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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
Piper G
May 18, 2026
Other than the mosquitos having it out for us, the campsite is great! The restrooms were clean, each site had a bear locker, and the registry was easily accessible. And of course, the views were extraordinary!
Sharon U
VerifiedMay 19, 2026 • Stayed at: 404, Loop: North Pines
Many camp sites are poorly maintained with knee high weeds. So glad we didn’t have one of these.
Crazy decision to close popular Valley campgrounds for road maintenance at the height of the season instead of scheduling it at a less busy time in the late summer or fall. It is difficult enough to get a camp site as it is. Otherwise everything was fine. Camp hosts were great.
Rick B
VerifiedMay 19, 2026 • Stayed at: 320, Loop: North Pines
We had a great view from our campsite. Everyone was so friendly!
Emilie S
VerifiedMay 20, 2026 • Stayed at: 314, Loop: North Pines
Amazing place. The camp sites are a little close together but the views are spectacular! The shuttle stop is close and the volunteer at the kiosk gave us all kinds of valuable information.
Howard H
VerifiedMay 21, 2026 • Stayed at: 509, Loop: North Pines
1. There should be a registered guest only bypass lane at the main Campground gate. There is currently plenty of room for it. At North Pines.
2. Most important issue, People need to learn how to make campfires that don't excessively smoke for long periods of time. People please burn smaller pieces of wood and not large unsplit ones that smoke for hours and never completely burn up. We were in the southwest part of the campground and for two out of three nights it was miserably Smokey after 5:30 p.m.
3. Many of the generators are annoying and produce obnoxious smells and unhealthy fumes.
Nancy S
VerifiedMay 21, 2026 • Stayed at: 310, Loop: North Pines
Great location. Close access to the river which felt so good after long days of hiking. Bear lockers are fairly spacious, we fit both our large sized coolers and quite a bit more stuff. Cons are small lots, pretty cramped and close to other campers. Squirrels and mosquitoes were out and about as well.
Susan R
VerifiedMay 22, 2026 • Stayed at: 517, Loop: North Pines
We had a great stay at North Pines. We have a 29 ft class A and really had no problem fitting into our space. Visit Glacier Point; it’s worth the drive
Huei-Jun H
May 22, 2026
I stayed at the Backpacker's Campground behind North Pine Campground the night before my backpacking trip. The Campground was kept well and both restroom were clean. Easy to fill water at North Pine. Nice walk to Mirror lake.
Anna F
VerifiedMay 22, 2026 • Stayed at: 524, Loop: North Pines
Very clean, quiet, and beautiful.
Camryn M
May 25, 2026
Perfect location for backpackers to camp before and after a 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.
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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