Nice place to go for a walk to be alone, usually. Not a lot of folks go to the cemetery, but those that do are usually one of three types — the Yosemite History Geek, The Yosemite Completist, and The Wanderer. The History Geek is there because they want to see the burial place of so many significant figures of Yosemite history, led by the legendary Galen Clark. The Completist just wants to experience EVERYTHING in the Valley. The Wandered finds themselves at the Yosemite Museum, might see a path and will walk along it. It’s a beautiful thing to do that. The best thing, this isn’t the kind of place where you’d find a lot of screaming’ kids, which would be terrible and disrespectful, but it’s a place where you might find folks having a walk, thinking’ and enjoying a bit of time away. It’s not flashy, and not for everyone, but it’s a great place to spend some time.
Lolia S.
Rating des Ortes: 3 Los Angeles, CA
I like cemeteries, so I was interested in seeing Yosemite’s original cemetery. It’s tiny and rather easy to miss but a nice, quick place to get a sense of the history of the park. There aren’t too many graves but they date from 1870 to the early 1900s, and include the original settlers(e.g., people who worked in the park early on and their families) and some Native Americans. The stone for the headstones comes from Yosemite Park. The cemetery area is fairly quiet and more peaceful than other areas of the park.
