You would have to walk over 2,200 miles to get from Michigan to Yosemite. According to Google Maps, this would take you 727 hours, or 30.3 days of nonstop walking. Instead, you would probably want to catch a plane to San Francisco and then drive to Yosemite from there.
Alabama is about 2,165 miles away from Yosemite National Park. I would recommend flying to a closer city and renting a car to visit Yosemite, or else a drive from Alabama to Yosemite could take as long as 35 hours non-stop.
The distance between Death Valley National Park and Yosemite National Park is about 300 miles. This equates to a drive time of about 6 hours.
Google Maps estimates the driving time as 11.75 hours.
Google Maps eztimates the driving time as 6 hours and 58 minutes.
a little over three hours
Expedia has a very long list of hotels and is usually a good start for any hotel needs. They have some hotels available near Yosemite National Park too.
It is 489 miles according to Google Maps.
It is 482 miles according to Google Maps.
4 to 4 and 1/2 hours
4 and 1/2 hours
Google Maps estimates the driving time as 6 hours and 14 minutes.
The drive would be about 200 miles. You would have to head west out of the Sierra Nevadas, head south, and then head back into the mountain range. The long route is due to the fact that Lake Tahoe and Yosemite do not have any connecting roads within the mountains.