Sierra Sky Ranch

Check-in at Sierra Sky Ranch starts with a walk through the pines to the front desk. Once you're settled, ask the team where to eat in Oakhurst: El Cid for enchiladas, Oakhurst Grill for something off the grill.

We're 12 miles from Yosemite's South Entrance.

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A glass of w**e on the veranda, doors open to the grounds— and just inside, Guest House rooms with that same quiet view of the Sierra foothills. We're 12 miles from Yosemite's South Entrance, four from Bass Lake, an easy base before or after a day in the park.

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A recent MSN piece on a family-friendly Yosemite itinerary named Sierra Sky Ranch one of the writer's favorite hotel picks — and made an argument we happen to agree with: skip staying inside the park, and stay south instead, around Oakhurst.
Here's what's actually here: 30 acres, 28 rooms split between the Ranch House and Guest House, a Great Room with stone fireplaces that's been standing since the 1870s, and a fire pit that gets going most evenings with S'mores kits at the front desk. We're 12 miles from Yosemite's South Entrance — Highway 41 runs straight there.
Book direct at sierraskyranch.com or call 559-683-8040.

Pipes and drums are coming back to Oakhurst.

The Yosemite Celtic Festival and Highland Games run October 17–18 at the Oakhurst Community Center, and it's 8 minutes from our front door.

Book a room with us that weekend and you'll get 15% off with code OCF2026, plus a Celtic b**r waiting when you check in. The fire pit is going after dark, and the S'mores kits are at the desk.

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Sierra Sky Ranch is on Road 632. Keep going seven miles up that road, to 5,000 feet, and you'll reach The Lodge at Two Moons, our sister property.

Two Moons hosts weddings and events from small gatherings to 500-plus, and the lodge and cabins sleep up to 50. If you're planning something for a group, start at thelodgeattwomoons.com.

This is one of the first thing you see walking through the front door — the old "Welcome to the Sky Ranch" sign, pine walls, coffee already going. It sets the tone for the rest of the stay: simple, warm, no fuss.

This past Saturday, our team headed over to the Coarsegold Rodeo grounds for No Bull Rodeo — a full day of heavy equipment operators competing, benefiting The Perspectives Project. We spent the afternoon behind the b**r garden bar pouring drinks and keeping things moving. Good to see the community turn out for a cause like this. If you stopped by and said hi, thanks for finding us.

Spend the morning in Yosemite, come back for pool time in the afternoon. That's the rhythm most guests fall into here — a full day at the park, then Sierra Sky Ranch for the rest of it. The pool's open through the warm months, the Great Lawn's right there for the kids to run around on, and the fire pit takes over once the sun's down.
We're 12 miles from Yosemite's South Entrance, close enough that you're not losing half the day to driving.

Planning three days near Yosemite?

We put together an itinerary covering the big stops — Tunnel View, Mariposa Grove, Glacier Point — along with slower stretches out in the Sierra Nevada foothills, like Bass Lake and Nelder Grove.
First trip into the park or your fifth, the idea's the same: see what you came for without spending all three days at a sprint.

After a full day out there, Sierra Sky Ranch is 12 miles back down Highway 41. Boots off, chair by the fire, start again in the morning.

Read the full three-day itinerary — link in the comments below.