Mariposa Grove Trail Guide

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After a minute or two you’ll reach the Fallen Monarch, which fell over 300 years ago. Giant Sequoias are very resistant to decay, which is why it still is intact.

Start the hike by walking up the big boardwalk from the trailhead. Here’s what it looks like at sunrise. At 9am it will be jammed with people.

Wildlife abounds at the Mariposa Grove but tends to scatter as the crowds come in. Here’s a female mule deer close to the Fallen Monarch tree.

The route has ups in downs, but in general, you’ll be climbing until you reach Wawona Point, and then heading back down. The section between the California Tunnel Tree and the Telescope Tree feels most like an uphill, but compared to the other hikes in Yos

Overall the Mariposa Grove Trail is a big loop hike that’s pinched in the middle. From this view, you can also see that the climbing is gradual as you head up to Wawona Point.

If you take the shuttle from the Mariposa Grove Welcome Center, it will drop you off here at the trailhead.

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The route has ups in downs, but in general, you’ll be climbing until you reach Wawona Point, and then heading back down. The section between the California Tunnel Tree and the Telescope Tree feels most like an uphill, but compared to the other hikes in Yos

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If you take the shuttle from the Mariposa Grove Welcome Center, it will drop you off here at the trailhead.

Here’s the parking lot at the trailhead. I’m here at sunrise, the only car in the lot on a weekend in July. This is the best time to visit.

The Mariposa Grove is in the southern part of Yosemite National Park, along Rt-41, about an hour’s drive from the Yosemite Valley.

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