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
Karrey R
VerifiedSeptember 26, 2024 • Stayed at: 441, Loop: 4
Crane Flat
The parking was poorly planned. It was have been so easy to level the parking. The campground was half full yet stated it was full. So no movement to any campgrounds in the park because they are all FULL, haha. No one can change their reservations while in the park (no service) and the forest management team can’t do a thing about it. Too bad, so many missed opportunities.
I wish that we chose another campground because crane flat is so far from the recreation sites.
Ilya O
VerifiedSeptember 26, 2024 • Stayed at: 122, Loop: 1
30 min drive to the valley. Very quiet and inspiring. Our site was not flat though.
Jacqueline R
VerifiedSeptember 24, 2024 • Stayed at: 426, Loop: 4
We set a recreation.gov alert for campsites in Yosemite and this one came in about a week before our trip. We were happily surprised that they allow you to burn wood found in the campground! (As of September 2024) It saved our trip because we could cook food over the fire. The spot across the bathrooms is especially nice.
Jacqueline R
VerifiedSeptember 24, 2024 • Stayed at: 426, Loop: 4
We set a recreation.gov alert for campsites in Yosemite and this one came in about a week before our trip. We were happily surprised that they allow you to burn wood found in the campground! (As of September 2024) It saved our trip because we could cook food over the fire. The spot across the bathrooms is especially nice.
Tyler E
VerifiedSeptember 23, 2024 • Stayed at: 306, Loop: 3
My wife and I enjoyed staying at this campground. It is much more private than the campgrounds in the Valley, and site 306 was perfect. Planning to stay here again the next time I am in Yosemite.
Timothy M
VerifiedSeptember 23, 2024 • Stayed at: 523, Loop: 5
I felt very fortunate to have secured a campsite in Yosemite this month. The park was incredible, and my son and I had a terrific experience. That said, the campground fell short of my expectation. The facilities (toilet, mainly) was dirty with overflowing urinals that were unusable.
Tyler E
VerifiedSeptember 23, 2024 • Stayed at: 306, Loop: 3
My wife and I enjoyed staying at this campground. It is much more private than the campgrounds in the Valley, and site 306 was perfect. Planning to stay here again the next time I am in Yosemite.
Timothy M
VerifiedSeptember 23, 2024 • Stayed at: 523, Loop: 5
I felt very fortunate to have secured a campsite in Yosemite this month. The park was incredible, and my son and I had a terrific experience. That said, the campground fell short of my expectation. The facilities (toilet, mainly) was dirty with overflowing urinals that were unusable.
Robert S
VerifiedSeptember 22, 2024 • Stayed at: 112, Loop: 1
A nice quiet space in a beautiful forest. Not too hectic after Labor Day although difficult to get a spot.
Robert S
VerifiedSeptember 22, 2024 • Stayed at: 112, Loop: 1
A nice quiet space in a beautiful forest. Not too hectic after Labor Day although difficult to get a spot.
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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