Oakhurst will be about 20 minutes closer to Yosemite National Park, but Chukchansi Resort-Casino will probably be the best lodging for the price compared to Oakhurst or Fresno. I give this property my recommendation as a great lodging option if the price is similar to prices in Oakhurst or Fresno. The day I was traveling this property offered the best deal in the area for a hotel room with rates under $100 all-in for a nice looking room in a multi-story tower with views of the wooded Sierra foothills. Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino entrance Chukchansi lobby view This is a large hotel-casino-entertainment complex with over 400 hotel rooms and several restaurant dining options and a nice indoor-outdoor pool area. (inside Yosemite park and 27 miles south of Ahwahnee Hotel, Yosemite Valley one hour drive)Ĭhukchansi Gold Resort and Casino is a Las Vegas style tribal casino located right off Highway 41 about 30 miles from central Fresno and 5 miles south of the town Coarsegold, California and 12 miles south of Oakhurst. Tenaya Lodge Yosemite at Fish Camp (2 miles south from park entrance).Oakhurst motels (12 miles south from park entrance).Chukchansi Gold Resort and Casino (30 miles south from park entrance).This post covers four lodging options outside Yosemite Valley along the Highway 41 north route: There are no fixed-structure lodging options in the park past Wawona Hotel before you reach Yosemite Valley 28 miles away on a mountainous winding road traveling at elevations of 4,000 to 6,000 feet. Yosemite Valley lies another hour’s drive past the Highway 41 entrance to the national park.

There are only a few lodging options between Fresno and the south entrance to Yosemite.

Fresno is a city of 500,000 with dozens of hotels in most of the major hotel chains (no Hyatt brands). Highway 41 runs 60 miles north from central Fresno to the southern entrance of Yosemite National Park.

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