About Wawona Campground
Number of accommodations: 96
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2026 Season availability
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Reviews (570)
What Guests Are Saying
Wawona Campground offers a clean, well-maintained environment with friendly rangers and a beautiful riverside location, making it ideal for family camping. Many visitors appreciated the spacious and private campsites, along with the accessibility to nearby hiking trails and swimming areas. While some campers noted issues with noise from nearby roads and ranger interactions, the overall experience was positive, with multiple guests expressing a desire to return.
What Guests Are Saying
Wawona Campground offers a clean, well-maintained environment with friendly rangers and a beautiful riverside location, making it ideal for family camping. Many visitors appreciated the spacious and private campsites, along with the accessibility to nearby hiking trails and swimming areas. While some campers noted issues with noise from nearby roads and ranger interactions, the overall experience was positive, with multiple guests expressing a desire to return.
Review Summary
Richard O
VerifiedSeptember 13, 2025 • Stayed at: 048, Loop: C
About a 1 Hour drive from the Valley, but a quiet alternative. Very close to Mariposa Grove. Not as uniform campsites as Upper Pines (in Valley).
Emma-Leigh C
VerifiedSeptember 12, 2025 • Stayed at: 057, Loop: C
We camped here the night before hiking up Half Dome. We were in campsite 057C and had plenty of trees for hammocking. The campsite is in the middle of other sites and towards 9pm it got loud and bright from other cars coming in (especially from one RV family who were very loud trying to park the van). Once everyone settled, you could hear the river. I would definitely recommend getting a campsite along the river as they were farther removed from the noise. The bathrooms have running water and were clean. Overall, we’d definitely stay here again but would probably look for a site farther away from others.
matthew C
VerifiedSeptember 12, 2025 • Stayed at: 008, Loop: A
Nice camp ground with flush toilets. Right near a beautiful stream, unfortunately it was very dry dusty and very warm in the afternoon. Our site was close to the road so there was a lot of noise. Recommend getting a site in the back part of the campground. The campground could have been better marked for site numbers sort of confusing
Phoenix B
VerifiedSeptember 12, 2025 • Stayed at: 002, Loop: C
Great spot next to the creek, clean campground and lots of room between sites. Relatively quiet as well. Would recommend fo sho
Renata K
VerifiedSeptember 12, 2025 • Stayed at: 028, Loop: A
Our campsite was ok. The bathrooms were nonsense. The stalls seemed to be transferred from an elementary school. They have no locks and they're about 5' high, so anyone can pick from above to see what're doing. Interesting... The faucets only run as long as you keep the handle tilted, so basically, they're useless. And of course, no showers at this campground.
Tiffany F
VerifiedSeptember 9, 2025 • Stayed at: 003, Loop: C
We had a wonderful time!
Ava P
VerifiedSeptember 4, 2025 • Stayed at: 099, Loop: C
Beautiful area and campground, however my friend and I had trouble getting the YARTS from Yosemite Village to Wawona campground as we didn’t bring a car. I think it would be helpful for other visitors to know that bringing their own vehicle is recommended for camping in Wawona. It would also have been really helpful if the Wawona bus stopped at the campground as well as the shop. Otherwise great services love the parks!!
Jennifer T
VerifiedSeptember 4, 2025 • Stayed at: 045, Loop: C
Wonderful family friendly and peaceful campground. The Merced river is gorgeous and you can float and swim in it right below your campsite if you get a spot on the river. Highly recommend it!
TOMI S
VerifiedSeptember 1, 2025 • Stayed at: 091, Loop: C
This is a great site I would book again. The slope of this site is actually very helpful if it starts to rain, as it did on my visit. I like that it backs up to the open hillside. I was a little wary of the hollowed out fallen tree at the back of the campsite and the wildlife trail beside it! The restroom is just down a small hill and was very clean. It even had soap which was greatly appreciated. Sites 90 and 92 are very close by and sometimes the noise level is louder than I would like. The only reason this is four stars is that there are no showers at this campground loop C.
Karen O
VerifiedSeptember 1, 2025 • Stayed at: 062, Loop: C
Loved the location of this campground. It was great to be a little bit further away from the crowds in the valley and being able to swim in the creek was an extra bonus.
Location Wawona Campground
Address:
Po Box 577
Yosemite National Park, CA, 95389
United States
Take Highway 41 north from Fresno, Highway 140 east from Merced, or Highway 120 east from Manteca into Yosemite National Park. Follow signs to Wawona. The campground is located 8 miles north of the South Entrance station on Highway 41, and 27 miles south of Yosemite Valley.
Latitude & Longitude: 37.5731 / -119.665
Elevation: 1784 feet
Policies & Rules
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You are responsible for reading the following information and booking a site that will accommodate your equipment. |
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If arriving one or more days late, call (209) 375-9535; your reservation will be cancelled if we do not hear from you within 24 hours of your arrival date. |
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Bear Habitat! Food and toiletries must be stored in provided food lockers (35"Dx43"Wx28"H) 24 hours a day. Absolutely NO food or scented items stored in vehicles. Dispose of garbage immediately in bear-proof dumpsters. |
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Potable water at the dump station (located one mile south of the campground) is only available during summer months. |
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Resale or auction of advance reservations is prohibited |
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For additional park information, call (209)372-0200 or visit www.nps.gov/yose |
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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. |
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Help Yosemite be a Zero Landfill park! Leave excess packaging at home. Use refillable water and propane 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 |
