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2026 Season availability
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- Potable Water
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- Picnic Table
- Fire Pit
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Reviews (327)
What Guests Are Saying
Bridalveil Creek Campground offers a beautiful, clean, and well-maintained environment with spacious sites and excellent restroom facilities, making it a great base for exploring nearby iconic hikes. Many visitors praised the friendly and helpful staff, particularly the camp host, and appreciated the quiet atmosphere and stunning stargazing opportunities. While some sites experienced noise from fellow campers and limited bathroom availability, overall feedback highlights the campground as a fantastic spot within Yosemite, ideal for a peaceful camping experience.
What Guests Are Saying
Bridalveil Creek Campground offers a beautiful, clean, and well-maintained environment with spacious sites and excellent restroom facilities, making it a great base for exploring nearby iconic hikes. Many visitors praised the friendly and helpful staff, particularly the camp host, and appreciated the quiet atmosphere and stunning stargazing opportunities. While some sites experienced noise from fellow campers and limited bathroom availability, overall feedback highlights the campground as a fantastic spot within Yosemite, ideal for a peaceful camping experience.
Review Summary
Michael C
VerifiedAugust 15, 2021 • Stayed at: 101, Loop: C
Bridalveil Creek Campground is an ideal location for accessing hikes along Glacier Pointt Rd. (such as the Sentinel Dome and Taft Point hikes), as well as for visiting Glacier Point at night to view the night sky (about a 15 minute drive). The campground is much quieter than the Pines Campgrounds in the Valley and is less smoky and crowded. One advantage is you can gather fallen twigs, branches, etc., from the surrounding area to use in a campfire. This can;t be done in the Valley. Also, there are no restrictions on campfire hours as there are in the Valley campgrounds.
The new reservation system makes it more convenient to get a campsite without having the uncertainty of whether one can get a first come first served site as was done before.
The campsite can be opened even more, as there is sufficient space between sites so there is no risk of COVID exposure. We saw many empty campsites--whether from no-shows or limited capacity, and we think more campsites should have been opened. The trick to getting a campsite in summer, when all sites are fully booked, is to check the recreation.gov site the week you are planning to visit. There will be cancellations and that is your best chance to get a campsite.
Be aware the campground gets VERY COLD at night and you can expect temperatures in the 40s in the middle of summer, so you should have a warm sleeping bag and outerwear.
It is about a 45 minute drive down the Yosemite Valley so it will take extra time to get to Valley activities.
Also be aware that Glacier Point Road is scheduled to be closed for construction in 2022, so you won;t be able to drive there in 2022, and I suspect the campground will also be closed.
William W
VerifiedAugust 15, 2021 • Stayed at: 094, Loop: C
I could not imagine a better place to stay at Yosemite in the summer. My family of six loved it!
Jae Sin K
VerifiedAugust 13, 2021 • Stayed at: 045, Loop: B
Last minute add on trip. Great experience. So happy that they had open camp sites.
Jae Sin K
VerifiedAugust 13, 2021 • Stayed at: 045, Loop: B
Last minute add on trip. Great experience. So happy that they had open camp sites.
Steven H
VerifiedAugust 12, 2021 • Stayed at: 009, Loop: A
Great place. Understand it will close next year for upgrades. The traffic and people control on the valley floor is another story. You need one large parking garage at the entrance and bus every one in. Only exceptions is RV going straight to site or back out.
Steven H
VerifiedAugust 12, 2021 • Stayed at: 009, Loop: A
Great place. Understand it will close next year for upgrades. The traffic and people control on the valley floor is another story. You need one large parking garage at the entrance and bus every one in. Only exceptions is RV going straight to site or back out.
John T
VerifiedAugust 9, 2021 • Stayed at: 027, Loop: A
Beautiful views, peaceful, rocks were great for kids! Easy to set up and pack up!! Glacier point, sentinel dome were near by and fun!
John T
VerifiedAugust 9, 2021 • Stayed at: 027, Loop: A
Beautiful views, peaceful, rocks were great for kids! Easy to set up and pack up!! Glacier point, sentinel dome were near by and fun!
