Sherwin Creek

Loved our site. Felt secluded but was pretty close to town. Thanks!

This was our first visit to Sherwin Creek Campground. We came with our son, who has been there before so had no trouble finding the campground as we just followed him. We had reservations for two campsites and found both a very good size for our 21-1/2 ft trailer and car. The sites were clean and fire pit, bbq, and picnic table were well maintained. We also found the camp host to be very helpful.

We’ve camped in this campground annually for almost 50 years. The bear population is out of control, getting worse every year. The bears are getting bolder and more brazen, even during the day. My son was charged at by a very large bear one evening while protecting his 18 month old daughter and family while sitting by the campfire. Fortunately our dog was there to make a lot of noise and help scare him off. Very frightening. We, along with many other campers, have filed a complaint with the camp host about this problem and nuisance, but nothing is getting done about it. Hopefully it doesn’t take a tragedy to get a response.

Just camped at Sherwin Creek for the third summer. Great campground, very quiet. My husband and I stayed in our trailer but our daughter and son in law stayed in a tent. Only one issue our kids had was that the bathrooms would be closed for half an hour for cleaning. They would walk over several times to use the bathrooms and they would be closed. Maybe a sign posted with times that the bathroom is scheduled cleaning would help. There was a lot of bear activity this time more so than the last two summers. A bear actually walked up to our site at night, past the campfire and grabbed a bag from the bear box and strolled off. Our fault for not closing it but it had no hesitation walking up to a group of 4 adults. They were also out during the daytime. We would stay again but be a little more observant next time.

The campsites are a tad close together, not much different than any other campground these days. The creek runs behind the sites in the 70’s. Just up the road you’ll find a hike to sherwin lakes. It’s about 5 miles round trip, not too difficult. I highly recommend going whether it be for a swim or just to take in the scenery. Fire pits and bear boxes at each site. Clean restrooms (although no hand sanitizer in some, empty in others). Overall a great experience. I would easily revisit!

We had such a fantastic week, the Rangers shared great information about Yosemite and the lakes in the area made her stay very pleasant. The only issue were the very large camper is that invaded our homey 10 areas.

Will the camp host is very nice and he keeps the restrooms clean.

Bears come through the campground daily, and get into food items and coolers left out. Fumes from the vault toilets could be rough depending on the wind.

The camp hosts were amazing and the campground was clean

What a great campground.
Remote, yet accessible. Well maintained, quiet and beautiful.