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National Park Service · Yosemite National Park · CA

Tuolumne Meadows Campground

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Wildfire

Dome fire · 25 mi away · 6,788 acres · 95% contained · updated Oct 14, 2026

Fires: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Oct 14, 2026

ReservableNext release November 15 at 07:00 PT; every site is booked ahead.

Book on recreation.govWe make nothing when you book

Right now: Closed for the seasonOut of the season the agency publishes
Sites: 309290 on recreation.gov
Season: July 1 – September 28Open July 1 through September 28

Photos · Share the Experience, Sharon Soberon

35 ftLongest rig

8,620 ftElevation

1,331 ftWater · an unnamed stream

13.9 miNE of Yosemite Valley, CA

50%Tree cover

Open July 1 through September 28Today

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 12 notices

In the agency’s own words

Tuolumne Meadows Campground recently had a complete overhaul and rehabilitation of the campsites. Please be mindful of young plants and shrubs by keeping all wheels on parking pads and camping equipment within established campsites. Thank you! Tuolumne Meadows Campground is located in breathtaking Yosemite National Park in Central California's rugged Sierra Nevada Mountain Range at an elevation of 8,600 feet. The site is situated along the scenic Tioga Road just five miles from the Tioga Pass Entrance Station. 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.

Recreation

Popular activities in the area include hiking, rock climbing, backpacking and fishing. The 4.8-mile roundtrip trail to Elizabeth Lake begins in the campground and climbs to a glacier-carved lake at the base of Unicorn Peak. Other trails in Tuolumne Meadows include Soda Springs and Parsons Lodge, Lyell Canyon via the John Muir Trail, Cathedral Lakes, Mono Pass, and Glen Aulin. Nearby Tenaya Lake is a magnificent spot for picnicking, swimming and canoeing.

Facilities

This large, popular campground contains family, horse and group camp sites with picnic tables, fire rings, and a food storage lockers. Flush toilets, drinking water, and an amphitheater are provided. Tuolumne Meadows Visitor Center is within walking distance, as is a general store.

Natural Features

Tuolumne Meadows embodies the high-country of the Sierra Nevada, with its broad sub-alpine meadows and granite domes and peaks. The gentle Tuolumne River, Lyell Fork, and Dana Fork flow through the vast, colorful meadows bursting with seasonal wildflowers. The meadows are surrounded by stands of Western White pine, Mountain hemlock, and Lodgepole pine.

Nearby Attractions

Yosemite Valley, an awe-inspiring landscape containing many of the famous features for which Yosemite National Park is known, is 55 miles and two hours from Tuolumne Meadows. 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. Glacier Point is an hour from Yosemite Valley, with sweeping views of both Yosemite and Little Yosemite Valley, Half Dome, Vernal and Nevada Falls, and Clouds Rest, among other notable landmarks. A visit to Wawona and the Pioneer Yosemite History Center is like stepping back in time.

Charges & Cancellations

Cancellation of individual or equestrian site reservations will be charged a $10 service fee. If the cancellation is within 48 hours of the arrival date, the first night's fee will also be charged. Cancellation of a group site reservation will incur a $10.00 service fee plus the first night’s use fee when the reservation is cancelled within 14 days of the scheduled arrival date. Cancellations for a single night’s use will not be assessed a service fee. No-shows for any type of reservation will be charged a $20 service fee and the first night's fee.

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

What the agency tells you

Rule

You are responsible for reading the site alerts and booking a site that will accommodate your equipment.

Rule

If arriving one or more days late, call (209)372-4025 or (209)372-8502; your reservation will be cancelled if you do not check in within 24 hours of your arrival date.

Rule

Bring proof of your reservation (screen shot or paper version). There is no internet access, cell service or public phone in Tuolumne Meadows. - 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 · 9

Rule

Bears and wildlife live here! Food and toiletries must be stored 24 hours/day. - Food lockers are provided in all campsites (35 inches deep x 43 inches wide x 28 inches high). - Absolutely NO food stored in vehicles. - Dispose of garbage immediately in bear-proof dumpsters.

Rule

This is a high elevation facility; please exercise caution when traveling from lower elevations.

Rule

There are no electric, water or sewer hook-ups at this facility. The dump station is closing for the season on September 8.

Rule

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.

Rule

Resale or auction of advance reservations is prohibited.

Rule

For additional park information, visit www.nps.gov/yose

Rule

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.

Rule

OVERFLOW PARKING: Many sites in Tuolumne Meadows Campground can only accommodate one single vehicle. There is overflow parking available at the Parson's Lodge Trailhead Parking as well as the parking lot directly West of the Tuolumne Meadows Grill and Store (the old gas station lot). Limited parking is also available on the side of the Soda Springs Road past Lembert Dome Trailhead parking. Lembert Dome Parking lot is NOT available for overnight parking.

