Wawona Campground

Bathrooms were clean. Checked in late and early out. No place to wash dishes. Campsite was at a 9° angle.

I really liked site 37, right next to the river, beautiful sounds of the water. I was in a van and as stated, the parking area was not perfectly flat but it was not bad. The tent area also did not look flat, perhaps a bit of erosion from the wet winter made a groove in the tent area, maybe if you move the picnic table it looked flat under there. I met a ranger who was preparing for an evening campfire story and he gave me great directions for mountain bike rides in the area. The campsite is close to the historic hotel where you can visit and get drinks, and explore meadows of lupines with great meadow walks or bike rides. I arrived a 7pm on a Saturday so I did not have any wait in line at the gate. But I heard some people waited 2 hours to enter at mid day, and its still an hour drive into the valley from this campsite. The following day there was lots of traffic in the valley, so go to the valley floor very early on weekends and plan to bike around the valley and lock your bike to hike to waterfalls. This campground is close to the mariposa grove of giant sequoias, 10 minutes drive to the parking area, and that is a must see, fantastic big trees accessed from a short shuttle ride running 8am-8pm (or 45 minute hike), then a 1.5 mile round trip hike.

Large site with gravel pad for RV. Large enough to fit our 25’ Motorhome and Jeep with room to spare. It is on a slope and we were unable to be fully level, even using all our stacking blocks but it was still a very nice camp spot.

I got super lucky with the sites that I like to have. Always nice being along the river. Especially when the river is from edge to edge as it was this year. Bathrooms are clean and everyone obey the rules and just quiet and considerate.

I liked this site and the bathrooms were kept very clean. These sites were situated under trees and offered privacy. There is a slight slope and the river cannot be as easily accessed from these sites since the bank is more overgrown. Sites 50-77 along the river have better access to the river, but not all provide shade.

I only deducted one star bc the rangers allowed the next person who had reserved our site to come in at 8 am in the morning and woke us up. They came with loads of people, took our parking and were all over our campsite. We were literally observed while getting up and having breakfast. After we complained they were told to come back when we check out, but we still shouldn't be put in that situation and you can't allow someone else to start occupying your spot when you are still present and have the site paid for.

Nice camping next to the river.

It was nice to stay there as everything was well-maintained.

Site is perfect. We loved the stay

Beautiful area and close to the Mariposa Grove of Sequoias. We had site 99 and it was steeply sloping to say the least. We encroached into some common area and we’re able to get a relatively flat area to pitch our 8 man tent. The Rush Creek was magnificent and was great white noise at night to let us get a great sleep. Next time, we will look for a flatter site but loved this place nevertheless.

The campground is set along the south fork of the Merced river, and a number of the campsites are close to the river. The sound of the roaring river in spring is very soothing. Campground is well run and clean.