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2026 Season availability
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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
Liza L
July 25, 2023
Beautiful location
Paul W
VerifiedJuly 26, 2023 • Stayed at: 204, Loop: North Pines
Glad to see campground staff check for vacant campsites and make some available on recreation.gov website for next day availability.
Julie W
VerifiedJuly 29, 2023 • Stayed at: 511, Loop: North Pines
We had the best campsite across from the Merced river and close to the confluence of Tenaya and Merced
Tim B
July 29, 2023
Beautiful quiet campground. Lovely rangers and camp hosts!
Lise N
VerifiedJuly 31, 2023 • Stayed at: 320, Loop: North Pines
Every minute of joy!
marybeth B
VerifiedAugust 2, 2023 • Stayed at: 509, Loop: North Pines
We stayed at site 509 for about a week and while all campsites seem crammed together in this campground, it was amazing to view Half Dome and Yosemite Falls right from our campsite w/ the Merced River flowing right by us. We saw a bear waltz toward campsites near us around Noon during one of our days there. Everyone scared it off by shouting. The rangers were there in a heartbeat to take a report. It was kind of neat, but it also reminded us why we have to be so cautious by storing food/toiletries in bear bins and disposing waste water. Speaking of which, they have a waste water disposal area at the bathrooms. There are no showers at this campground, but the camp host let us know that you can get showers for $5 at Curry Village (nearby). This campground has flushing toilets and that's a big deal to some people in my group. It also has hydration stations and a place to get potable water. This came in handy. We walked to the famous Mist Trail Trailhead, which was about a mile away from this campground - huge bonus. I recommend not taking the street to the Mist Trail, but taking the trail that follows the river. The waterfalls were all still booming as of late July 2023 and the mosquitos were not that bad at all, but we still used bug spray at times during our trip. What an epic year and an awesome campground!
Richard R
August 2, 2023
The campground was quite busy on our first visit but we arrived early so no problem. The second time it was fairly quiet. The lack of drinking water at the backpackers campground was annoying and there are no showers anywhere. Also the toilets at the backpackers campground smelt rather badly whilst the ones at the main campground didn’t. But it was very convenient and good value
David S
VerifiedAugust 3, 2023 • Stayed at: 401, Loop: North Pines
Every hour in Yosemite is special, but I would remind those in space 401 that there is NO shade. You're out there all by your lonesome to bake when the sun comes out. Also something to think about; the bear container for food now becomes an oven and you'll most certainly go through a lot of ice in your cooler because it melts fast. My neighbors at 402 were smart and put up an umbrella to shade the bear container and I'm sure that helped.
Trevor T
VerifiedAugust 3, 2023 • Stayed at: 321, Loop: North Pines
I mean. You're in Yosemite. It doesn't get much better. Right by the river. Paradise.
Shannon M
VerifiedAugust 4, 2023 • Stayed at: 404, Loop: North Pines
Loved our trip to North Pines Campground. Site 404 had a fantastic view of half dome and was nice and shady. Close enough to hear the River and close to the restrooms.
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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