Rolling through the thick forests from Big Oak and Crane Flats, Tioga Road (Highway 120) spans Yosemite National Park from the west to east gates, …
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Aug 25, 2024
Beautiful road with lots of wonderful places to pull over and enjoy the scenery. Mountains, lakes and forests all along it. Lots of photo opportunities and chances to see wildlife, we saw a red taile… Full review by 854DP
Oct 29, 2022
Tioga Road, Lee Vining is the route connecting on the high altitude of about 6700 feet high to Yosemite Valley/Park. It is in the state route 395 and tourists can enjoy the stunning vista points. Full review by Balasubramanian R
Oct 14, 2022
The earlier review saying Tioga Road is closed for 2022 is incorrect. Only Glacier Point Road is closed. Tioga is open from SR 395 with full access to the valley. We drove it in Mid-Oct 2022. Stopped… Full review by Steven W
Hi We were going to use the route 120/tioga pass to stay at lee vinying and then go to lake tahoe. Are the route 120/tioga road dangerous or is it pretty safe thanks in advance!
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The Tioga Road is not dangerous at all as long as you take things slow, especially on the drive down to Lee Vining from the pass. It might be a bit scary for those with a true fear of …
The Tioga Road is not dangerous at all as long as you take things slow, especially on the drive down to Lee Vining from the pass. It might be a bit scary for those with a true fear of heights, since there is a long drop-off along the right side of the road, but it's not overly narrow or curvy. Just be prepared for a fairly steep grade going down this section (only a few miles) and shift into a lower gear if needed so you won't need to use your brakes as much. The road on the west side of the pass does not have many drop-offs such as on the east side, but there are a few, so just take things slow and easy, pull over where you can if you need to let cars behind you pass, and enjoy the scenery. Olmstead Point, Tenaya Lake, Tuolumne Meadows, and other stops along the way will be well worth the trip.
i am planing to drive from monterey heading eat to Yosemite valley by the 11th of this november and wanted to visit all the spots mentioned for this area ( half dome/ tuolumne meadows/ the tioga pass and lee vining and mammoth lakes) so whats this road will have for us? will it sure be closed? what we should do before we start the road and whats the alternative?
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adding to my question: i have many days to spend in this area
We are planning to visit Yosemite in September, 2016. We are driving a Ford F150 with a small V8 from Lee Vining. I think the truck will be able to handle the grades but my wife is a little afraid of the steep drop offs near the edge of the road. Are there a lot of places where the cliffs are real close to the edge of the road? Are there pullouts to let people pass?
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Going westbound from Lee Vining, there are no drop offs. There are pullouts to let people pass. The road surface is in excellent condition. The drop offs are on the east bound direction …
Going westbound from Lee Vining, there are no drop offs. There are pullouts to let people pass. The road surface is in excellent condition. The drop offs are on the east bound direction between Yosemite and Lee Vining. The road is safe, well maintained, and has pullouts for news and to let other traffic pass if you are too slow.
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Yosemite is located in eastern central California in the United States. West of the park are the major cities of San Francisco and Sacramento, California. Southeast of the...
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