The people of this nation are told that these parks are the national heritage belonging to the people of this nation, and yet to gain entrance to any National Park, each arriving vehicle must pay a entrance fee of as much as $35.00 just to get through the gate. Yes, the US government has acquired a monopoly on the national parks. ¹

This is no joke, the national parks are big business for the government. It will be so nice with God′s Kingdom controls all of the earth, then God′s people can begin to see these wonders and they will not have to go into debt to go on a vacation.

The area now know as Yosemite National Park was first protected in 1864 when Abraham Lincoln signed a bill proposed in congress to protect Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove, which bill was passed and ceded the land to California to hold and protect as a state park. This was eight years before the first national park, Yellowstone was created.

Galen Clark was appointed as the first Yosemite Guardian and held that position for many years. However, state protection of Yosemite Valley and Maraposa Grove was not enough for conservationist John Muir who walked from San Francisco to the Yosemite Valley and upon arriving, he was so inspired by the natural beauty he beheld there, that he began writing in magazines and newspapers that reached audiences across the continent. His passion to preserve Yosemite Valley helped to create a national conservation movement. The Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove became a national park on 01 October 1890, but remained in the control of California.

One of the most significant camping trips Muir took was in 1903 with then president Theodore Roosevelt. This trip persuaded Roosevelt that both the Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove needed to be protected by the federal government as part of a national park. Yosemite National Park as we know it today took shape in 1906, when Roosevelt removed the control of Yosemite Valley from the state of California and protected the entire region as Yosemite National Park.

There are several campgrounds located within this national park.

Please See these campgrounds listed in The Camping section below.

Yosemite is internationally recognized for its granite cliffs, waterfalls, clear streams, ancient giant sequoia groves, lakes, mountains, meadows, glaciers, and biological diversity.

Almost 95 percent of the park is designated wilderness and within its nearly 1,200 square miles, you can find deep valleys, grand meadows, a vast wilderness area, and much more.

Yosemite is not just another Canyon, but a memorial to the strength of granite, to the persistence of life, to the power of glaciers, and to the tranquility of the High Sierra.

But even more important that all that above, it is a grand display of the Creative ability of Jehovah God. (See Chapter 5: Creative Power, The Maker of the Heaven and Earth, from the Publication, Draw Close to Jehovah.)

At most of the above listed federal park locations, Federal Parks Pass holders will receive half off camping fees.