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2026 Season availability
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- Pet friendly
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Reviews (749)
What Guests Are Saying
North Pines Campground in Yosemite offers a beautiful setting with convenient access to the Merced River and well-maintained facilities. Campers appreciate the friendly and helpful staff, as well as the proximity to hiking trails and shuttle services. While sites can be close together and may lack privacy, many visitors find the overall experience rewarding and worth the trade-offs, highlighting the campground as a great option for families and friends.
What Guests Are Saying
North Pines Campground in Yosemite offers a beautiful setting with convenient access to the Merced River and well-maintained facilities. Campers appreciate the friendly and helpful staff, as well as the proximity to hiking trails and shuttle services. While sites can be close together and may lack privacy, many visitors find the overall experience rewarding and worth the trade-offs, highlighting the campground as a great option for families and friends.
Review Summary
Hannes G
September 21, 2023
The only option was to pay online with the recreation.gov app. But it declined our two credit cards and the creditcards of the other hikers two. So the app didn’t work. Paying cash was online possible after long discusen with the ranger
mike s
VerifiedSeptember 22, 2023 • Stayed at: 310, Loop: North Pines
Horrible smoke every evening from campfires burning despite temps that did not necessitate such fires. Campfires should be banned during summer months.
Catarina M
VerifiedSeptember 22, 2023 • Stayed at: 111, Loop: North Pines
There's no place like Yosemite!
Krista P
September 24, 2023
Nice, spacious, clean, and the camp host at backpacker’s campground was so kind and cheerful!
Graham M
VerifiedSeptember 24, 2023 • Stayed at: 502, Loop: North Pines
The bathrooms definitely could use updating and regular cleaning. I have been to many CA state campgrounds where the facilities were in far better condition. I'm not sure what's up with the NPS but the condition of the bathrooms, in general, are unacceptable (spoken as a taxpayer). Otherwise the campground location itself is, of course, amazing...being located in Yosemite Valley.
Quentin M
VerifiedSeptember 25, 2023 • Stayed at: 314, Loop: North Pines
Perfection, clean and calm, we'd love to come back.
Elmer E
VerifiedSeptember 26, 2023 • Stayed at: 201, Loop: North Pines
Camp site was very nice and near a restroom. Was clean when we arrived.
Sandi K
VerifiedSeptember 28, 2023 • Stayed at: 214, Loop: North Pines
Campground and Hosts were great.
Who ever is in charge of the busses, that's another story.
No busses to Glacier Point, and they don't understand why there is no parking.
Couldn't hike from Glacier down to valley due to no transportation to Glacier Point.
No busses for New Moon Starry Nights at Glacier Point. Very disappointing.
No valley floor tourist trams at night to view El Capitain or evening stars.
I was told the Rangers don't want to work late... then find someone who does.
SO VERY DISAPPOINTING. THIS IS A PUBLIC NATIONAL PARK, STOP GOING AFTER PROFIT FOR CEO'S OF COMPANY RUNNING THE PROGRAMS!!!!!
Elmer B
VerifiedOctober 1, 2023 • Stayed at: 507, Loop: North Pines
This is our 3rd time camping in this campground. they kept the restroom clean everyday. It was a good experience specially with our 1st timer friends that came wit us.
andrew e
VerifiedOctober 1, 2023 • Stayed at: 303, Loop: North Pines
Excellent
Location & Directions for North Pines Campground
9024 Southside Drive, Yosemite National Park, CA 95389 United States
Elevation: 1,215 ft
Getting There
Take Highway 41 north from Fresno, Highway 140 east from Merced, or Highway 120 east from Manteca into Yosemite National Park. Follow signs to Yosemite Valley and the campgrounds.
Highway access
North Pines Campground is accessible via Highway 41 to the south, Highway 140 to the west, and Highway 120 to the southwest, all leading into Yosemite National Park.
Policies & Rules
General
- You are responsible for reading the site alerts and booking a site that will accommodate your equipment.
- If arriving one or more days late, call (209) 372-8502; your reservation will be cancelled if we do not hear from you within 24 hours of your arrival date.
- You must check-in at the campground kiosk upon arrival. After-hours arrivals must sign-in and return to the kiosk to complete check-in the following morning or your reservation may be cancelled.
- Bears and other wildlife live here! Food and toiletries must be properly stored 24 hours/day.Food storage lockers are provided in all campsites and measure 43 inches wide, 28 inches high and 35 inches deep.Absolutely no food stored in vehicles.Dispose of garbage immediately in bear-proof dumpsters.
- There are no electric, water or sewer hook-ups available at individual campsites, although a free dump station and drinking water are located nearby at Upper Pines.
- Road conditions can change at any time; before arrival, please call (209) 372-0200 for road and weather conditions inside Yosemite, and 1-800-427-ROAD for conditions outside the park.
- For additional park information, call (209) 372-0200 or visit www.nps.gov/yose
- 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 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
- Resale or auction of advance reservations is prohibited.
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Last updated: October 20, 2026
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