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2026 Season availability
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Pet friendly
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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
allina l
VerifiedMay 31, 2026 • Stayed at: 313, Loop: North Pines
We stayed here as a family for 5 nights and it is an amazing location. The bathrooms are kept clean and there are a lot of trails close by. We really enjoyed our stay and would definitely camp here again. All of the rangers were extremely friendly and helpful. It is gorgeous to be near the river and see Yosemite falls from there.
Kimberly M
VerifiedJune 1, 2026 • Stayed at: 500, Loop: North Pines
Site 500 was a perfect spot to camp for our memorial day weekend! Despite other reviews claiming the site wasn't fit for tent camping, our group of 6 was able to fit 3 tents between the parking slab and the area available around the fire pit and picnic table with plenty of room to spare. Only downside is that there wasn't shade from morning until around 2pm but otherwise we loved camping there.
Pamela K
VerifiedJune 1, 2026 • Stayed at: 503, Loop: North Pines
Always lovely to camp here! Shoutout to the staff as well.
Eden T
June 1, 2026
The backpackers camp is of course not the cleanest one but the one by the campground was clean and they have water filling station!
cindy s
VerifiedJune 3, 2026 • Stayed at: 312, Loop: North Pines
Super frustrated with the reservation system. Especially after listening to podcast
The US Built a Site to Ensure Fair Access to Public Lands. Then Everything Went Wrong
and NPR report . I was one of the poeple on when all sites filled in 1 miunute, then I got cancellations but had to move everyday and everytime we moved there were at least 7 to 10 empty sites. Once we moved from a the site, that sat empty for the next two days. Your system is corrupt and super unfair I
Ankur A
VerifiedJune 3, 2026 • Stayed at: 203, Loop: North Pines
Amazing stay, very helpful and friendly staff!
Ankur A
VerifiedJune 3, 2026 • Stayed at: 323, Loop: North Pines
My stay there was great. Friendly and helpful staff. Thank you!
Ashley P
VerifiedJune 5, 2026 • Stayed at: 129, Loop: North Pines
Absolutely stunning campsite! The staff are amazing here! I absolutely adore our national parks and public lands 🩷
lynn k
VerifiedJune 5, 2026 • Stayed at: 316, Loop: North Pines
Clean.
Amy O
VerifiedJune 6, 2026 • Stayed at: 131, Loop: North Pines
Some of the sites are close together and one night we could hear our neighbor snoring, but the location can’t be beat! The bathrooms were clean and people were really friendly.
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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