Erin F
VerifiedAugust 5, 2021 • Stayed at: 074, Loop: C
Camp Hosts were kind and wonderful. We had an issue where we left our site for about 2 hours and when we came back someone else had parked at our site (even though our entire site was already set up). One of the camp hosts tried to figure out of anyone at a diff site had parked there mistakenly, but it was all kind of suspicious since the vehicle didn't have any sort of registration or reservation info on their dash. Host ended up calling in the vehicle/plates to Park Rangers, even though a few hours later the owners moved their car. Was in site 74, fits a large tent, tent pad is on a slight hill, we ended up setting up near the driveway. There is also no sink to wash dishes. Would definitely stay here again.
Erin F
VerifiedAugust 5, 2021 • Stayed at: 074, Loop: C
Camp Hosts were kind and wonderful. We had an issue where we left our site for about 2 hours and when we came back someone else had parked at our site (even though our entire site was already set up). One of the camp hosts tried to figure out of anyone at a diff site had parked there mistakenly, but it was all kind of suspicious since the vehicle didn't have any sort of registration or reservation info on their dash. Host ended up calling in the vehicle/plates to Park Rangers, even though a few hours later the owners moved their car. Was in site 74, fits a large tent, tent pad is on a slight hill, we ended up setting up near the driveway. There is also no sink to wash dishes. Would definitely stay here again.
Location & Directions for Bridalveil Creek Campground
Po Box 577, Yosemite National Park, CA 95389 United States
Elevation: 2,130 ft
Getting There
Take Highway 41 north from Fresno, Highway 140 east from Merced, or Highway 120 east from Manteca into Yosemite National Park. Follow signs to Glacier Point Road (located off Highway 41). The campground is located 9 mi up the Glacier Point Road, a...
Take Highway 41 north from Fresno, Highway 140 east from Merced, or Highway 120 east from Manteca into Yosemite National Park. Follow signs to Glacier Point Road (located off Highway 41). The campground is located 9 mi up the Glacier Point Road, and 26 mi from Yosemite Valley.
Policies & Rules
Arrival & departure
- Ensure you read site alerts and book an appropriate site for your equipment.
- Notify the park if you're arriving late to avoid cancellation of your reservation.
- Contact park services for further information via phone or website.
Cancellation policy
- Reservation fees are non-refundable. For campsites, cabins, lookouts, yurts, group sites, and similar stays, we charge a reservation service fee of $8.
- Standard cancellations usually have a $10 cancellation fee. Customers can generally cancel before the check-in date online.
- Late cancellation rules differ by stay type.
- Individual campsites: cancelling after 12:00am local time the day before arrival usually means a $10 cancellation fee plus forfeiting the first night's fee.
- Cabins, lookouts, and yurts: cancelling less than 14 days before arrival usually means a $10 cancellation fee plus forfeiting the first night's fee.
- One-night reservations: a late cancellation usually forfeits the full amount paid, up to the total original reservation cost.
- Modifications are allowed before the cut-off window, but fees depend on the change. Changing to dates completely outside the original reservation dates may trigger a $10 change fee. Extending or shortening a stay that still includes original dates usually has no change fee, though refunds may depend on timing and facility rules. Switching to the same type of campsite for the same dates usually has no change fee, but price differences are charged or refunded.
- Early departures may or may not be refunded. At certain facilities, partial refunds may be possible if staff can mark the site available for other visitors. No refund is given for a night if the early departure is requested after that day's check-out time.
- Security deposits are separate. Security deposits may be refunded to the original payment method if the facility is left in acceptable condition, as determined by the property.
Wildlife & food storage
- Store food and toiletries properly to avoid attracting wildlife; use provided lockers and dispose of waste in bear-proof dumpsters.
Site types & loops
- Horse camp sites are for visitors with horses only; arriving without a horse will result in cancellation.
- Review the 'Need to Know' section for important horse camp rules and regulations.
Utilities
- Potable water is available at designated dump stations near Wawona Campground and Yosemite Valley.
Fires & fuel
- Obtain firewood locally and do not move it to prevent pest spread; it's illegal in some states.
Safety & rules
- Contribute to Yosemite's Zero Landfill initiative by minimizing waste and using reusable containers.
Cancellation policy
- Do not resell or auction your camping reservations.
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Last updated: October 20, 2026
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