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
Kristin G
VerifiedJuly 26, 2024 • Stayed at: 110, Loop: 1
Loved this campground. It was a little offset from the extremely touristy parts of the park, I would say about 30 minutes from the destinations and camp store. Right across from the gas station if you needed it. It was very organized as you were greeted at the entrance by campground attendants, and then you checked out in the same spot when you left. The campground itself looked like it was brand new, and the attendant told me it had been closed for a few years for snow and renovations, but the renovations made it look like we were one of the first campers there. The bear boxes and picnic tables seemed brand new. There was also a ton of recently knocked down timber, which they allowed you to pick up firewood from the area, which was different from a lot of campsites we had been to. We were at site 110, which was the corner of the first loop. It was a good site as the right site didnt have a site next to it, just a meadow! It was a little far from the bathrooms and water, but not too bad for not having people to your site. I would also mention that if you are in a sprinter van or plan on sleeping in your car I would really encourage you to have a tent available. The only level places in the whole campground were where you could pitch your tent, and all the parking spots I saw were on a hill. We were sleeping in a tent, but the campsite across from us was a kid in a sprinter van, and even with his blocks was not able to make the van even close to level! We would definitely stay in this campground again and highly recommend.
Holly T
VerifiedJuly 26, 2024 • Stayed at: 535, Loop: 5
We had a great time @ Crane Flat and enjoyed the more peaceful setting outside the Valley. The sight was extremely dusty and we wished we’d had a shovel to move mulch, from the big piles scattered around the campground, to our site. Although there are no showers we just showered in the valley after our hike.
Armon A
VerifiedJuly 26, 2024 • Stayed at: 531, Loop: 5
They really improved the facilities in the past few years! Very quiet at night on a Thursday. Somewhat close to other campers but still good experience. Lots of firewood laying around, just bring a good saw and or axe.
Kristin G
VerifiedJuly 26, 2024 • Stayed at: 110, Loop: 1
Loved this campground. It was a little offset from the extremely touristy parts of the park, I would say about 30 minutes from the destinations and camp store. Right across from the gas station if you needed it. It was very organized as you were greeted at the entrance by campground attendants, and then you checked out in the same spot when you left. The campground itself looked like it was brand new, and the attendant told me it had been closed for a few years for snow and renovations, but the renovations made it look like we were one of the first campers there. The bear boxes and picnic tables seemed brand new. There was also a ton of recently knocked down timber, which they allowed you to pick up firewood from the area, which was different from a lot of campsites we had been to. We were at site 110, which was the corner of the first loop. It was a good site as the right site didnt have a site next to it, just a meadow! It was a little far from the bathrooms and water, but not too bad for not having people to your site. I would also mention that if you are in a sprinter van or plan on sleeping in your car I would really encourage you to have a tent available. The only level places in the whole campground were where you could pitch your tent, and all the parking spots I saw were on a hill. We were sleeping in a tent, but the campsite across from us was a kid in a sprinter van, and even with his blocks was not able to make the van even close to level! We would definitely stay in this campground again and highly recommend.
Holly T
VerifiedJuly 26, 2024 • Stayed at: 535, Loop: 5
We had a great time @ Crane Flat and enjoyed the more peaceful setting outside the Valley. The sight was extremely dusty and we wished we’d had a shovel to move mulch, from the big piles scattered around the campground, to our site. Although there are no showers we just showered in the valley after our hike.
Armon A
VerifiedJuly 26, 2024 • Stayed at: 531, Loop: 5
They really improved the facilities in the past few years! Very quiet at night on a Thursday. Somewhat close to other campers but still good experience. Lots of firewood laying around, just bring a good saw and or axe.
Nate G
VerifiedJuly 24, 2024 • Stayed at: 402, Loop: 4
It is a little crowded, but that's to be expected in Yosemite. The bathrooms were clean, and the trash cans were accessible and not overflowing.
Julie H
VerifiedJuly 24, 2024 • Stayed at: 412, Loop: 4
Well maintained and managed. Bathrooms relatively clean. I didn't see nighttime enforcement of food storage rules; lots of grills, beverage containers, cooking/eating items out late at night.
Hannah H
VerifiedJuly 24, 2024 • Stayed at: 106, Loop: 1
Such a beautiful campground! Such a peaceful area, away from the busier parts of the park. Really appreciate the attentive camp staff. Absolutely will go back!
Nate G
VerifiedJuly 24, 2024 • Stayed at: 402, Loop: 4
It is a little crowded, but that's to be expected in Yosemite. The bathrooms were clean, and the trash cans were accessible and not overflowing.
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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