North Pines Campground

Site 526 is lovely. We were lucky enough to get it for almost a week at the end of June. It is huge, and is on the riverbank, and doesn't have anybody directly to the left. There's a random clearing to the left of the site where campers can access the river.

However, our actual experience in this campsite was a disappointment. Our tent was tucked back in the trees, maybe 25 ft away from the road. But on the first morning we woke up to screams and running footsteps about a foot from our head. The entirety of our stay children were running through our campsite, between our tent and picnic table even after repeatedly asking them to take the road rather than run right next to us in our campsite. Random adults wandered through our site, between our tents, next to our picnic table as we were trying to eat.

I'm not sure if this was an anomaly to our specific visit, or if this is because the site itself is one of the largest in the campground and so people feel free to roam through it. But it made for an upsetting and stressful visit. I recognize that there is a lack of privacy inherent in camping, to have people running and screaming and wandering through our personal space 24/7 dulled the experience.

The campground rules also state that there is a max of six people per site, but this is not enforced whatsoever as there were at least 12 bikes at the campsite next to us with an RV and two tents.

Overall, the campsite itself was excellent. And the campground was in close proximity to Yosemite Valley. But I don't think I would tent camp at this site again if this is a common experience for this particular campsite. An RV wouldn't be as impacted by the lack of etiquette. I also noted that other campsites in North Pines didn't seem to have this problem.

So, overall campsite looks great. Experience our particular week was not so great.

We had a great visit, love Yosemite. The volunteers staying onsite were lovely.
Thank you hope we get to return again soon

Campsite was great, but campers next to me parked on their site but set up their tents on our site. Also found out the hard way that because of road construction in the valley, campers in the valley had to walk 2-5 mi each time they wanted to go somewhere using the shuttle bus

Thank you! We had a FANTASTIC time as a family camping. The camp hosts were extremely helpful.

Good spot to start the JMT!

We loved how centrally located the campground is with ease of access to the trails, biking paths, Curry Village, etc. We especially enjoyed the access to the river to cool off in the hot afternoons.

I love Yosemite and camping at Yosemite. This is a very crowded campground (many spots with way too many people) but the location is great and it was the only campground I could get a spot in

Clean bathrooms, lots of locking bear boxes, quiet by 10pm.

Our stay at North Pines was truly magical! Our favorite national park so far and our campsite near the river exceeded our expectations. We cannot wait to return. Loved every minute of our 4-night stay. Wish we could have stayed longer. Highly recommend bringing bikes to easily get around the park. We were able to use generator during mealtimes which was helpful. Thankful for the dump and refill station nearby. That came in handy with no hook ups. Thank you for a wonderful and memorable stay!