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Yosemite National Park offers one of the top camping experiences in our national park system. The soaring peaks, giant old growth forests, clear rushing streams and endless granite alpine country provide a mesmerizing backdrop. There are few places where you will find this startling diversity and grandeur.

Reservations for Yosemite National Park campgrounds can be made at this number and website:

877/444-6777
(or 877/833-6777 for TDD)
(or 518/885-3639 from outside the US & Canada)

Recreation.gov

Like with other National Park campgrounds, signing up and paying for your site is easy. Simply walk up to the campground entrance registration center, fill out the form, insert your money, tear off your portion of the envelope (receipt) then deposit the envelope in the collection box. You then place your receipt on your campground stake (usually this has your site number and a clip). Some campgrounds in Yosemite National Park operate on a first come, first serve basis, and some on a reservation system as well. Also, some of these camgrounds require you to pay at a front office rather than with a strong box and envelope system. Some Yosemite National Park campgrounds can fill by 11 AM, especialy the ones closer to Yosemite Valley. Gathering firewood in Yosemite National Park is permitted as long as it is only dead and downed wood. Campfires in Yosemite campgrounds are allowed only between 5 pm and 10 PM in the warmer months. Generators are allowed for light use between 7 am and 7 pm. Quiet hours are from 10 PM to 6 AM. Check out time in Yosemite National Park is 10 AM. Also, pets are prohibited on unpaved trails and the wilderness at all times. They must also be kept on leashes no longer than six feet.

Yosemite National Park has an operation called "Yosemite High Sierra Camps" located back in the wilderness. It's a canvas tent-style layout spread on a loop trail in the high country. Call this number for reservation information:

559-253-5674

Yosemite has an extensive wilderness hiking and camping setup in which you must obtain a wilderness permit. You can get this permit online at this website.

Or you can pick up a wilderness permit in the park at these stations:

Yosemite Valley Wilderness Center
Big Oak Flat
Tuolumne Meadows
Badger Pass
Hetch Hetchy

Non-image links to campground pages:

Bridalveil Creek Campground
Crane Flat Campground
Hodgdon Campground
Porcupine Flat Campground
Tamarack Flat Campground
Tuolumne Meadows Campground
Wawona Campground
White Wolf Campground
Yosemite Creek Campground
Yosemite Valley Complex Campground