Crane Flat Campground
2Heads up1 park alert · 1 fire 19 mi away
- Right now
- Closedrecreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend, read 15:57 UTC
- A night
- $36–$60When it reopens, per site
- Sites
- 151In the agency’s record
- Season
- May 21 – October 12Open May 21 through October 12
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 11 notices
In the agency’s own words
Crane Flat recently underwent a complete overhaul and rehabilitation. Please be mindful of young plants and shrubs by keeping all wheels on parking pads and camping equipment within established campsites. Pay attention to the vehicle limit per site . Not all sites can accommodate two vehicles. Crane Flat Campground is located in breathtaking Yosemite National Park in Central California's rugged Sierra Nevada Mountain Range. The site is conveniently located 17 miles from Yosemite Valley at an elevation of 6,200 feet. Keep reading
Within Yosemite, visitors can gaze upon waterfalls, sheer granite cliffs, deep valleys, grand meadows, ancient giant sequoias, vast wilderness areas and so much more. Reservation Tips! Campsites in Yosemite are extremely popular and typically sell out in minutes. Login to your account or create a new account before the 7:00 a.m. (PST) release time. You may only add reservations to your cart and proceed with your reservation if you are logged into your account. The recreation.gov call center does NOT have access to additional sites or additional information beyond what is published on recreation.gov. Yosemite National Park Campground Reservation Dates Recreation Yosemite's trails, cliffs, roads and rivers provide endless recreational activities for any kind of visitor. Hiking, biking, rock climbing, fishing, horseback riding, rafting, auto touring, and photography are all very popular activities within the park. Crane Flat is located between the Tuolumne and Merced Groves of Giant Sequoias, both of which require a 2.5 to 3-mile roundtrip hike to view. The White Wolf area on Tioga Road also offers many hiking opportunities.
Facilities
Crane Flat Campground offers campsites that can accommodate both tents and RVs. Roads and parking spurs are paved, and flush toilets and drinking water are provided. Each campsite contains a picnic table, fire ring and a food storage locker. A gas station and small general store are nearby. There is no electricity in the campground which means no lights in the restrooms--bring a light source!
Natural Features
The area is forested with stands of Sugar pine, Red fir and Lodgepole pine, offering a pleasant combination of sun and shade. Vanilla-scented Jeffrey pine and picturesque western Juniper dot the landscape. Vibrant summer wildflowers fill the open meadows nearby.
Nearby Attractions
Just 30 minutes away is Yosemite Valley, an awe-inspiring landscape containing many of the famous features for which Yosemite National Park is known. Hiking trails and bike paths are abundant in the valley. Rafting the Merced River is a fun way to cool down on a summer day when water levels are sufficient. Yosemite Valley also offers numerous guided bus tours, educational programs, museums, ranger-led activities, and an art center with workshops. The Tioga Road offers a 39-mile scenic drive past forests, meadows, lakes and granite domes. Tuolumne Meadows embodies the high-country of the Sierra Nevada, with its broad sub-alpine meadows and granite peaks. Beautiful Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, just 23 miles from Crane Flat, is home to spectacular scenery and numerous wilderness trailheads. Glacier Point has sweeping views of Yosemite Valley, Little Yosemite Valley, Half Dome, Vernal and Nevada Falls and Clouds Rest, among other notable landmarks. Wawona and the Pioneer Yosemite History Center is like stepping back in time.
Charges & Cancellations
Cancellations more than 48 hours in advance of arrival date only incur a $10 transaction fee. Within 48 hours, $10 and the first night's fee are charged. No-shows will be charged a $20 service fee along with the first night's fee.
What the agency tells you
You are responsible for reading the site alerts and booking a site that will accommodate your equipment. The campground has had a complete overhaul and every site has changed.
If arriving one or more days late, call (209) 379-2123; your reservation will be cancelled if we do not hear from you within 24 hours of your arrival date.
