Two National Parks · 130 miles apart
Yosemite or Pinnacles
Yosemite drew 4,278,413 recreation visits in 2025, 12.5 times the 343,208 at Pinnacles, so crowds are the largest difference. Yosemite has 16 campgrounds to 1 at Pinnacles. Yosemite lists 269 bird species in the NPSpecies inventory against 159 at Pinnacles. On the rest they match, since neither uses timed entry. The two parks are 130 miles apart in a straight line.
| Yosemite National Park | Pinnacles National Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Designation | National Park | National Park |
| States | California | California |
| Recreation visits, 2025 | 4,278,413 | 343,208 |
| Entrance fee, private vehicle | $35 (Private Vehicle) | $30 (Private Vehicle) |
| Timed entry reservation | No | No |
| Campgrounds | 16 | 1 |
| International Dark Sky Park | No | No |
| Bird species, NPSpecies | 269 | 159 |
| Hours or season | Open all day, every day | Open all day, every day |
Yosemite visits by yearPinnacles visits by year
Fees, hours, campgrounds and timed entry from the NPS API. Visits from the NPS Visitor Use Statistics system. Dark sky status from DarkSky International. Bird counts from the NPSpecies inventory. Data refreshed October 14, 2026. Other pairs.