Access profile
- Day visitors exit by
- sunset
- Drive time
- about 1 hour 15 minutes
- From yosemite valley miles
- 38
- Operational status requires current check
- Yes
- Parking
- delays possible when dam-area lot fills, typically midday weekends
- Road closed to all vehicles
- sunset to sunrise
- Road hours
- sunrise to sunset
- Winter
- November through March closures or chain requirements possible
Evidence and sources (1)
Evidence stance: supports · Evidence details
NPS publishes Hetch Hetchy travel time, daylight-only road access, parking-delay context, winter road constraints, and reservoir use restrictions.
Observation details · Source details · Original source: National Park Service