Bring proof of your reservation (screen shot or paper version). There is no internet access, cell service or public phone at Crane Flat. - You must sign in at the entrance of the campground or you will be considered a no show and your reservation cancelled. - Make your site look occupied--leave a chair or other equipment so we know you've arrived.
Everything else this campground posts · 8
Bears and wildlife live here! Food, scented items and toiletries must be stored 24 hours/day. Absolutely NO food stored in vehicles! - Food lockers are provided in all campsites and measure 35 inches deep x 43 inches wide x 28 inches high. - Dispose of garbage immediately in bear-proof dumpsters or in your locker. Do NOT hang garbage bags in your site!
No electric, water, or sewer hookups are available at this facility, however, a dump station is located in Yosemite Valley, as are showers.
There is no electricity and therefore, no lights in this campground. Bring a light source!
Your camping reservation does NOT get you into Yosemite for free. You must pay an additional fee per vehicle at the park entrance or buy a pass ahead of time on recreation.gov.
For additional park information, visit www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit
Resale or auction of advance reservations is prohibited.
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 & 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
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 151 · 37 tent-only, 4 walk-in
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 35 ft
- Paved pads
- All
- Accessible sites
- 9
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- 146 of 147 sites
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets - year round
- Drinking water
- Yes
- Store
- Nearby
- Bear boxes
- Yes
- Camp host
- On site
- recreation.gov lists “Host”
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Waterfall, Reservoir, Lake, River, Meadow
- Night sky · 513th darkest of 1,201 in CA
- Bortle 3
Nothing to book until it reopensread 15:57 UTC
recreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend
Every one of the next thirty nights is in recreation.gov’s record and not one site is being offered on any of them. That’s a campground closed or not yet released for booking, not a sold-out one.
Tell me when it reopens
Watch for it to come back
One email when the agency reopens it, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We check the agency’s own record once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time it stops saying closed.
Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.
Every line of the receipt · 13
What you actually pay
“Cancellations more than 48 hours in advance of arrival date only incur a $10 transaction fee. Within 48 hours, $10 and the first night's fee are charged.” · this campground’s own no-show terms
Who keeps the booking fee
The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →
How we know this receipt · 5
Why this page can’t say why
recreation.gov lists every site at Crane Flat Campground closed this Friday and Saturday night. The National Park Service has published no closure notice we hold, so this page can’t say why, and it won’t fill the gap with a guess. A closed night isn’t a sold-out one: the reservations its record still carries were taken before the sites were closed.
There’s no notice to quote and no reason to argue with, so this page offers you the watch and the list below, and no letter.
Open within 60 miles · 4
The agency’s own word that these are open, not our reading of a season.
- Hodgdon Meadow CampgroundYosemite National Park · 2.7 mi · 108 sites
- Dry GulchStanislaus National Forest · 6.4 mi · 5 sites
- Lower Pines CampgroundYosemite National Park · 15 mi · 75 sites
- North Pines CampgroundYosemite National Park · 15 mi · 99 sites
recreation.gov availability, read 15:57 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
151 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 148 mapped sitesAll 151 sites
Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 151 of the 151 sites listed. A site with no reading is unknown, never far.
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 144 of the 151 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
Measured shade is NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC) read at the site’s own coordinate, 27% canopy or more, and only for the sites the agency gave no Shade value. It never changes the agency’s own shaded count beside it.