Rule

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

Read them on the agency’s own page →

Source: recreation.gov facility notices, quoted verbatim · Sep 9, 2026

Tents and rigs

Sites: 309 · 142 tent-only, 31 walk-in, 7 group
Hookups: None
Longest rig: 35 ft
Paved pads: 7 of 309
Accessible sites: 13
Pets: Allowed
Campfires: Allowed, barring fire bans
Shade: 91 of 101 sites

Source: Recreation.gov campsite records · Aug 23, 2026

Facilities

Toilets: Flush Toilets - seasonal
Drinking water: Yes
Dump station: Yes
Store: Nearby
Bear boxes: Yes
Stay limit: 14 nights; recreation.gov facility rule maxStay

Source: Stated in the agency description · Aug 23, 2026

Around the campground

On the water: Waterfall, Lake, River, Meadow; Backpacking; Evening Programs; Fishing; Hiking; Ranger programs; Climbing; Scenic drives; Stargazing; Swimming; Wilderness access; Wildlife viewing
Night sky · 171st darkest of 1,201 in CA: Bortle 2
Fall color · reported 11 days ago, 23 km away: Peak color

Source: Recreation.gov activity records · Aug 23, 2026

Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

Fall color: More Than Just Parks foliage tracker, joined to this campground by distance (23 km) · Oct 5, 2026

No reading yet, book on recreation.gov

recreation.gov lists 290 of the 309 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.

No availability snapshot inside the last 36 hours, so this page draws nothing rather than ageing a reading into fiction.

Booking windowOut of seasonOut of season, no booking. The last reservable season the agency published ended September 26, 2026, and it hasn't published the next one.recreation.gov Add to calendar (.ics)

Max stay14 nightsthe facility record

If plans change$10 to cancel$10 to change a reservation; this campground publishes its own terms toorecreation.gov’s schedule

Runs itNational Park ServiceBooked through recreation.govthe agency’s record

Watch for a cancellation

Full? Watch it.

One email when a night opens, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.

We read recreation.gov once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time a site in your window is free for the nights you asked for.

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.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.

Book on recreation.gov

We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.

Every line of the receipt · 9

What you actually pay

The sign priceNational Park Service

The National Park Service publishes no per-night rate for this campground that we can read, so there’s no sign price to print. That’s a gap in the record, not a free campground.

The booking feerecreation.gov

Reservation fee, booked online$8

One fee per reservation, however many nights you book, and it’s non-refundable. $9 if you book by phone, $3 in person.

Pass discounts only apply to the recreation (or use) fee for the facility. Other charges such as electricity or water hookups, reservation or other fees are not eligible for a discount.

What a stay costs

The agency publishes no nightly rate for this campground, so there’s nothing to add the $8 booking fee to. We won’t total a receipt with a number missing from it.

If your plans changerecreation.gov

Change fee, moving to dates outside your booking$10

Cancellation fee$10

Cancelling the day before, or the day of$10 + your first night

No-show$20 + your first night

“Cancellation of individual or equestrian site reservations will be charged a $10 service fee. Cancellation of a group site reservation will incur a $10.00 service fee plus the first night’s use fee when the reservation is cancelled within 14 days of the scheduled arrival date.” · 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

Booking fee, change fee, cancellation fee, no-show: Rules and Reservation Policies, Recreation.gov, the published fee schedule, curated by hand into lib/reservation-fee-schedule.json (9 rows, each carrying its own verbatim sentence). The publisher states these policies were last updated September 2019. · Sep 9, 2026

This campground’s own terms: recreation.gov facility cancellation policy for this campground, quoted verbatim. Recreation.gov states that policies listed for specific locations supersede its site-wide policies. · Sep 9, 2026

The two totals: Derived by CAMPANAC by adding the agency’s own published nightly rate to recreation.gov’s own published reservation fee. Both components are cited above; the addition is ours and is shown only where every component is known. · Sep 9, 2026

Who keeps the booking fee: Recreation.gov facility policy text, Dead Swede Campground (facility 234221) · Not on the national policy page. This is agency policy text recreation.gov publishes on individual campground pages; this site holds it verbatim on 45 active campgrounds (campground_rules.cancellation_description, scripts/load-facility-rules.mjs). · Sep 9, 2026

The contract: Reservation Gods: Who Stole Our Campsites and Sold Them Back to Us, More Than Just Parks, April 2025 · Apr 1, 2025

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

rules read Sep 9, 2026 · record Aug 23, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

309 sites · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 289 mapped sites

