This hike is popular among wildflower enthusiasts. Located in Yosemite National Park, Hite Cove trail is one of the areas that blooms earliest for wildflowers. While areas in the high country usually don't see complete snowmelt and wildflower blooming until July, Hite Cove offers park visitors the opportunity beginning earlier in the season.

If visitors just want to walk around and see the flowers, the trail can be about 2-4 miles round trip. However, if they want to go all the way to Hite Cove, it is about a 9 mile round trip hike. Along the way hikers will be able to see where the south and central fork of the Merced River merge and continue until the Pacific. There is not one single spot along the trail that is the most popular. Because of this, there might be a lot of people on the trail but they will be spread out along the trail, making for less congestion. If only going to see the wildflowers, then hikers can turn around at any point in time. About 2 miles into the trail there won't be any new types of wildflowers to see, so feel free to turn around at any time. 

Hite Cove used to be a seasonal home to the Ahwahneechee Native Americans and later to a group of gold miners. All artifacts found along the trail and in Hite Cove should remain where they were found.