Yosemite Valley (Upper/Lower/North Pines)
Yosemite National Park · near Yosemite Valley · Sierra Nevada / Yosemite
Camping
At a glance
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Elevation
- 4000
- Campsites
- ~400 sites
- Season
- Spring–fall (Upper Pines year-round)
- Fee
- ~$36/night
Permits and booking
- Reservation required
- Yes
- How to reserve
- Reserve on Recreation.gov — the most competitive campground reservations in America; released in blocks and gone in seconds/minutes. Book the instant the window opens. Flush toilets, showers nearby, RV sites (no hookups). A park entry reservation may also apply in peak season — check current rules.
What is here
- Setting
- mountain
- Amenities
- Camp beneath Half Dome & El Capitan · Flush toilets, showers nearby · Merced River sites · Shuttle to all valley trailheads
- Best for
- The ultimate Yosemite Valley experience
- Features
- Under the granite walls of the Valley · Half Dome & Yosemite Falls views · Merced River access · The bucket-list park campground
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Camping detail
- Camp type
- developed · rv
- Intl tip
- Reserve on Recreation.gov the INSTANT the window opens (released in blocks, gone in seconds) — it's the hardest campground booking in America. A peak-season park entry reservation may also apply — check current Yosemite rules. Use the free valley shuttle. Store all food in bear lockers. Combine with the Mist Trail and Half Dome (hiking guide). The ultimate.
The guide
To camp in Yosemite Valley is to sleep on the floor of the most famous glacial valley on Earth, beneath the sheer granite of El…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Yosemite Valley (Upper/Lower/North Pines) — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 37.742, -119.558