54 ftbetween you and the next site, typically

Most roomD009 130 ftGroup B 129 ftH005 117 ftGroup G 116 ftF004 115 ft

Least roomC042 15 ftC043 15 ftH026 18 ft

Source: Derived by CAMPANAC from recreation.gov per-site coordinates (nearest-neighbor distance) · Oct 12, 2026

All 309 sites

301 of 309 sites located

Standard116Tent only134RV / electric1Walk, hike or boat in31Group7Type not stated12

A001 A002 A003 A004 A005 A006 A007 A008 A009 A010 A011 A012 A013 A014 A015 A016 A017 A018 A019 A020 A021 A022 A023 A024 A025 A026 A027 A028 A029 A030 A031 A032 A033 A034 A035 A036 A037 A038 A039 A040 A041 A042 A043 A044 B001 B002 B003 B004 B005 B006 B007 B008 B009 B010 B011 B017 B018 B020 B021 B022 B023 B024 B025 B026 B027 B028 B029 B030 B031 B032 B033 B034 B035 B036 B037 B038 B039 B040 B041 B042 B043 B044 B045 B046 B047 B048 B049 C001 C002 C003 C004 C005 C006 C007 C008 C009 C010 C011 C012 C013 C014 C015 C016 C017 C018 C019 C020 C021 C022 C023 C024 C025 C026 C027 C028 C029 C030 C031 C032 C033 C034 C035 C036 C037 C038 C039 C040 C041 C042 C043 C044 C045 C046 C047 C048 C049 C050 C051 C052 C053 C054 C055 C056 C057 C058 C059 C060 C061 C062 C063 C064 C065 C066 - Double C068 C069 C070 C071 C072 C073 C074 C075 C076 C077 - Double C079 C080 C081 C082 C083 C084 C085 C086 C087 C088 D001 D002 D003 D004 D005 D006 D007 D008 D009 D010 D011 D012 D013 D014 D015 D016 D017 D018 D019 D020 D021 E001 E002 E003 E004 E005 E006 E007 E008 E009 E010 E011 E012 E013 E014 E015 E016 E017 E018 E019 F001 F002 F003 F004 F005 F006 F007 F008 F009 F010 G001 G002 G003 G004 G005 G006 G007 G008 G009 G010 G011 G012 G013 - Double G015 G016 G017 G018 G019 G020 G021 G022 G023 A B C D E F G H001 H002 H003 H004 H005 H006 H007 H008 H009 H010 H011 H012 H013 H014 H015 H016 H017 H018 H019 H020 H021 H022 H023 H024 H025 H026 H027 H028 H029 H030 H031 H032 H033 H034 H035 H036 H037 H038 H039 H040 H041 H042 H043 H044 H045 H046 H047 H048 H049

Aerial · Esri World Imagery

Sites: recreation.gov (RIDB), coordinates as published · Aug 23, 2026

Imagery: Esri World Imagery

SleepsTakes a

Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 301 of the 309 sites listed. A site with no reading is unknown, never far.

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.


