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
Shannon G
VerifiedJanuary 15, 2020 • Stayed at: 227-Double, Loop: 2
Crane flat was amazing! Great location for hiking north dome, clean bathrooms, and spacious campsites. 228 was especially nice as it is surrounded by boulders. Would definitely go back!
Steve S
VerifiedJanuary 15, 2020 • Stayed at: 225, Loop: 2
We stayed at campsite 225 mid August which was 1st one on loop so had lots of people stop and ask us questions (which was okay). They thought I was the campground host. Was near the restrooms which were kept pretty clean but not enough shade for our tent.
Not too bad a drive to Yosemite Valley and a visit to historic Foresta to the right on the way is a must to see old barns, etc. Since Crane Flat is right at the corner of Tioga Pass, we spent a day driving that road and seeing Tenaya Lake and beyond to the Visitor's Center.
We enjoyed astronomy night on the hill at the helicopter pad. Could even see the valley lights of Fresno and Modesto, etc from the old fire tower.
Cristina A
VerifiedJanuary 15, 2020 • Stayed at: 227-Double, Loop: 2
We liked Crane Flate very much: it's a quiet campground and our site was at the edge of the wood, it looked like we were into the wild and we had deers visit us. Restrooms are few and generally far away, especially from certain sites, and there's no showers (the only pubblic showers are in the Curry Village).
The location is not the best one because is far away from the main attractions but this is also the reason for quietness in the campground. In any case, Yosemite Village is a 20-30 min of car and the Tioga Pass Road starts just a few meters from the exit of the campground.
Lisa R
VerifiedJanuary 15, 2020 • Stayed at: 120, Loop: 1
We enjoyed camping at Crane Flat. A lot less cramped than the campgrounds in the Valley.
LUIS Z
VerifiedJanuary 15, 2020 • Stayed at: 113, Loop: 1
Exelente place for camping and highking
Yann V
VerifiedJanuary 15, 2020 • Stayed at: 409, Loop: 4
Nice place to stay with big place for tent. Not so far to the entry of the park.
Ragene B
VerifiedJanuary 15, 2020 • Stayed at: 521, Loop: 5
Nice campground friendly staff. Did not seem overcrowded and was pleased about that.
ASWINRICHARD P
VerifiedJanuary 15, 2020 • Stayed at: 441, Loop: 4
It was a pleasant experience checking in. There is a gas station and groceries near by.
DYLAN N
VerifiedJanuary 15, 2020 • Stayed at: 203, Loop: 2
Great compromise of privacy and location to big sur
Rachel P
VerifiedJanuary 15, 2020 • Stayed at: 412, Loop: 4
This is not the most beautiful campground. Our site was on a fairly steep slope so there was no good place to pitch a tent. There was hardly a parking spot at our site too, so our car was parked precariously on the edge of the road at an uncomfortably steep angle. However, if you can't find camping in the valley this location is good because you can easily access it and also access everything off of Tioga Pass road.
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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