Yosemite Lakes Park, California the population were below the poverty line, including 1.6% of those under age 18 and 4.2% of those age 65 or over. In the California State Legislature, Yosemite Lakes is in , and is split between , and . In the United States House of Representatives, Yosemite Lakes is in . 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
Yosemite National Park were the first to tour the area. Hutchings and Ayres were responsible for much of the earliest publicity about Yosemite, writing articles and special magazine issues about the Valley. Ayres' style in art was highly detailed with exaggerated angularity. His works and written accounts were distributed nationally, and an art exhibition of his drawings was held in New York City. Hutchings' publicity efforts between 1855 and 1860 led to an increase in tourism to Yosemite. Wawona was an Indian encampment in what is now the southwestern part of the park. Settler Galen Clark discovered the Mariposa Grove of giant sequoia