Hodgdon Meadow Campground

Campground is way too small for the number of sites that exist. The sites are either less than three feet from each other or are stacked front to back from the road with no clear walkway. For most of them, it's not clear where one site ends and another begins, so people spread way beyond their immediate area which also leads to people walking every which way through sites that they aren't staying in. In addition, almost none of the sites have level spots so you're sleeping on an incline of some sort.

The bathrooms are way too limited to accommodate the number of people in the campground, leading to long lines and unsanitary bathroom conditions. Most unmaintained, pit toilets are cleaner than what these bathrooms ended up being partway through the weekend.

Nice campsite. Hard to find level ground to set up the tent. Bathrooms were clean and close.

Campground is a little out of the way as far as Yosemite Valley is concerned. It’s about a 35 minute drive to the valley. However, the campground is wonderful. Clean restrooms and drinking water available. Spaces, while close in proximity, still have plenty of room. We had our camper, vehicle, chairs around the fire ring, the picnic table and a couple of hammocks hanging and still had some space left. Food storage boxes were large. We stored two medium sized coolers along with two 18 quart food totes and still had additional space to put toiletries and any other items that needed to go in. Showers are only available in the valley, so plan your days accordingly. We started our day packing a lunch & snacks, then heading to the valley to shower and continued with the day’s activities before returning to the campground in the evening. Campground was exceptionally quiet at night. If towing a large or heavy camper, I’d recommend coming and going through the El Portal entrance to the park. It’s a few more miles (and you’re going to have elevation climbs and drops regardless of your route), but the west entrance through Groveland can be a little unnerving. The valley campgrounds seemed to be pretty “busy” when we ventured that way. Hodgdon, on the other hand, was full but pretty laid back. Only downside is the distance from the valley and showers. But if you plan accordingly, it’s a wonderful place to stay!

It’s a very good campsite. A little bit of a drive to the valley, about 45 minutes to curry village. It is a bit cramped there but overall the other campers were respectful but it’s inevitable that they need to walk through your site to get to the facilities.

I wish two changes. They need a better water spigot to fill watter jugs. The one above the gray waste sink is too high to fill water jugs.

Second have assigned parking spots for each walk in site. 1 spot per camp. Those with two cars, the second car can park further away in a not assigned spot.

Clean dog-friendly sites. Super friendly rangers. Flush toilets and clean bathrooms. Would return, zero hesitation :)

We enjoyed our stay but the campsite was very basic. There are 2 washrooms that have water for drinking in one space with a sink for waste water. It was a lot of work to tote water back and forth to the bathroom when there was no direct route from our campsite to the bathroom. To dump the water from our trailer would require a 1 hour drive to the Upper Pines campground in the Yosemite Valley.

Most of the sites in Yosemite are closest to the Upper and Lower Pines campground. We couldn't get a campsite at either of these sites on the first day of the registration process.

So nice to be able to find camping in Yosemite close (30min) to the valley and hiking! We camped in a hike-in spot. The trails around the campground to the campsites and the bathrooms are not clearly marked with just dirt and pine needles everywhere. It was extremely difficult to find your way around the campground at night with a headlamp. Felt so bad for all of our neighbors when we accidentally walked through their campsites trying to find our own and the bathroom.

Quietness but site leveling to be improved.

Very nice site! Close to bathroom and clean!