A	A001	type not stated	35 ft			217 ftTuolumne River	283 ft
A	A002	type not stated	35 ft			256 ftTuolumne River	245 ft
A	A003	type not stated	27 ft			289 ftTuolumne River	203 ft
A	A004	type not stated	35 ft			349 ftTuolumne River	152 ft
A	A005	standard nonelectric	35 ft	yes	43 ft	389 ftTuolumne River	112 ft
A	A006	standard nonelectric	35 ft		43 ft	429 ftTuolumne River	106 ft
A	A007	standard nonelectric	35 ft		72 ft	513 ftTuolumne River	118 ft
A	A008	type not stated	18 ft			479 ftTuolumne River	131 ft
A	A009	standard nonelectric	18 ft		56 ft	495 ftTuolumne River	218 ft
A	A010	standard nonelectric	18 ft		61 ft	429 ftTuolumne River	169 ft
A	A011	standard nonelectric	18 ft		61 ft	425 ftTuolumne River	228 ft
A	A012	standard nonelectric	18 ft		56 ft	470 ftTuolumne River	267 ft
A	A013	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		43 ft	554 ftTuolumne River	282 ft
A	A014	walk to	18 ft		72 ft	566 ftTuolumne River	168 ft
A	A015	walk to	18 ft		59 ft	590 ftTuolumne River	216 ft
A	A016	hike to	18 ft		75 ft	522 ftTuolumne River	196 ft
A	A017	walk to	18 ft		59 ft	534 ftTuolumne River	157 ft
A	A018	hike to	18 ft		74 ft	463 ftTuolumne River	88 ft
A	A019	standard nonelectric	18 ft		35 ft	366 ftTuolumne River	55 ft
A	A020	standard nonelectric	18 ft		61 ft	295 ftTuolumne River	118 ft
A	A021	standard nonelectric	18 ft		35 ft	352 ftTuolumne River	90 ft
A	A022	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		73 ft	266 ftTuolumne River	181 ft
A	A023	hike to	18 ft		58 ft	385 ftTuolumne River	263 ft
A	A024	standard nonelectric	18 ft		48 ft	364 ftTuolumne River	168 ft
A	A025	standard nonelectric	18 ft		48 ft	412 ftTuolumne River	189 ft
A	A026	rv nonelectric	24 ft		37 ft	335 ftTuolumne River	205 ft
A	A027	standard nonelectric	24 ft		37 ft	299 ftTuolumne River	196 ft
A	A028	standard nonelectric	24 ft		64 ft	201 ftTuolumne River	198 ft
A	A029	walk to	18 ft		53 ft	280 ftTuolumne River	139 ft
A	A030	hike to	18 ft		53 ft	315 ftTuolumne River	88 ft
A	A031	hike to	18 ft		74 ft	367 ftTuolumne River	35 ft
A	A032	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		64 ft	213 ftTuolumne River	151 ft
A	A033	standard nonelectric	18 ft		26 ft	176 ftTuolumne River	165 ft
A	A034	standard nonelectric	18 ft		72 ft	122 ftTuolumne River	235 ft
A	A035	standard nonelectric	18 ft		26 ft	156 ftTuolumne River	181 ft
A	A036	standard nonelectric	30 ft		75 ft	217 ftTuolumne River	163 ft
A	A037	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		47 ft	133 ftTuolumne River	268 ft
A	A038	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		47 ft	153 ftTuolumne River	288 ft
A	A039	standard nonelectric	18 ft		85 ft	238 ftTuolumne River	282 ft
A	A040	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		75 ft	160 ftTuolumne River	90 ft
A	A041	standard nonelectric	24 ft	yes	41 ft	181 ftTuolumne River	59 ft
A	A042	standard nonelectric	18 ft		41 ft	176 ftTuolumne River	86 ft
A	A043	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		38 ft	150 ftTuolumne River	184 ft
A	A044	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		38 ft	176 ftTuolumne River	184 ft
B	B001	standard nonelectric	18 ft		43 ft	567 ftTuolumne River	325 ft
B	B002	tent only nonelectric	16 ft		36 ft	655 ftTuolumne River	328 ft
B	B003	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		59 ft	693 ftTuolumne River	387 ft
B	B004	standard nonelectric	18 ft		36 ft	676 ftTuolumne River	320 ft
B	B005	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		56 ft	717 ftTuolumne River	321 ft
B	B006	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		61 ft	767 ftTuolumne River	381 ft
B	B007	tent only nonelectric	24 ft		75 ft	605 ftTuolumne River	399 ft
B	B008	type not stated	24 ft			698 ftTuolumne River	435 ft
B	B009	type not stated	18 ft			648 ftTuolumne River	479 ft
B	B010	type not stated	18 ft			668 ftTuolumne River	440 ft
B	B011	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		110 ft	698 ftTuolumne River	497 ft
B	B012	type not stated	18 ft
B	B013	type not stated	18 ft
B	B014	type not stated	18 ft
B	B015	type not stated	18 ft
B	B016	type not stated	18 ft
B	B017	standard nonelectric	18 ft		52 ft	766 ftTuolumne River	396 ft
B	B018	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		50 ft	797 ftTuolumne River	352 ft
B	B019	type not stated	18 ft
B	B020	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		50 ft	808 ftTuolumne River	303 ft
B	B021	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		89 ft	899 ftTuolumne River	281 ft
B	B022	type not stated	35 ft			959 ftTuolumne River	415 ft
B	B023	type not stated	35 ft			1,001 ftTuolumne River	367 ft
B	B024	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		52 ft	962 ftTuolumne River	262 ft
