National Register of Historic Places listings in Yosemite National Park associated with the park are located just outside the park boundaries. The following properties are on property owned by the National Park Service and administered by Yosemite National Park, but are not within the park proper: National Register of Historic Places listings in Yosemite National Park This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Yosemite National Park. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Yosemite National Park, California, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the
History of the Yosemite area adjacent to the park. The once-famous "Yosemite Firefall", created by pushing red hot embers off a cliff near Glacier Point at night, was discontinued in the mid-to-late 20th century along with other activities that were deemed to be inconsistent with protection of the national park. Humans may have visited the Yosemite area as long as 8,000 to 10,000 years ago. Habitation of the Yosemite Valley proper can be traced to about 3,000 years ago, when vegetation and game in the region was similar to that present today; the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada had acorns, deer, and salmon, while