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Destinations Near El Capitan

• Half Dome, CA
  (5.9 mi.)
• El Portal, CA
  (8.4 mi.)
• Yosemite National Park, CA
  (10 mi.)
• Wawona, CA
  (12 mi.)
• Fish Camp, CA
  (16 mi.)
• Midpines, CA
  (19 mi.)
• Mariposa, CA
  (24 mi.)
• Ahwahnee, CA
  (24 mi.)
• Ansel Adams Wilderness Area, CA
  (24 mi.)
• Ahwahnee, CA
  (25 mi.)

Travel Guides Near El Capitan

• Yosemite National Park, CA (10 mi.)
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California Travel National Park

• Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park
• Anaheim/OC
• Andrew Molera State Park
• Angel Island State Park
• Angeles National Forest
• Annadel State Park
• Ano Nuevo Island State Park
• Ansel Adams Wilderness Area
• Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge
• Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
• Armstrong Redwoods
• Big Basin Redwoods State Park
• Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge
• Blue Ridge National Wildlife Refuge
• Boggs Mountain State Forest
• Bolsa Chica Beach State Park
• Border Field State Park
• Bothe Napa Valley State Park
• Bucks Lake Wilderness Area
• Burleigh Murray Ranch State Park
• Burton Creek State Park
• Butano State Park
• Cabrillo National Monument
• Calaveras Big Trees State Park
• California's Highway One
• Caribou Wilderness Area
• Carson-Iceberg Wilderness Area
• Castle Crags State Park
• Castle Crags Wilderness Area
• Castle Rock National Wildlife Refuge
• Castle Rock State Park
• Caswell Memorial State Park
• Chanchelulla Wilderness Area
• Channel Islands National Park
• Chino Hills State Park
• Clear Lake National Wildlife Refuge
• Clear Lake State Park
• Cleveland National Forest
• Coachella Valley National Wildlife Refuge
• Columbia Historic State Park
• Colusa National Wildlife Refuge
• Crystal Cove State Park
• Cucamonga Wilderness Area
• Cuyamaca State Park
• D L Bliss State Park
• Dead Mountains Wilderness
• Death Valley National Park
• Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park
• Delevan National Wildlife Refuge
• Desolation Wilderness Area
• Devils Postpile National Monument
• Dick Smith Wilderness Area
• Dinkey Lakes Wilderness Area
• Dockweiler Beach State Park
• Domeland Wilderness Area
• Donner Memorial State Park
• El Capitan Beach State Park
• Eldorado National Forest
• Ellen Pickett State Forest
• Ellicott Slough National Wildlife Refuge
• Emerald Bay State Park
• Emigrant Wilderness Area
• Farallon Island Wilderness Area
• Farallon National Wildlife Refuge
• Fort Point National Historic Site
• Fremont Ford State Park
• Garrapata State Park
• Gaviota State Park
• George J Hatfield State Park
• Golden Gate National Recreation Area
• Golden Trout Wilderness Area
• Granite Chief Wilderness Area
• Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park
• Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes National Wildlife Refuge
• Havasu National Wildlife Refuge
• Hendy Woods State Park
• Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park
• Henry Willard Coe State Park
• Hoover Wilderness Area
• Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge
• Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge
• Humbolt Lagoons State Park
• Huntington Beach State Park
• Inyo Mountains Wilderness Area
• Inyo National Forest
• Ishi Wilderness Area
• Jackson State Forest
• Jackson-Washington State Forest
• Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
• Jennie Lakes Wilderness Area
• John Little State Park
• John Muir National Historic Site
• John Muir Wilderness Area
• Joshua Tree National Park
• Kern National Wildlife Refuge
• King Range National Conservation Area
• Kings Beach State Park
• Klamath National Forest
• Lake Tahoe
• Lake Tahoe Basin Management Area
• Las Posadas State Forest
• Lassen National Forest
• Lassen Volcanic National Park
• Latour Demonstration State Forest
• Lava Beds National Monument
• Limekiln State Park
• Los Padres National Forest
• Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge
• Machesna Mountain Wilderness Area
• Malibu Creek State Park
• Manchester Beach State Park
• Manzanar National Historic Site
• Marble Mountain Wilderness Area
• Marin County
• Marina State Park
• McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park
• McConnell State Park
• Mendocino Headlands State Park
• Mendocino National Forest
• Merced National Wildlife Refuge
• Modoc National Forest
• Modoc National Wildlife Refuge
• Mojave Desert
• Mojave National Preserve
• Mokelumne Wilderness Area
• Monarch Wilderness Area
• Montana De Oro State Park
• Morro Bay State Park
• Mount Diablo State Park
• Mount San Jacinto State Park
• Mount Shasta Wilderness Area
• Mount Tamalpais State Park
• Mount Zion State Forest
• Muir Woods National Monument
• Napa
• Natural Bridges Beach State Park
• Navarro River Redwoods State Park
• Northern California
• Orange County
• Pacific Crest Trail
• Palomar Mountain State Park
• Patricks Point State Park
• Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park
• Pinnacles National Monument
• Pixley National Wildlife Refuge
• Placerita Canyon State Park
• Plumas Eureka State Park
• Plumas National Forest
• Point Reyes National Seashore
• Point Sal Beach State Park
• Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial
• Portola State Park
• Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
• Presidio of San Francisco
• Redwood National and State Parks
• Redwood National Park
• Refugio Beach State Park
• Richardson Grove State Park
• Robert Louis Stevenson State Park
• Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest
• Russian Gulch State Park
• Russian Wilderness Area
• Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge
• Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge
• Saddleback Butte State Park
• Salinas River National Wildlife Refuge
• Salt Point State Park
• Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge
• Samuel P Taylor State Park
• San Bernardino National Forest
• San Bruno Mountain State Park
• San Diego National Wildlife Refuge
• San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
• San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
• San Gabriel Wilderness Area
• San Gorgonio Wilderness Area
• San Jacinto Wilderness Area
• San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge
• San Luis National Wildlife Refuge
• San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge
• San Rafael Wilderness Area
• Santa Lucia Wilderness Area
• Santa Monica Beach State Park
• Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
• Santa Rosa Wilderness Area
• Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge
• Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park
• Sequoia National Forest
• Shasta-Trinity National Forests
• Sierra National Forest
• Sierra Nevada Mountains
• Sinkyone Wilderness State Park
• Siskiyou National Forest
• Siskiyou Wilderness Area
• Six Rivers National Forest
• Snow Mountain Wilderness Area
• Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge
• Sonoran Desert
• South Lake Tahoe
• South Sierra Wilderness Area
• South Warner Wilderness Area
• Southern California
• Stanislaus National Forest
• Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
• Sugar Pine Point State Park
• Sugarloaf Ridge State Park
• Sutter National Wildlife Refuge
• Sweetwater Marsh National Wildlife Refuge
• Tahoe National Forest
• Tahoe State Park
• Thornton Beach State Park
• Thousand Lakes Wilderness Area
• Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge
• Tomales Bay State Park
• Trinity Alps Wilderness Area
• Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge
• Turlock Lake State Park
• Van Damme State Park
• Ventana Wilderness Area
• Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Rec Area
• Willow Creek-Lurline Wildlife Management Area
• Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness Area
• Yosemite National Park
• Zmudowski Beach State Park