B	B025	standard nonelectric	24 ft		47 ft	963 ftTuolumne River	236 ft
B	B026	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		39 ft	1,010 ftTuolumne River	276 ft
B	B027	standard nonelectric	18 ft		43 ft	1,024 ftTuolumne River	324 ft
B	B028	standard nonelectric	18 ft		43 ft	1,065 ftTuolumne River	350 ft
B	B029	standard nonelectric	18 ft		39 ft	1,012 ftTuolumne River	265 ft
B	B030	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		61 ft	1,072 ftTuolumne River	326 ft
B	B031	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		62 ft	1,121 ftTuolumne River	368 ft
B	B032	standard nonelectric	18 ft		35 ft	1,231 ftTuolumne River	252 ft
B	B033	standard nonelectric	18 ft		35 ft	1,265 ftTuolumne River	223 ft
B	B034	standard nonelectric	27 ft		103 ft	1,224 ftTuolumne River	214 ft
B	B035	type not stated	35 ft			1,247 ftTuolumne River	190 ft
B	B036	standard nonelectric	27 ft		24 ft	1,323 ftTuolumne River	127 ft
B	B037	standard nonelectric	35 ft	yes	34 ft	1,333 ftTuolumne River	112 ft
B	B038	standard nonelectric	25 ft	yes	24 ft	1,346 ftTuolumne River	112 ft
B	B039	standard nonelectric	35 ft	yes	74 ft	1,379 ftTuolumne River	151 ft
B	B040	standard nonelectric	27 ft		76 ft	1,506 ftTuolumne River	112 ft
B	B041	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		76 ft	1,552 ftTuolumne River	187 ft
B	B042	standard nonelectric	24 ft		58 ft	1,595 ftTuolumne River	306 ft
B	B043	standard nonelectric	30 ft		68 ft	1,618 ftTuolumne River	380 ft
B	B044	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		68 ft	1,589 ftTuolumne River	362 ft
B	B045	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		58 ft	1,641 ftTuolumne River	293 ft
B	B046	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		41 ft	1,641 ftTuolumne River	235 ft
B	B047	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		41 ft	1,645 ftTuolumne River	194 ft
B	B048	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		45 ft	1,655 ftTuolumne River	137 ft
B	B049	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		45 ft	1,664 ftTuolumne River	109 ft
Backpackers Loop	Tuolumne Backpackers	type not stated
C	C001	standard nonelectric	35 ft	yes	34 ft	1,361 ftTuolumne River	100 ft
C	C002	standard nonelectric	18 ft		54 ft	1,377 ftTuolumne River	167 ft
C	C003	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		54 ft	1,391 ftTuolumne River	215 ft
C	C004	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		59 ft	1,377 ftTuolumne River	274 ft
C	C005	standard nonelectric	18 ft		43 ft	1,449 ftTuolumne River	288 ft
C	C006	standard nonelectric	18 ft		63 ft	1,382 ftTuolumne River	356 ft
C	C007	standard nonelectric	18 ft		39 ft	1,462 ftTuolumne River	330 ft
C	C008	standard nonelectric	18 ft		39 ft	1,445 ftTuolumne River	364 ft
C	C009	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		85 ft	1,514 ftTuolumne River	115 ft
C	C010	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		88 ft	1,575 ftTuolumne River	139 ft
C	C011	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		77 ft	1,638 ftTuolumne River	217 ft
C	C012	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		50 ft	1,667 ftTuolumne River	231 ft
C	C013	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		88 ft	1,606 ftTuolumne River	188 ft
C	C014	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		78 ft	1,486 ftTuolumne River	196 ft
C	C015	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		53 ft	1,557 ftTuolumne River	198 ft
C	C016	standard nonelectric	28 ft		53 ft	1,563 ft	243 ft
C	C017	standard nonelectric	24 ft		29 ft	1,488 ft	319 ft
C	C018	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		39 ft	1,464 ft	264 ft
C	C019	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		47 ft	1,506 ft	241 ft
C	C020	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		63 ft	1,494 ft	180 ft
C	C021	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		79 ft	1,500 ft	101 ft
C	C022	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		29 ft	1,458 ft	326 ft
C	C023	standard nonelectric	18 ft		34 ft	1,427 ft	286 ft
C	C024	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		72 ft	1,309 ft	253 ft
C	C025	standard nonelectric	18 ft		28 ft	1,364 ft	112 ft
C	C026	standard nonelectric	18 ft		28 ft	1,392 ft	125 ft
C	C027	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		26 ft	1,419 ft	216 ft
C	C028	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		26 ft	1,413 ft	241 ft
C	C029	standard nonelectric	18 ft		34 ft	1,394 ft	285 ft
C	C030	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		72 ft	1,238 ft	278 ft
C	C031	standard nonelectric	18 ft		63 ft	1,116 ft	291 ft
C	C032	standard nonelectric	30 ft		71 ft	1,133 ft	235 ft
