Yosemite Lakes Park, California Yosemite Lakes Park, California Yosemite Lakes Park is an unincorporated community in Madera County, California. It lies at an elevation of 1230 feet (375 m). As a census-designated place (CDP) it is known as Yosemite Lakes. It is part of the Madera–Chowchilla Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 4,952 at the 2010 census, up from 4,160 at the 2000 census. Yosemite Lakes is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (0.46%) is water. The 2010 United States Census reported that
Yosemite National Park visitors to Yosemite Valley. John Muir was a Scottish-born American naturalist and explorer. It was because of Muir that many National Parks were left untouched, such as Yosemite Valley National Park. One of the most significant camping trips Muir took was in 1903 with then president Theodore Roosevelt. This trip persuaded Roosevelt to return "Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove to federal protection as part of Yosemite National Park". John Muir wrote articles popularizing the area and increasing scientific interest in it. Muir was one of the first to theorize that the major landforms in Yosemite Valley were created by large