About Crane Flat Campground
Number of accommodations: 148
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2026 Season availability
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- Potable Water
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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
Krysta H
January 16, 2020
We reserved multiple sites, I even called in to make sure they were nice sites that would accommodate all our guests. Luckily many people ended up not going, between the two sites that were next to each other we could barely fit 3 tents because they were on steep hills! My cousins ADA trailer site was flat and nice so we ended up hanging there majority of the time.
Mathew C
VerifiedJanuary 16, 2020 • Stayed at: 401, Loop: 4
Very quiet and out of the busy village.
Kenny C
VerifiedJanuary 16, 2020 • Stayed at: 207, Loop: 2
Car camped at Crane Flats for a day. Nice campground. Well maintained. Wasn't able to stay longer since all spots were already reserved for the dates I was visiting Yosemite. It was one of the few campgrounds where flush toilets and running water were still available after the wet winter/deep snowpack filled the septic tanks.
Marina C
VerifiedJanuary 16, 2020 • Stayed at: 509, Loop: 5
Camping at crane Flat has been a very good experience, close to Yosemite, quiet and calm.
David A
VerifiedJanuary 16, 2020 • Stayed at: 216, Loop: 2
Not a level site but with 5 solo tents it worked
Matthieu C
January 16, 2020
the whole park is awesome, this camp is close by and nicely made
Dan B
VerifiedJanuary 16, 2020 • Stayed at: 224-Double, Loop: 2
This location is pretty great especially if coming in towards the valley from the west. Very quiet, we found a great spot between a bunch of boulders towards the back of the loop. It was great!
Rosamond K
VerifiedJanuary 16, 2020 • Stayed at: 104, Loop: 1
The most memorable part was the guy who woke up the entire campground at 4:30am by shockingly loudly blowing up the bathroom. To that guy: we all sincerely hope you're okay and that you were able to enjoy the rest of your visit to Yosemite. :)
To everyone else, this campground was peaceful and clean, no bears that night, often patrolled by staff or rangers, was an overall great stay! All four of us hammock camped in the trees at our site, and there was room for more hammocks easily. This campground is a great spot to stay kind of in between Tuolumne Meadows and the Valley—a great middle ground. 10/10
Patrick G
VerifiedJanuary 16, 2020 • Stayed at: 107-Double, Loop: 1
A gorgeous place to camp. Quieter than the valley, lots of space, beautiful boulders that separate many of the campsites. It’s an easy drive (about 15 min) down to the valley with incredible views the whole way. We will happily choose this campground again.
Anton B
VerifiedJanuary 16, 2020 • Stayed at: 514, Loop: 5
Beautiful spot to spend a night at. Noticed no issues with on-site infrastructure. The only thing to keep in mind is that it is kinda far from the valley village, and the road is also quite steep. Allocate time with a good margin if you're coming to the park from the south.
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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Last updated: June 5, 2026