C	C033	standard nonelectric	18 ft		53 ft	1,179 ft	256 ft
C	C034	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		53 ft	1,199 ft	205 ft
C	C035	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		28 ft	1,165 ft	173 ft
C	C036	standard nonelectric	24 ft		67 ft	1,057 ft	300 ft
C	C037	standard nonelectric	18 ft		38 ft	985 ft	360 ft
C	C038	standard nonelectric	18 ft		38 ft	1,013 ft	328 ft
C	C039	standard nonelectric	18 ft		53 ft	1,035 ft	302 ft
C	C040	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		48 ft	1,121 ft	218 ft
C	C041	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		28 ft	1,138 ft	200 ft
C	C042	standard nonelectric	27 ft		15 ft	911 ft	400 ft
C	C043	standard nonelectric	24 ft		15 ft	908 ft	387 ft
C	C044	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		100 ft	956 ft	278 ft
C	C045	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		90 ft	1,052 ft	291 ft
C	C046	standard nonelectric	24 ft		40 ft	872 ft	261 ft
C	C047	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		40 ft	832 ft	295 ft
C	C048	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		89 ft	830 ft	362 ft
C	C049	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		63 ft	754 ft	360 ft
C	C050	standard nonelectric	18 ft		43 ft	806 ft	297 ft
C	C051	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		51 ft	771 ft	315 ft
C	C052	standard nonelectric	18 ft		52 ft	730 ft	349 ft
C	C053	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		49 ft	654 ft	422 ft
C	C054	standard nonelectric	18 ft		49 ft	625 ft	453 ft
C	C055	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		49 ft	524 ft	526 ft
C	C056	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		54 ft	670 ft	428 ft
C	C057	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		54 ft	720 ft	374 ft
C	C058	standard nonelectric	18 ft		62 ft	760 ft	318 ft
C	C059	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		64 ft	784 ft	310 ft
C	C060	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		62 ft	822 ft	257 ft
C	C061	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		27 ft	990 ft	109 ft
C	C062	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		73 ft	974 ft	105 ft
C	C063	standard nonelectric	18 ft		73 ft	1,041 ft	68 ft
C	C064	standard nonelectric	20 ft		99 ft	1,136 ft	109 ft
C	C065	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		49 ft	1,257 ft	238 ft
C	C066 - Double	standard nonelectric	18 ft		100 ft	1,158 ft	217 ft
C	C068	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		49 ft	1,261 ft	190 ft
C	C069	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		36 ft	1,220 ft	152 ft
C	C070	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		36 ft	1,250 ft	116 ft
C	C071	standard nonelectric	18 ft		82 ft	1,330 ft	98 ft
C	C072	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		79 ft	1,465 ft	101 ft
C	C073	hike to	18 ft		97 ft	1,452 ft	171 ft
C	C074	standard nonelectric	24 ft	yes	65 ft	1,487 ft	39 ft
C	C075	standard nonelectric	28 ft	yes	65 ft	1,550 ft	27 ft
C	C076	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		32 ft	1,590 ft	126 ft
C	C077 - Double	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		32 ft	1,615 ft	156 ft
C	C079	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		71 ft	1,735 ft	218 ft
C	C080	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		51 ft	1,680 ft	155 ft
C	C081	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		64 ft	1,634 ft	111 ft
C	C082	standard nonelectric	18 ft		51 ft	1,698 ft	174 ft
C	C083	standard nonelectric	18 ft		50 ft	1,716 ftTuolumne River	227 ft
C	C084	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		68 ft	1,797 ftTuolumne River	320 ft
C	C085	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		68 ft	1,729 ftTuolumne River	312 ft
C	C086	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		77 ft	1,726 ftTuolumne River	379 ft
C	C087	type not stated	30 ft			1,720 ftTuolumne River	420 ft
C	C088	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		58 ft	1,651 ftTuolumne River	320 ft
D	D001	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		56 ft	339 ft	366 ft
D	D002	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		56 ft	302 ft	326 ft
D	D003	standard nonelectric	24 ft		57 ft	329 ft	270 ft
D	D004	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		49 ft	269 ft	163 ft
D	D005	hike to	18 ft		38 ft	276 ft	143 ft
D	D006	hike to	18 ft		38 ft	307 ft	166 ft
D	D007	hike to	18 ft		76 ft	343 ft	201 ft
D	D008	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		66 ft	210 ft	83 ft
D	D009	standard nonelectric	18 ft		130 ft	119 ft	48 ft
D	D010	standard nonelectric	24 ft	yes	75 ft	154 ft	171 ft
