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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
Morgan B
VerifiedAugust 10, 2026 • Stayed at: 509, Loop: North Pines
Great site location. Close to the river and within easy walking distance of the restrooms, which made for a really convenient stay. The only downside was that the tent pad sits fairly close to neighboring sites, so there’s less privacy than we’d like, and it gets direct morning sun early, so be ready for an earlier than planned wake up. Overall a solid spot if you don’t mind those two tradeoffs.
Darrell F
VerifiedAugust 10, 2026 • Stayed at: 517, Loop: North Pines
Our ranger was freakin' awesome...maybe even the best ever....plus the "Bark Ranger" was super cool too. I would definitely recommend hiking a relatively easy hike...Sentinel Dome....the panoramic view from the top is gorgeous. But since, I'm not really a huge people person...the large quantity of people within the park kind of drove me nuts, as I use the wilderness to get away and reset, but...at least where my son and I went....that is not really possible. But I am sure there are plenty of places in Yosemite that it can happen, we just didn't happen to hit those places.
Elizabeth H
VerifiedAugust 12, 2026 • Stayed at: 504, Loop: North Pines
Brought two of my friends who had never been before, and they had a wonderful time :) We just stayed in the valley and explored the river and meadows to soak up the sights. Cook Meadow has truly the most beautiful view of the Half Dome. Cathedral Beach is beautiful and we spent a lot of time there and at Mirror Lake. If you only have a day or two, just relaxing by or in the water is the best thing in the world.
Campsite was totally great, nabbed a great spot in Upper Pines by the river. Christine who checked us in was so helpful and kind!
Mayla K
VerifiedAugust 12, 2026 • Stayed at: 203, Loop: North Pines
Great campground! Lovely hosts and near Curry Village and the water.
Ken B
VerifiedAugust 12, 2026 • Stayed at: 502, Loop: North Pines
Excellent site. Easy process to reserve.
Facilities were well maintained and fellow campers were respectful.
Campground hosts were spectacular: kind, helpful, generous with instructions and advice.
Randy W
VerifiedAugust 12, 2026 • Stayed at: 132, Loop: North Pines
Beautiful place great campground.
Rosalie L
VerifiedAugust 13, 2026 • Stayed at: 500, Loop: North Pines
Very nicely located campground in Yosemite, nice hikes and great cooling down in the river. However, the firepits are popular so you will be smoked all evening by your neighbors around you! The nice fresh air of the woods is then totally gone :-( We cannot understand that camp fires are allowed in this dry, heatwave, high risk of fire season. And it would be much better for the health of campers to ban the campfires. Do not go to US campgrounds if you are asthmatic!!
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VerifiedAugust 16, 2026 • Stayed at: 119, Loop: North Pines
Great location and bathrooms clean
Ross G
VerifiedAugust 17, 2026 • Stayed at: 522, Loop: North Pines
Great time with friends but had Rangers come into our campsite in the middle of the night, opening our ice chests looking for possible "Bear Food". Then they stated that all ice chests, even with ONLY ICE, must remain open if not in the "Bear Box" - even in the heat of the day. If the Rangers want to keep people and food safe from Bears - then relocate them !!!! Stop harassing millions of people who visit Yosemite !!!
Benedetta C
VerifiedAugust 17, 2026 • Stayed at: 502, Loop: North Pines
Loved every second of it
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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