| Crane Flat | 100 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 64 ft | 749 ftCrane Creek | 48 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 101 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 26 ft | 706 ftCrane Creek | 73 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 102 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 54 ft | 654 ftCrane Creek | 74 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 103 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | 62 ft | 594 ftCrane Creek | 118 ft | $36 | |
| Crane Flat | 104 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 65 ft | 639 ftCrane Creek | 81 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 105 | tent only nonelectric | 18 ft | 62 ft | 543 ftCrane Creek | 170 ft | $36 | |
| Crane Flat | 106 | tent only nonelectric | 18 ft | 60 ft | 565 ftCrane Creek | 183 ft | $36 | |
| Crane Flat | 107-Double | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 54 ft | 484 ftCrane Creek | 285 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 108-Double | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 54 ft | 512 ftCrane Creek | 307 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 109 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 55 ft | 421 ftCrane Creek | 290 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 110 | tent only nonelectric | 17 ft | 29 ft | 363 ftCrane Creek | 350 ft | $36 | |
| Crane Flat | 111 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 29 ft | 379 ftCrane Creek | 341 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 112 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 55 ft | 452 ftCrane Creek | 262 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 113 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | 58 ft | 430 ftCrane Creek | 307 ft | $36 | |
| Crane Flat | 114 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 59 ft | 499 ftCrane Creek | 230 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 115 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 51 ft | 529 ftCrane Creek | 248 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 116 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 43 ft | 592 ftCrane Creek | 178 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 117 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 50 ft | 579 ftCrane Creek | 226 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 118 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 40 ft | 635 ftCrane Creek | 150 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 119 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 48 ft | 676 ftCrane Creek | 167 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 120 | tent only nonelectric | 18 ft | 30 ft | 670 ftCrane Creek | 121 ft | $36 | |
| Crane Flat | 121 | tent only nonelectric | 18 ft | 26 ft | 689 ftCrane Creek | 95 ft | $36 | |
| Crane Flat | 122 | tent only nonelectric | 22 ft | 48 ft | 729 ftCrane Creek | 123 ft | $36 | |
| Crane Flat | 200-Double | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 46 ft | 999 ftCrane Creek | 116 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 201-Double | standard nonelectric | 18 ft | 46 ft | 966 ftCrane Creek | 77 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 202 | standard nonelectric | 18 ft | 59 ft | 919 ftCrane Creek | 118 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 203 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 59 ft | 880 ftCrane Creek | 102 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 204 | standard nonelectric | 22 ft | 75 ft | 882 ftCrane Creek | 91 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 205 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 47 ft | 847 ftCrane Creek | 166 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 206 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | 47 ft | 834 ftCrane Creek | 211 ft | $36 | |
| Crane Flat | 207 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 67 ft | 812 ftCrane Creek | 278 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 208 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 67 ft | 822 ftCrane Creek | 337 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 209-Double | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 82 ft | 749 ftCrane Creek | 421 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 210 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 53 ft | 669 ftCrane Creek | 503 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 211 | tent only nonelectric | 22 ft | 46 ft | 616 ftCrane Creek | 554 ft | $36 | |
| Crane Flat | 212 | walk to | 24 ft | 40 ft | 587 ftCrane Creek | 584 ft | ||
| Crane Flat | 213 | walk to | 18 ft | 40 ft | 591 ftCrane Creek | 586 ft | ||
| Crane Flat | 214 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 78 ft | 659 ftCrane Creek | 460 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 215 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 78 ft | 652 ftCrane Creek | 382 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 216 | walk to | 20 ft | 92 ft | 624 ftCrane Creek | 294 ft | ||
| Crane Flat | 217 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | 64 ft | 599 ftCrane Creek | 206 ft | $36 | |
