Destination story · Mariposa County, California
Yosemite’s official map, from yosemite.com to the trail.
Yosemite Mariposa County put its official map where decisions happen: on its own website, and on the trail with a phone in hand.
Journeys
From a tap on Yosemite Mariposa County’s map to the place itself.
Illustrations, not the travelers. Every journey is anonymous.
Yosemite Mariposa County · Anonymous
The Night-Before Planner
Tomorrow, planned the night before.
Planned:
Planned here · around 11 pm · Mariposa County, California
That evening, someone shared Yosemite Mariposa County’s official map with them. Late that night, in Mariposa County, they planned the next day on it, including a coffee stop in Curry Village.
Traveled:
About 14 hours later
About 25 km up into the Valley, the next day.
Visited:
Visited · the next day, around 1 pm · stayed about 5 minutes
By lunchtime the next day their phone was at the Curry Village Coffee Corner, the stop they had opened the night before.
Curry Village Coffee CornerFood and Drink
Anonymous: one phone, shown as a region, with rounded distances and times.
Yosemite Mariposa County · Anonymous
The Early-Morning Waterfall Pick
A waterfall trail, chosen early one morning.
Planned:
Planned here · around 7 am · Mariposa County, California
Early one morning in Mariposa County, someone opened Yosemite Mariposa County’s official map and tapped the Upper Yosemite Falls Trail.
Traveled:
A few hours later
About 20 km into the Valley, the same morning.
Visited:
Visited · the same morning, around 10 am
A few hours later their phone was on the trail, just above the trailhead.
Upper Yosemite Falls TrailHiking
Anonymous: one phone, shown as a region, with rounded distances and times.
What they did
Put its official map on yosemite.com, and in people’s pockets for when the signal drops.
Where the map lives
Embedded on yosemite.com, on pages such as the Half Dome hike.
See it on their site (opens yosemite.com in a new tab)