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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
Clay C
VerifiedSeptember 13, 2024 • Stayed at: 219, Loop: North Pines
Bring your bicycle! You can travel the valley on dedicated bike paths, away from traffic. Great river for cooling off. Perfect location for exploring the valley. Camping below Half Dome, every view is a "postcard"!
Andrew U
VerifiedSeptember 12, 2024 • Stayed at: 207, Loop: North Pines
Great weather, great Ranger walks each day. Take advantage to the broad knowledge of the Park Service.
Joe H
VerifiedSeptember 12, 2024 • Stayed at: 517, Loop: North Pines
Riverside campsites are great, as are those view Half Dome view.
Doug M
September 10, 2024
A group of 6 in one tent drank and made excessive noise way after dark. Finally the camp host and then a ranger? shut them up for the night. Not sure how/why they made the backpacker campground. Other than that problem, it was convenient, affordable and the option to stay there before starting a 21-day hike was appreciated.
Daleen F
VerifiedSeptember 9, 2024 • Stayed at: 135, Loop: North Pines
We were fortunate to win the North Pines lottery and secured a spot here for Labor Day weekend. We had site 135, which was an odd site located on a corner where three separate sites converged into a space the size of what felt like a single spot. This corner area would be great for a family wanting to spend the weekend together, but would probably not be preferred by someone looking for a quiet, private time at their campsite. There are other areas in the campground that offer a little more space.
Matthew C
VerifiedSeptember 8, 2024 • Stayed at: 132, Loop: North Pines
Not even worth a review it was so bad!!!
Janine W
VerifiedSeptember 8, 2024 • Stayed at: 134, Loop: North Pines
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ROBIN O
VerifiedSeptember 6, 2024 • Stayed at: 109, Loop: North Pines
Great time! Our view from our picnic table was Half Dome…amazing! Take a bike or walk through the meadow to Curry Village!
Chris G
September 4, 2024
The backpacker's camp in Yosemite Valley is a great entry/exit point for backpacking. I met a lot of great people there who had interesting stories about where they were headed. It can get busy on Holiday weekends. I was there Friday of Labor Day weekend. A big party of hikers arrived at around 10pm right outside my tent, which made it challenging to try to sleep while they set up. Once the noise died down, it was fine. The camp is a great resource.
Charles O
September 4, 2024
A great offering and cheep lodging to have before a back packing trip.
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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