Yosemite National Park recommends parking at Yosemite Falls just west of Yosemite Valley Lodge and walking 1.5 miles to the viewing area near El Capitan Picnic Area.

Camp Curry (established in 1899) and the Glacier Point Hotel (which operated from 1918 until the late 1960s, when it – Hello, irony! – burned down) coordinated the 9 p.m. summer ritual.

Yosemite National Park recommends parking at Yosemite Falls just west of Yosemite Valley Lodge and walking 1.5 miles to the viewing area near El Capitan Picnic Area.