D	D011	standard nonelectric	18 ft		75 ft	98 ft	223 ft
D	D012	standard nonelectric	24 ft		54 ft	224 ft	229 ft
D	D013	standard nonelectric	18 ft		54 ft	268 ft	222 ft
D	D014	standard nonelectric	18 ft		56 ft	319 ft	276 ft
D	D015	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		63 ft	416 ft	295 ft
D	D016	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		43 ft	461 ft	319 ft
D	D017	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		43 ft	419 ft	276 ft
D	D018	standard nonelectric	18 ft		47 ft	508 ft	365 ft
D	D019	standard nonelectric	18 ft		27 ft	497 ft	381 ft
D	D020	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		27 ft	485 ft	398 ft
D	D021	standard nonelectric	24 ft		61 ft	442 ft	421 ft
D	D022	tent only nonelectric	18 ft
E	E001	standard nonelectric	18 ft		49 ft	503 ft	478 ft
E	E002	tent only nonelectric	16 ft		45 ft	578 ft	456 ft
E	E003	standard nonelectric	18 ft		45 ft	623 ft	480 ft
E	E004	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		63 ft	646 ft	508 ft
E	E005	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		63 ft	710 ft	498 ft
E	E006	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		79 ft	661 ft	501 ft
E	E007	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		63 ft	452 ft	349 ft
E	E008	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		56 ft	359 ft	331 ft
E	E009	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		77 ft	474 ft	468 ft
E	E010	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		77 ft	530 ft	478 ft
E	E011	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		64 ft	588 ft	562 ft
E	E012	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		64 ft	628 ft	625 ft
E	E013	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		87 ft	646 ft	529 ft
E	E014	standard nonelectric	18 ft		79 ft	848 ft	361 ft
E	E015	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		49 ft	891 ft	246 ft
E	E016	standard nonelectric	18 ft		49 ft	858 ft	249 ft
E	E017	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		59 ft	824 ft	317 ft
E	E018	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		45 ft	765 ft	365 ft
E	E019	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		45 ft	732 ft	409 ft
F	F001	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		27 ft	975 ft	135 ft
F	F002	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		28 ft	760 ft	512 ft
F	F003	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		28 ft	733 ft	530 ft
F	F004	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		114 ft	675 ft	598 ft
F	F005	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		70 ft	738 ft	599 ft
F	F006	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		70 ft	788 ft	542 ft
F	F007	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		66 ft	872 ft	457 ft
F	F008	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		41 ft	1,050 ft	282 ft
F	F009	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		41 ft	1,086 ft	254 ft
F	F010	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		107 ft	1,143 ft	68 ft
G	G001	standard nonelectric	18 ft		90 ft	1,307 ft	280 ft
G	G002	standard nonelectric	18 ft		73 ft	1,399 ft	338 ft
G	G003	standard nonelectric	18 ft		65 ft	1,508 ft	434 ft
G	G004	standard nonelectric	18 ft		65 ft	1,459 ft	389 ft
G	G005	standard nonelectric	18 ft		41 ft	1,441 ft	439 ft
G	G006	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		40 ft	1,408 ft	451 ft
G	G007	standard nonelectric	18 ft		60 ft	1,360 ft	405 ft
G	G008	standard nonelectric	18 ft		40 ft	1,377 ft	467 ft
G	G009	standard nonelectric	18 ft		88 ft	1,194 ft	416 ft
G	G010	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		66 ft	1,118 ft	478 ft
G	G011	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		66 ft	1,057 ft	478 ft
G	G012	standard nonelectric	18 ft		83 ft	1,058 ft	406 ft
G	G013 - Double	standard nonelectric	18 ft		60 ft	945 ft	476 ft
G	G015	standard nonelectric	18 ft		60 ft	982 ft	418 ft
G	G016	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		75 ft	879 ft	508 ft
G	G017	standard nonelectric	18 ft		75 ft	869 ft	481 ft
G	G018	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		66 ft	822 ft	507 ft
G	G019	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		55 ft	1,123 ft	263 ft
G	G020	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		55 ft	1,170 ft	255 ft
G	G021	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		42 ft	1,222 ft	169 ft
G	G022	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		42 ft	1,258 ft	194 ft
G	G023	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		99 ft	1,232 ft	172 ft
Group	A	group tent only area nonelectric	18 ft		68 ft	1,417 ftTuolumne River	262 ft
Group	B	group tent only area nonelectric	18 ft		129 ft	1,457 ftTuolumne River	381 ft
