The motorist approaching California over the Lincoln Highway should turn south at Ely and reach the Tioga Road at the eastern border of the Park near Mono Lake; distance about 200 miles. There are two routes from San Francisco: via Stockton, Modesto, and Coulterville, 210 miles; or via San José, Gilroy, Los Baños, Fresno, and the Mariposa Grove of Big Trees, 280 miles. The best route from Los Angeles is by way of Saugus, Neenach, Bakersfield, Tulare, Fresno, and Mariposa Grove of Big Trees; distance 365 miles. The entrance fee for an automobile is $5.00 for a single trip, or $8.00 for a season permit. Speed limits range from 8 to 20 miles per hour. On account of the snow the Tioga Road is generally not open before July 15 or after October 1, the Big Oak Flat Road not before May 15 or after November 1, the Wawona Road not before May or after November. Motor-cycles are not allowed in the Park. Hotels and Camps At Yosemite Village in the Valley a new modern hotel is now under construction, but accommodations are now furnished by the old Sentinel Hotel, which has been refurnished, and by a number of camps. _Hotel and Camps in Yosemite Valley_ Operated by Desmond Park Service Company:-- Sentinel Hotel, per day $4 to $5 Yosemite Falls Camp, wooden bungalows, per day 3.50 El Capitan Camp, wood frames covered with canvas and wood floors, per day 2.50 Camp Lost Arrow, operated by W. M. Sell, Jr., per day 2.50 Camp Curry, operated by Curry Camping Company, per day 2.50 Camp Ahwahnee, operated by W. M. Sell, Sr., per day 3.75 At Glacier Point, above the Valley, the Desmond Park Service Company operates the New Glacier Point Hotel, with a uniform rate of $4.00 per day. At Tenaya Lake, Tuolumne Soda Springs, and Merced Lake the Desmond Park-Service Company operates permanent camps known as lodges. These lodges have wood frames covered with canvas and wood floors. The rate at all of the lodges is $3.00 per day, with an additional charge of $1.00 when the lodge is occupied exclusively by one person. Eight miles from the Mariposa Grove of Big Trees, but outside the Park, is the Wawona Hotel at Wawona; rates are from $4.00 to $5.00 per day. [Illustration: TRAVEL-GUIDE MAP OF THE YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK CALIFORNIA _By permission of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior_] Tours