John Muir Trail
John Muir Trail — tail catalogue entry from OSM relation 1244828. Geometry and elevation are OSM/GLO-30 and provisional. No special permit known; verify locally.
Last verified 2026-09-24 · no issuer named on the permit
Cite this record
The Hiking World, John Muir Trail, verified 2026-09-24, https://www.thehikingworld.com/trails/john-muir-trail
How we verify · last checked 2026-09-24
Byline
- The Hiking World editorial · author
Desk byline for seed records. Named surveying editors replace this once a trail is verified.
Figures marked provisional are seed data and still need verification. Source and last-checked date sit under each cited value.
Weather forecast
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Official alerts
Checked 2026-10-07 against US National Park Service. A closure is in the list below.
Source: US National Park Service
Information — Fire Restrictions in Place
Park-wide (may not affect the whole route)
Stage 1 Fire Restrictions are in effect. Wood and charcoal fires are prohibited at all low-elevation campgrounds and picnic areas. Additional restrictions apply. Click "more" for details.
US National Park Service SEKI · en · 2026-10-07
View official alert →Information — Fire Restrictions in Place
Park-wide (may not affect the whole route)
Stage 1 Fire Restrictions are in effect. Wood and charcoal fires are prohibited at all low-elevation campgrounds and picnic areas. Additional restrictions apply. Click "more" for details.
US National Park Service SEKI · en · 2026-10-07
View official alert →Closure — Glacier Point Road is temporarily closed due to the Dome Fire
Park-wide (may not affect the whole route)
The Dome Fire is burning in the wilderness northeast of Wawona. Glacier Point Road is temporarily closed because of reduced visibility along the road due to smoke and to safely allow firefighting operations. Additionally, there are some trail closures south of Glacier Point Road.. Smoky conditions are possible at times.
US National Park Service YOSE · en · 2026-10-07
View official alert →Closure — Glacier Point Road is temporarily closed due to the Dome Fire
Park-wide (may not affect the whole route)
The Dome Fire is burning in the wilderness northeast of Wawona. Glacier Point Road is temporarily closed because of reduced visibility along the road due to smoke and to safely allow firefighting operations. Additionally, there are some trail closures south of Glacier Point Road.. Smoky conditions are possible at times.
US National Park Service YOSE · en · 2026-10-07
View official alert →Closure — Reds Meadow Road Access Restrictions in 2026
Park-wide (may not affect the whole route)
Reds Meadow Road remains under construction in 2026 and will be closed Monday through Friday through November 1 (closed for the season starting November 2).
US National Park Service DEPO · en · 2026-10-07
View official alert →Closure — Reds Meadow Road Access Restrictions in 2026
Park-wide (may not affect the whole route)
Reds Meadow Road remains under construction in 2026 and will be closed Monday through Friday through November 1 (closed for the season starting November 2).
US National Park Service DEPO · en · 2026-10-07
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US National Park Service is the authority — check nps.gov before you go. This desk is not the authority.
NPS portions only (Yosemite, Sequoia & Kings Canyon, Devils Postpile). Inyo and Sierra National Forest stretches are US Forest Service, not the NPS API — this feed does not cover them.
Permits and fees
| Permit | Cost | Quota / restriction | Issuer | Source | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No special permit known (unverified)Unverified — not officially sourced | Not recorded | — | Not recorded | Not recorded | Unverified |
Gear mandates
Allowed bear-resistant food canisters are required for food storage in all areas of Yosemite Wilderness; hanging food is not legal (NPS wilderness regulations and JMT page).
nps.gov · verified 2026-08-25
Official mandate only — not a packing-list opinion.
Altitude weather delta
High 4,408 m minus low 1,233 m is 3,175 m of relief on this record. A standard tropospheric lapse of 6.5 °C per 1,000 m implies about 20.6 °C cooler at the high point than the valley, all else equal.
That is a model (International Standard Atmosphere environmental lapse), not a forecast and not a trail-closure. Wind, snow, and storms stay in Hazards.
derived:lapse-rate · verified 2026-09-10 · provisionalISA 6.5 °C / 1,000 m · wikipedia.org · 2026-09-10
This line is a schematic. The files are not a GPS track. GPX · GeoJSON
Editorial v1 · Provisional catalog
- SAC T2
- Mountain hiking. Continuous trail, some steep ground, sure-footedness helpful.
- YDS Class 1
- Class 1. Walking on an established path; low fall risk.
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Tail catalogue entry built from OpenStreetMap relation 1244828 (ODbL). The stored line is the OSM geometry, decimated; its 2-D length is provisional and not published as walking distance.
Elevation high/low and ascent/descent are Copernicus GLO-30 samples at the line vertices (copernicus-dem:glo-30) and remain provisional.
No special permit was researched for this trail. Permit is marked unverified — confirm locally before relying on it.
Water security
Sourced carry / availability
Sierra streams are frequent on published NPS descriptions of this corridor; they were not positioned as named WaterSource points (no honest atFraction). Treat water. Carry-volume figures are not copied from unofficial lists.
nps.gov · verified 2026-08-25Surface
Surface is not recorded. This field is filled only from an OSM surface tag, not from the grade.
Permits & fees
Permit status is unverified. Bulk tail ingest; no per-trail permit research. Verify locally.
Getting there
No sourced gateway chain yet.
Getting there car-free
- John Muir Trail (start): car-free flag unknown. No transit note stored, so this is not a way to get there.
- John Muir Trail (end): car-free flag unknown. No transit note stored, so this is not a way to get there.
Trailheads
- John Muir Trail (start) car-free: unknown
- John Muir Trail (end) car-free: unknown
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Hazards
Questions
Do I need a permit for John Muir Trail?
Permit status is unverified for John Muir Trail. This desk does not assert that a walking permit is or is not required.
How difficult is John Muir Trail?
John Muir Trail is graded SAC T2 · YDS 1.
How long is John Muir Trail?
The length on this record is 661.3 km (provisional). Published figures may differ. See /guides/how-long-is-the-trail
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