| Crane Flat | 218 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | 57 ft | 623 ftCrane Creek | 136 ft | $36 | |
| Crane Flat | 219 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 57 ft | 676 ftCrane Creek | 138 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 220-Double | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | yes | 51 ft | 736 ftCrane Creek | 84 ft | $36–$60 |
| Crane Flat | 221 | standard nonelectric | 22 ft | 41 ft | 811 ftCrane Creek | 101 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 222 | standard nonelectric | 22 ft | yes | 51 ft | 787 ftCrane Creek | 110 ft | $36–$60 |
| Crane Flat | 223 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 41 ft | 853 ftCrane Creek | 142 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 224-Double | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 64 ft | 865 ftCrane Creek | 167 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 225 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 47 ft | 899 ftCrane Creek | 188 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 226 | tent only nonelectric | 53 ft | 963 ftCrane Creek | 218 ft | $36 | ||
| Crane Flat | 227-Double | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 53 ft | 964 ftCrane Creek | 166 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 300 | tent only nonelectric | 24 ft | 62 ft | 1,199 ftCrane Creek | 240 ft | $36 | |
| Crane Flat | 301-Double | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 55 ft | 1,138 ftCrane Creek | 178 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 302-Double | standard nonelectric | 22 ft | 54 ft | 1,163 ftCrane Creek | 204 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 303 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 45 ft | 1,110 ftCrane Creek | 154 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 304 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 43 ft | 1,093 ftCrane Creek | 153 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 305 | standard nonelectric | 22 ft | 43 ft | 1,072 ftCrane Creek | 158 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 306 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 44 ft | 1,038 ftCrane Creek | 190 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 307 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | 44 ft | 997 ftCrane Creek | 160 ft | $36 | |
| Crane Flat | 308 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 44 ft | 950 ftCrane Creek | 99 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 309 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 43 ft | 1,012 ftCrane Creek | 85 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 310 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 44 ft | 956 ftCrane Creek | 55 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 311 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 43 ft | 1,018 ftCrane Creek | 63 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 312 | type not stated | 24 ft | yes | 1,010 ftCrane Creek | 62 ft | ||
| Crane Flat | 313 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 58 ft | 1,081 ftCrane Creek | 153 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 314 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 53 ft | 1,132 ftCrane Creek | 184 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 315 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 53 ft | 1,136 ftCrane Creek | 212 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 316 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 61 ft | 1,197 ftCrane Creek | 265 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 400 | tent only nonelectric | 18 ft | 64 ft | 1,043 ftLittle Crane Creek | 246 ft | $36 | |
| Crane Flat | 401 | standard nonelectric | 22 ft | 55 ft | 999 ftLittle Crane Creek | 189 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 402 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 55 ft | 1,046 ftLittle Crane Creek | 177 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 403 | tent only nonelectric | 65 ft | 948 ftLittle Crane Creek | 141 ft | $36 | ||
| Crane Flat | 404 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 49 ft | 998 ftLittle Crane Creek | 83 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 405 | tent only nonelectric | 66 ft | 900 ftLittle Crane Creek | 99 ft | $36 | ||
| Crane Flat | 406 | standard nonelectric | 22 ft | 48 ft | 895 ftLittle Crane Creek | 97 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 407 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | 48 ft | 865 ftLittle Crane Creek | 112 ft | $36 | |
| Crane Flat | 408 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | 56 ft | 833 ftLittle Crane Creek | 178 ft | $36 | |
| Crane Flat | 409 | tent only nonelectric | 22 ft | 53 ft | 889 ftLittle Crane Creek | 138 ft | $36 | |
| Crane Flat | 410 | tent only nonelectric | 22 ft | 48 ft | 887 ftLittle Crane Creek | 192 ft | $36 | |
| Crane Flat | 411-Double | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 48 ft | 891 ftLittle Crane Creek | 163 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 412 | tent only nonelectric | 18 ft | 61 ft | 826 ftLittle Crane Creek | 230 ft | $36 | |
