White Wolf & Crane Flat (Yosemite)
Yosemite (Tioga Road) · near Yosemite / Groveland · Sierra Nevada / Yosemite
Camping
At a glance
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Elevation
- 8000
- Campsites
- ~240 sites (Crane Flat)
- Season
- Summer (Tioga Rd open)
- Fee
- ~$36/night
Permits and booking
- Reservation required
- Yes
- How to reserve
- Reserve on Recreation.gov (6 months ahead). Higher, cooler, quieter Yosemite campgrounds along the Tioga Road — White Wolf (8,000 ft, small) and Crane Flat (near the Tuolumne/Merced sequoia groves). Bear country. Seasonal (Tioga Rd summer only).
What is here
- Setting
- mountain
- Amenities
- Cool high-country forest · Near sequoia groves (Crane Flat) · Tioga Road access · Quieter than the Valley
- Best for
- Cooler, quieter Yosemite high-country base
- Features
- Cool high-elevation forest · Tuolumne Grove sequoias (Crane Flat) · Tioga Road exploring · Quieter than the Valley
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Camping detail
- Camp type
- developed · rv
- Intl tip
- Reserve on Recreation.gov 6 months ahead. Cooler and quieter than the Valley (8,000 ft). Crane Flat is near the Tuolumne/Merced sequoia groves and central to both the Valley and Tioga Road; White Wolf has high-country lake trails. Summer only (Tioga Rd). Bear lockers required. A calmer Yosemite base.
The guide
For campers who want Yosemite without the Valley crowds and heat, the Tioga Road campgrounds of White Wolf and Crane Flat offer…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to White Wolf & Crane Flat (Yosemite) — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 37.868, -119.65