Swinging Bridge is a popular destination in Yosemite Valley for swimming while having a great frontal view of Yosemite Falls. The land in the area resembles that of a beach. The official policy does not allow visitors to jump off the bridge. However, you will very often find daring participants partaking in this practice. The area on both sides of the bridge has mostly shallow water with a few areas of 6 feet (1.8 m) to 12 feet (3.7 m) in depth.
The area northeast of the bridge is available for weddings of 20 people or less. No ceremonies are allowed on the bridge.
Open containers of alcoholic beverages are not allowed at Swinging bridge.
Famous quotes containing the words swinging and/or bridge:
“I have seen it over and over, the same sea, the same,
slightly, indifferently swinging above the stones,
icily free above the stones,
above the stones and then the world.”
—Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)
“In bridge clubs and in councils of state, the passions are the same.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)