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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
Ilse V
VerifiedJune 30, 2025 • Stayed at: 308, Loop: North Pines
North Pines is one of my favorite campsites in Yosemite! The rangers are always friendly and willing to support you with any questions. They facilities are also one of the best in the park. I look forward to visit every year!
jenavieve B
VerifiedJuly 2, 2025 • Stayed at: 318, Loop: North Pines
Great campground as always! The rangers were lovely and so helpful. Site 318 was small but nice. Shade in the evening, sunny in the morning. Easy to back into and accessible. There's several close bathrooms that were always clean. Grateful to the park service for facilitating our stay in such a magical place!
Janette K
VerifiedJuly 6, 2025 • Stayed at: 507, Loop: North Pines
Great site, beautiful views, right across from river. Pavement fit pop up camper and SUV
Amy V
VerifiedJuly 6, 2025 • Stayed at: 525, Loop: North Pines
This is a great campground! We've camped ~3 times at Upper Pines but entered the lottery for North Pines. It was very nice. The river was about 50 ft away from our site and there was a view of Yosemite Falls. The bathrooms were clean. The camp manager did a good job of making sure quiet time was enforced around 10pm. We had a really good experience.
Marcus F
VerifiedJuly 7, 2025 • Stayed at: 101, Loop: North Pines
Excellent location for valley hikes -- we walked to the Vernal Falls and the Mirror Lake hikes, and we also walked down to the village area most nights. Site 101 is one of the best sites in the CG. The site was fairly level and wide enough to fit our 27' Class C and Honda CRV toad. This site has none next to it, so your "front yard" is about the size of 3 regular campsites. In addition, the site is riverfront and near the bridge. Since it's right next to the gatehouse, people are actually driving 5 mph or less (unlike what tends to happen away from the eyes of rangers). The nearby bathroom had running cold water but no soap. If I could ever get this sit again, I'd definitely go for it. The sites next to us were much more closely packed.
gina b
VerifiedJuly 7, 2025 • Stayed at: 132, Loop: North Pines
We had the best trip! The cap site was well groomed. The hosts were very nice and helpful. Hopewe will be back next year
Cheryl M
VerifiedJuly 9, 2025 • Stayed at: 217, Loop: North Pines
Campground hosts were informative and friendly.
Fellow campers were friendly and respectful.
Would be really nice if bathrooms had soap dispensers.
Would be really nice if campfires were banned - air quality gets pretty bad.
Dana A
July 10, 2025
Quiet, respectful co-campers in this backpackers campground in the valley.
Ralph G
July 12, 2025
Nice play to stay overnight going to or coming from a hike
Michael L
VerifiedJuly 12, 2025 • Stayed at: 500, Loop: North Pines
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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.
Nearby National Park
In Yosemite National Park
Approximate driving time: 21 min
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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