About Crane Flat Campground
Number of accommodations: 148
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2026 Season availability
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Reviews (968)
What Guests Are Saying
Crane Flat Campground offers a quiet and peaceful setting with well-maintained sites and friendly staff, making it a great base for exploring Yosemite National Park. Many guests appreciated the campground's remote location, clean facilities, and the opportunity to enjoy nature, with some even spotting deer nearby. While some noted issues with site size and air quality due to campfires, overall experiences were positive, highlighting the beauty and tranquility of the area.
What Guests Are Saying
Crane Flat Campground offers a quiet and peaceful setting with well-maintained sites and friendly staff, making it a great base for exploring Yosemite National Park. Many guests appreciated the campground's remote location, clean facilities, and the opportunity to enjoy nature, with some even spotting deer nearby. While some noted issues with site size and air quality due to campfires, overall experiences were positive, highlighting the beauty and tranquility of the area.
Review Summary
Lidia B
VerifiedAugust 25, 2025 • Stayed at: 305, Loop: 3
It was so nice to find a place to stay inside the park, with dates matching our Half Dome permit, on short notice! 🙌🏽🙌🏽. Our campground was perfect with a short drive to the valley floor. We would absolutely stay here again!
Breanna D
VerifiedAugust 25, 2025 • Stayed at: 422, Loop: 4
the campground was super clean, quiet, and a perfect stay for our fury! thank you
Breanna D
VerifiedAugust 25, 2025 • Stayed at: 422, Loop: 4
the campground was super clean, quiet, and a perfect stay for our fury! thank you
Lidia B
VerifiedAugust 25, 2025 • Stayed at: 305, Loop: 3
It was so nice to find a place to stay inside the park, with dates matching our Half Dome permit, on short notice! 🙌🏽🙌🏽. Our campground was perfect with a short drive to the valley floor. We would absolutely stay here again!
Erika C
VerifiedAugust 25, 2025 • Stayed at: 400, Loop: 4
Crane Flat campground is a great place from which to plan your days at Yosemite. We had the opportunity to enjoy one of the events at the amphitheater, and the ranger was very knowledgeable. It was a great talk, and we learned a lot. During our stay, two different camp hosts were in charge of the campground, and both were really great.
Bears are nearby, so keep all the food, toothpaste, etc., in the bear boxes at all times. Please don't leave anything in your car; it will be a problem for the bears. Even if you are going for a short walk to the bathrooms, check to verify that nothing is unsupervised.
The drive to the campground is beautiful. Please note that the nearby store closes at 5:00 pm. Bathrooms were always clean.
Jason F
VerifiedAugust 25, 2025 • Stayed at: 210, Loop: 2
When I arrived, someone was in my site and the camp hosts were off duty for the evening so I was left without a campsite.
Brianna H
VerifiedAugust 24, 2025 • Stayed at: 301-Double, Loop: 3
The campground is beautiful and the sites are really well sized! Bathroom was very clean. The only downside was that we had some very loud neighbors.
Brianna H
VerifiedAugust 24, 2025 • Stayed at: 301-Double, Loop: 3
The campground is beautiful and the sites are really well sized! Bathroom was very clean. The only downside was that we had some very loud neighbors.
Nancy L
VerifiedAugust 21, 2025 • Stayed at: 208, Loop: 2
A great alternative to camping in the Valley. We loved it! Beautiful and spacious! Highly recommend!
Nancy L
VerifiedAugust 21, 2025 • Stayed at: 208, Loop: 2
A great alternative to camping in the Valley. We loved it! Beautiful and spacious! Highly recommend!
Location Crane Flat Campground
Address:
Po Box 577
Yosemite National Park, CA, 95389
United States
Take Highway 41 north from Fresno, Highway 140 east from Merced, or Highway 120 east from Manteca into Yosemite National Park. Crane Flat Campground is located 8 miles from the Big Oak Flat Entrance Station (Hwy 120 from the west), and is 17 miles (30 minutes) northwest of Yosemite Valley.
Crane Flat Campground is accessible via Highway 120, which is 8 miles from the Big Oak Flat Entrance Station to Yosemite National Park.
Latitude & Longitude: 37.7639 / -119.844
Elevation: 1783 feet
Policies & Rules
General
- You are responsible for reading the site alerts and booking a site that will accommodate your equipment. The campground has had a complete overhaul and every site has changed.
- If arriving one or more days late, call (209) 379-2123; your reservation will be cancelled if we do not hear from you within 24 hours of your arrival date.
- Bring proof of your reservation (screen shot or paper version). There is no internet access, cell service or public phone at Crane Flat.You must sign in at the entrance of the campground or you will be considered a no show and your reservation cancelled.Make your site look occupied--leave a chair or other equipment so we know you've arrived.
- Bears and wildlife live here! Food, scented items and toiletries must be stored 24 hours/day. Absolutely NO food stored in vehicles!Food lockers are provided in all campsites and measure 35 inches deep x 43 inches wide x 28 inches high.Dispose of garbage immediately in bear-proof dumpsters or in your locker. Do NOT hang garbage bags in your site!
- No electric, water, or sewer hookups are available at this facility, however, a dump station is located in Yosemite Valley, as are showers.
- Resale or auction of advance reservations is prohibited.
- There is no electricity and therefore, no lights in this campground. Bring a light source!
- For additional park information, call (209)372-0200 or visit www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit
- Don't Move Firewood: Help protect our forests! Prevent the spread of tree-killing pests by obtaining firewood at or near your destination and burning it on-site. Moving firewood is illegal in some states. Visit dontmovefirewood.org to learn more.
- Help Yosemite be a Zero Landfill park! Leave excess packaging at home. Use refillable water & propane bottles, food containers and travel mugs. Place all of your recyclable waste in designated recycling containers. For more information go to: https://www.nps.gov/yose/getinvolved/zlf.htm
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