May Lake Trail
May Lake Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back foot trail in Yosemite National Park, California. It climbs 400 ft to a high point of 9,312 ft. Difficulty: easy, from the NPS hiking-rating formula.
- 1 mione way
- 2 miround trip
- 400 ftelevation gain
- 9,312 fthigh point
- Easydifficulty
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From the National Park Service
May Lake
2 miles (3.2 km) round trip
Read the official NPS description
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