Yosemite National Park is moving to daytime-only hours Monday as California’s stay-at-home order takes hold in the San Joaquin Valley region.
The park, drawn in that region last week by the state, will prohibit overnight stays, and has closed all hotels and campgrounds. Wilderness permits, which allow for overnight camping, are not available.
Anyone wants to venture into the Yosemite wilderness, hike, bike, sightsee or do big wall climbing can do so between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
However, all visitors must leave by 5 p.m.
According to a press release on the park’s site, "these temporary restrictions will remain in effect until local conditions change."
Park officials completely closed Yosemite at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, reopening in June with a reservation system, resulting in much smaller crowds and less congestion in the normally tourist-heavy sites. That was allowed to expire in November, opening unlimited access to the park again.
Pinnacles National Park will be open for day-use only, while Sequioa and Kings Canyon National Parks have announced temporary closure of campgrounds.
In the Bay Area, officials with the Golden Gate National Recreation Area have announced that both Alcatraz Island and Fort Point National Historic Site have closed, but Muir Woods National Monument is included in a small group of attractions that will remain open.
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