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• Atlanta
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• Austin
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• Boston
• Cape Cod
• Charlotte
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• Cincinnati
• Columbus
• Dallas
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• Fort Lauderdale
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• Houston
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• Kauai
• Kennebunkport
• Lake Tahoe
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• Madison
• Martha's Vineyard
• Maui
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• Miami
• Minneapolis
• Monterey
• Myrtle Beach
• Nantucket
• Nashville
• New Orleans
• New York City
• Oahu
• Orlando
• Outer Banks
• Philadelphia
• Phoenix
• Portland
• San Antonio
• San Diego
• San Francisco
• Santa Barbara
• Seattle
• St. Louis
• Telluride
• Vail
• Virginia Beach
• Washington, DC
• Williamsburg

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Distance: 3.7 mi.
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8308 Wawona Road
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Distance: 8.9 mi.
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Attractions

Glacier Point

above Yosemite Valley at the end of Glacier Point Road


Distance: 3.8 mi. (from destination center)

Description: Often referred to as "the grandest view in all the West," Glacier Point is a 7,214-foot overlook... Read More

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Nelder Grove of Giant Sequoias

Sierra National Forest near Oakhurst
1600 Tollhouse Rd.
Clovis, California 93611-0532

Distance: 26.5 mi. (from destination center)

Description: Sky-scraping sequoias reach up to 34,993 feet at the Nelder Grove. More than 100 giant sequoias comprise this 1,540-acre forest.... Read More

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Bass Lake

Bass Lake, Sierra National Forest
1600 Tollhouse Rd.
Clovis, California 93611-0532

Distance: 26.5 mi. (from destination center)

Description: Bass Lake's warm water is popular with anglers, swimmers, water skiers, and boaters during summer. ... Read More

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Airports

Major Airports near El Capitan

	Distance (mi.)
Reno/Tahoe International Airport	123.6 map
Sacramento International Airport	127.3 map
San Jose International Airport	127.6 map

Other Smaller Airports near El Capitan

	Distance (mi.)
Merced Municipal Airport	56.8 map
Fresno Airterminal Airport	65.8 map
Modesto Municipal Airport	73.0 map

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Flight Deals to El Capitan

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Las Vegas (LAS) to Reno (RNO)	$147
Phoenix (PHX) to Reno (RNO)	$227
Minneapolis/St Paul (MSP) to Reno (RNO)	$250
Detroit (DTT) to Reno (RNO)	$257
Boston (BOS) to Reno (RNO)	$257

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Feature Articles

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