| Crane Flat | 413 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 58 ft | 824 ftLittle Crane Creek | 203 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 414 | tent only nonelectric | 24 ft | 56 ft | 887 ftLittle Crane Creek | 141 ft | $36 | |
| Crane Flat | 415 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | 58 ft | 810 ftLittle Crane Creek | 209 ft | $36 | |
| Crane Flat | 416 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | 56 ft | 861 ftLittle Crane Creek | 138 ft | $36 | |
| Crane Flat | 417 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | 58 ft | 825 ftLittle Crane Creek | 159 ft | $36 | |
| Crane Flat | 418 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 52 ft | 771 ftLittle Crane Creek | 220 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 419 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 52 ft | 762 ftLittle Crane Creek | 221 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 420 | tent only nonelectric | 15 ft | 54 ft | 782 ftLittle Crane Creek | 210 ft | $36 | |
| Crane Flat | 421 | standard nonelectric | 18 ft | 54 ft | 822 ftLittle Crane Creek | 188 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 422 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 42 ft | 856 ftLittle Crane Creek | 136 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 423 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | yes | 55 ft | 876 ftLittle Crane Creek | 151 ft | $36–$60 |
| Crane Flat | 424 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 39 ft | 897 ftLittle Crane Creek | 102 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 425 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | yes | 39 ft | 933 ftLittle Crane Creek | 65 ft | $36–$60 |
| Crane Flat | 426 | standard nonelectric | 18 ft | 56 ft | 1,016 ftLittle Crane Creek | 79 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 427 | type not stated | 24 ft | yes | 1,010 ftLittle Crane Creek | 40 ft | ||
| Crane Flat | 428 | tent only nonelectric | 25 ft | 56 ft | 1,055 ftLittle Crane Creek | 79 ft | $36 | |
| Crane Flat | 429 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 60 ft | 1,114 ftLittle Crane Creek | 142 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 430 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 54 ft | 1,050 ftLittle Crane Creek | 116 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 431 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 59 ft | 1,102 ftLittle Crane Creek | 183 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 432-Double | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 54 ft | 1,043 ftLittle Crane Creek | 167 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 433 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 36 ft | 1,080 ftLittle Crane Creek | 147 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 434-Double | standard nonelectric | 22 ft | 48 ft | 1,033 ftLittle Crane Creek | 108 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 435 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 36 ft | 1,088 ftLittle Crane Creek | 132 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 436 | standard nonelectric | 22 ft | 37 ft | 1,081 ftLittle Crane Creek | 111 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 437 | standard nonelectric | 18 ft | 49 ft | 1,030 ftLittle Crane Creek | 70 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 438 | tent only nonelectric | 16 ft | 50 ft | 1,110 ftLittle Crane Creek | 135 ft | $36 | |
| Crane Flat | 439 | standard nonelectric | 18 ft | 55 ft | 1,096 ftLittle Crane Creek | 145 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 440 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 60 ft | 1,157 ftLittle Crane Creek | 186 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 441 | standard nonelectric | 22 ft | 46 ft | 1,184 ftLittle Crane Creek | 227 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 442 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | 46 ft | 1,186 ftLittle Crane Creek | 249 ft | $36 | |
| Crane Flat | 443 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | 54 ft | 1,134 ftLittle Crane Creek | 198 ft | $36 | |
| Crane Flat | 444 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 40 ft | 1,165 ftLittle Crane Creek | 259 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 445 | standard nonelectric | 27 ft | 40 ft | 1,144 ftLittle Crane Creek | 265 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 500 | walk to | 24 ft | 36 ft | 1,023 ftLittle Crane Creek | 453 ft | ||
| Crane Flat | 501 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 36 ft | 992 ftLittle Crane Creek | 417 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 502 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 43 ft | 877 ftLittle Crane Creek | 248 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 503-Double | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | yes | 71 ft | 932 ftLittle Crane Creek | 347 ft | $36–$60 |
| Crane Flat | 504 | standard nonelectric | 18 ft | 43 ft | 837 ftLittle Crane Creek | 208 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 505 | standard nonelectric | 18 ft | yes | 60 ft | 848 ftLittle Crane Creek | 269 ft | $36–$60 |
| Crane Flat | 506 | standard nonelectric | 22 ft | yes | 68 ft | 782 ftLittle Crane Creek | 212 ft | $36–$60 |
