Skip to content

Map Activities Discover Guides Trips Saves

A map of everywhere you can sleep outside in the U.S., with the weather and cell signal to match. Built to stay free.

Explore

Map
Hiking
State guides
Discover

Plan

Trip planner
My trips
Saves
Offline downloads

About

Privacy
Data deletion

© 2026 Roaming.Camp · Data from NPS, Recreation.gov, BLM, USFS, NWS, and the FCC.Operating on ceded ancestral land.Photography via Unsplash.

Leave it better than you found it.

Half Dome with Eastern Yosemite Valley (Zuschnitt)

Hike

Half Dome Trail

Summits Half Dome
Inside Yosemite National Park
5,934 ft of climbing

13.5 mi out & back · 5,934 ft gain · 8,819 ft high point · Very hard

From Happy Isles Trailhead via the John Muir Trail and the Mist Trail (4.8 mi)

In Yosemite National Park · California · National Park Service

About Elevation Highlights Map Camp near here More hikes

About this hike

Half Dome Trail climbs 5,934 feet over 13.5 miles from Happy Isles via John Muir Trail and Mist Trail in Yosemite, passing Vernal and Nevada Falls.

Elevation

5,934 ft of gain round trip.

Camp near here

The closest places to sleep, measured from the trailhead.

See all on the map

0.3 mi from the trailhead
Upper Pines Campground
Campground · California

More hikes nearby

Ranked the same way, within twenty-five miles.

3 mi from you
Upper Yosemite Fall Trail
- Summits Lost Arrow Spire
- Inside Yosemite National Park
- 3,928 ft of climbing
6.6 mi out & back · 3,928 ft gain · Very hard
Yosemite National Park · Camp under a mile away

Out: 5,080 ft up, returns the same way. Source: USGS 3DEP.

Highlights

What the trail reaches, measured from the start.

Half DomeDestination · 6.8 mi in
ViewpointAlong the way · 0.4 mi in
Sierra PointAlong the way · 0.6 mi in
ViewpointAlong the way · 0.8 mi in
ViewpointAlong the way · 1.3 mi in
ViewpointAlong the way · 1.4 mi in
Vernal FallAlong the way · 1.4 mi in
Silver ApronAlong the way · 1.7 mi in
ViewpointAlong the way · 2.3 mi in
Nevada FallAlong the way · 2.3 mi in
SubdomeAlong the way · 6.5 mi in
Clark PointNearby · 1.3 mi in

Nearby reading

Half Dome
Mount Broderick
Mirror Lake (California)
Three Chute Falls
Little Yosemite Valley

Map

The hike from its start, the approach dashed. Drag with two fingers, or hold a key to zoom.

Trail data: USFS, NPS, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Elevation: USGS 3DEP via Mapzen terrain tiles. Nearby reading: Wikipedia. Photos: Wikimedia Commons contributors, licensed as shown on each photo. Download the trail and feature data.

At a glance

Length: 13.5 mi
Shape: Out & back
Gain: 5,934 ft round trip
High point: 8,819 ft
Low point: 4,030 ft
Difficulty: Very hardFrom 13.5 mi and 5,934 ft of climbing, with steep sections
Managed by: National Park Service
State: California
Camps within 15 mi: 25
Start: Happy Isles Trailhead
Trailhead: 37.7328° N · 119.5578° W

Get directions Open the map

0.5 mi from the trailhead

Upper Pines Campground

Campground · California

0.7 mi from the trailhead

Lower Pines Campground

Campground · California

16 mi from you

Mariposa Grove Trail

Summits Wawona Point
Inside Yosemite National Park
2,088 ft of climbing

10.9 mi out & back · 2,088 ft gain · Hard

Yosemite National Park · Camp 1 mi away

Bernice Lake Trail

Ends at Bernice Lake
Inside Yosemite National Park
3,676 ft of climbing

21.8 mi out & back · 3,676 ft gain · Very hard

Yosemite National Park · Camp under a mile away

Mist Trail

Ends at Nevada Fall
Inside Yosemite National Park
2,727 ft of climbing

5.3 mi out & back · 2,727 ft gain · Very hard

Yosemite National Park · Camp under a mile away

Smith Peak Trail

Summits Smith Peak
Inside Yosemite National Park
3,680 ft of climbing

12.9 mi out & back · 3,680 ft gain · Very hard

Yosemite National Park · Camp 8 mi away

Mount Hoffman Trail

Summits Mount Hoffmann
Inside Yosemite National Park
2,652 ft of climbing

8.2 mi out & back · 2,652 ft gain · Very hard

Yosemite National Park · Camp 5 mi away

More like this

Hikes that read like this one, wherever they are.

Mist Trail
- Ends at Nevada Fall
- Inside Yosemite National Park
- 2,727 ft of climbing
5.3 mi out & back · 2,727 ft gain · Very hard
Yosemite National Park · Camp under a mile away
North Dome Trail
- Near North Dome
- Inside Yosemite National Park
- 2,060 ft of climbing
6.9 mi out & back · 2,060 ft gain · Hard
Yosemite National Park · Camp 2 mi away
John Muir Trail
- Passes Nevada Fall
- Inside Yosemite National Park
- 7,538 ft of climbing
22.2 mi one way · 7,538 ft gain · Very hard
Yosemite National Park · Camp under a mile away
Stock Trail
- Passes a viewpoint
- Inside Yosemite National Park
- 1,429 ft of climbing
4.3 mi out & back · 1,429 ft gain · Moderate
Yosemite National Park · Camp under a mile away

Weather

7-day forecast

Sat52°39°Showers And Thunderstorms
Sun50°39°Light Rain Likely
Mon61°44°Mostly Sunny
Tue60°41°Mostly Sunny
Wed60°43°Slight Chance Light Rain
Thu60°42°Mostly Sunny
Fri61°Mostly Sunny

Sat: Showers And Thunderstorms · wind 0 to 10 mph SW

National Weather Service · refreshed hourly

Signal

Cell coverage here

VerizonLTE · Poor
AT&T5G · Poor

FCC coverage data · signal varies in remote terrain