yosemite Falls in Yosemite National Park, Calif. An estimated 90 shuttle bus drivers and Yosemite National Park transportation workers who were laid off after the park closed to visitors in March are now facing eviction. The group of Yosemite Hospitality workers were told this week layoffs require them to leave Yosemite by May 21, the Fresno Bee reported Friday, May 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Kathy Matheson, File)

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Anyone interested in visiting Yosemite National Park will now have to make a reservation.

Beginning Monday, anyone wanting to visit will need to a pay the park entrance fee, which is $2 and included in the $35/car park fee. You will also need to have one of the following:

A day-use reservation, which is valid for seven straight days for unlimited re-entries.

An Upper Pines Campground reservation
A Yosemite Valley Lodge or Ahwahnee reservation
Private lodging or vacation rental reservation in Wawona, Yosemite West or Foresta
A Yosemite wilderness permit
A commercial-use authorization

According to the Yosemite website, the reservations are needed to help manage "heavy visitation" as the national park looks to curb the spread of COVID-19.

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