| Crane Flat | 507 | standard nonelectric | 22 ft | 67 ft | 720 ftLittle Crane Creek | 164 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 508 | standard nonelectric | 27 ft | 67 ft | 670 ftLittle Crane Creek | 126 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 509 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 40 ft | 595 ftLittle Crane Creek | 130 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 510 | type not stated | 24 ft | 599 ftLittle Crane Creek | 136 ft | |||
| Crane Flat | 511 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 34 ft | 571 ftLittle Crane Creek | 151 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 512 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 34 ft | 550 ftLittle Crane Creek | 176 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 513-Double | standard nonelectric | 22 ft | 63 ft | 578 ftLittle Crane Creek | 178 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 514 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 133 ft | 465 ftLittle Crane Creek | 309 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 515 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 55 ft | 545 ftLittle Crane Creek | 401 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 516 | tent only nonelectric | 16 ft | 51 ft | 596 ftLittle Crane Creek | 417 ft | $36 | |
| Crane Flat | 517 | tent only nonelectric | 18 ft | 42 ft | 644 ftLittle Crane Creek | 396 ft | $36 | |
| Crane Flat | 518 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 49 ft | 627 ftLittle Crane Creek | 325 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 519 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 42 ft | 679 ftLittle Crane Creek | 356 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 520 | standard nonelectric | 22 ft | 54 ft | 709 ftLittle Crane Creek | 318 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 521 | standard nonelectric | 22 ft | 49 ft | 652 ftLittle Crane Creek | 282 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 522 | tent only nonelectric | 18 ft | 55 ft | 706 ftLittle Crane Creek | 279 ft | $36 | |
| Crane Flat | 523 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 57 ft | 664 ftLittle Crane Creek | 214 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 524 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 57 ft | 696 ftLittle Crane Creek | 163 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 525 | tent only nonelectric | 17 ft | 63 ft | 740 ftLittle Crane Creek | 213 ft | $36 | |
| Crane Flat | 526 | tent only nonelectric | 16 ft | 48 ft | 761 ftLittle Crane Creek | 148 ft | $36 | |
| Crane Flat | 527 | standard nonelectric | 22 ft | 48 ft | 793 ftLittle Crane Creek | 133 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 528 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 53 ft | 752 ftLittle Crane Creek | 82 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 529 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 53 ft | 823 ftLittle Crane Creek | 125 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 530 | standard nonelectric | 27 ft | 57 ft | 819 ftLittle Crane Creek | 98 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 531 | standard nonelectric | 22 ft | 51 ft | 884 ftLittle Crane Creek | 159 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 532 | standard nonelectric | 27 ft | 45 ft | 863 ftLittle Crane Creek | 149 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 533 | standard nonelectric | 22 ft | 36 ft | 899 ftLittle Crane Creek | 192 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 534 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 36 ft | 909 ftLittle Crane Creek | 214 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 535 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 51 ft | 885 ftLittle Crane Creek | 218 ft | $36–$60 | |
| Crane Flat | 536-Double | standard nonelectric | 22 ft | 54 ft | 961 ftLittle Crane Creek | 236 ft | $36–$60 |
25 of 151 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Hodgdon Meadow CampgroundYosemite National Park · 2.7 mi
Dimond OStanislaus National Forest · 4.3 mi
Tamarack Flat CampgroundYosemite National Park · 6.0 mi
Dry GulchStanislaus National Forest · 6.4 mi
Dirt FlatStanislaus National Forest · 6.6 mi
Dimond O CampgroundStanislaus National Forest · 7.0 miTake Highway 41 north from Fresno, Highway 140 east from Merced, or Highway 120 east from Manteca into Yosemite National Park. Crane Flat Campground is located 8 miles from the Big Oak Flat Entrance Station (Hwy 120 from the west), and is 17 miles (30 minutes) northwest of Yosemite Valley.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for El Portal, CA
Typical weather
Typical October night 46°F, day 60°F.
Coldest night of the open season: typical May night 43°F. Bring the bag rated for it.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or moreOutside the published season
A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Augusts are colder than the August line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
what threatens it · who answers for it
What threatens this place
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Crane Flat Campground is in California’s 5th congressional district. Its representative, Tom McClintock (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →