What’s the closest experience to Yosemite if you cannot get a reservation?

Question

Yosemite still requires reservations even to drive through it, through September 30, due to Covid.

Is there a way to see some of Yosemite without going inside it?

Answer 1

The answer from the comments, at the entrance station, without a reservation, you can get a time-limited pass to drive through the park without long stops, was the correct answer in Summer 2021.