Group	C	group tent only area nonelectric	18 ft		68 ft	1,381 ftTuolumne River	219 ft
Group	D	group tent only area nonelectric	18 ft		58 ft	1,320 ftTuolumne River	307 ft
Group	E	group tent only area nonelectric	18 ft		58 ft	1,295 ftTuolumne River	365 ft
Group	F	group tent only area nonelectric	18 ft		63 ft	1,297 ftTuolumne River	422 ft
Group	G	group tent only area nonelectric	18 ft		116 ft	1,351 ftTuolumne River	387 ft
H	H001	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		59 ft	354 ftTuolumne River	205 ft
H	H002	standard nonelectric	24 ft		58 ft	429 ftTuolumne River	293 ft
H	H003	standard nonelectric	35 ft		37 ft	413 ftTuolumne River	205 ft
H	H004	standard nonelectric	35 ft		37 ft	450 ftTuolumne River	214 ft
H	H005	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		117 ft	551 ftTuolumne River	307 ft
H	H006	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		63 ft	630 ftTuolumne River	405 ft
H	H007	standard nonelectric	24 ft		63 ft	659 ftTuolumne River	378 ft
H	H008	standard nonelectric	24 ft		33 ft	608 ftTuolumne River	327 ft
H	H009	standard nonelectric	24 ft		33 ft	624 ftTuolumne River	328 ft
H	H010	standard nonelectric	30 ft		71 ft	698 ftTuolumne River	311 ft
H	H011	standard nonelectric	24 ft		37 ft	640 ftTuolumne River	329 ft
H	H012	standard nonelectric	20 ft		72 ft	653 ftTuolumne River	297 ft
H	H013	standard nonelectric	24 ft		69 ft	729 ftTuolumne River	238 ft
H	H014	standard nonelectric	18 ft		30 ft	685 ftTuolumne River	244 ft
H	H015	standard nonelectric	18 ft		30 ft	709 ftTuolumne River	217 ft
H	H016	standard nonelectric	35 ft	yes	69 ft	785 ftTuolumne River	169 ft
H	H017	standard nonelectric	24 ft	yes	103 ft	900 ftTuolumne River	31 ft
H	H018	walk to	18 ft	yes	35 ft	919 ftTuolumne River	84 ft
H	H019	walk to	18 ft	yes	35 ft	890 ftTuolumne River	107 ft
H	H020	hike to	18 ft		58 ft	878 ftTuolumne River	165 ft
H	H021	hike to	18 ft		41 ft	899 ftTuolumne River	221 ft
H	H022	hike to	18 ft		28 ft	876 ftTuolumne River	256 ft
H	H023	hike to	18 ft		28 ft	879 ftTuolumne River	283 ft
H	H024	hike to	18 ft		46 ft	925 ftTuolumne River	367 ft
H	H025	hike to	18 ft		46 ft	879 ftTuolumne River	361 ft
H	H026	hike to	18 ft		18 ft	812 ftTuolumne River	365 ft
H	H027	hike to	18 ft		18 ft	816 ftTuolumne River	347 ft
H	H028	hike to	18 ft		34 ft	778 ftTuolumne River	373 ft
H	H029	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		54 ft	1,043 ftTuolumne River	124 ft
H	H030	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		54 ft	1,084 ftTuolumne River	160 ft
H	H031	standard nonelectric	30 ft		85 ft	1,010 ftTuolumne River	95 ft
H	H032	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		54 ft	1,132 ftTuolumne River	209 ft
H	H033	standard nonelectric	18 ft		77 ft	1,097 ftTuolumne River	199 ft
H	H034	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		54 ft	1,174 ftTuolumne River	256 ft
H	H035	standard nonelectric	18 ft		77 ft	1,131 ftTuolumne River	273 ft
H	H036	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		102 ft	1,237 ftTuolumne River	367 ft
H	H037	hike to	18 ft		36 ft	1,158 ftTuolumne River	426 ft
H	H038	hike to	18 ft		36 ft	1,176 ftTuolumne River	406 ft
H	H039	hike to	18 ft		47 ft	1,154 ftTuolumne River	449 ft
H	H040	hike to	18 ft		47 ft	1,108 ftTuolumne River	468 ft
H	H041	hike to	18 ft		48 ft	1,151 ftTuolumne River	469 ft
H	H042	hike to	18 ft		35 ft	1,186 ftTuolumne River	459 ft
H	H043	hike to	18 ft		35 ft	1,154 ftTuolumne River	493 ft
H	H044	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		54 ft	1,298 ftTuolumne River	286 ft
H	H045	standard nonelectric	18 ft		59 ft	1,235 ftTuolumne River	347 ft
H	H046	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		54 ft	1,332 ftTuolumne River	250 ft
H	H047	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		50 ft	1,282 ftTuolumne River	312 ft
H	H048	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		50 ft	1,321 ftTuolumne River	285 ft
H	H049	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		59 ft	1,366 ftTuolumne River	265 ft

25 of 309 listed

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

Getting there

the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number

Coordinate37.87111, -119.36000

The mapSee it on the map

The driveDirections ↗

The phone209-372-4025 OR 209-372-8502

The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Also near here

Tuolumne Horse CampsitesYosemite National Park · 0.2 mi Tioga Lake CampgroundInyo National Forest · 7.0 mi Junction CampgroundInyo National Forest · 7.5 mi Sawmill Walk-in CampgroundInyo National Forest · 7.8 mi Ellery Lake CampgroundInyo National Forest · 7.8 mi

Saddlebag Lake Trailhead Group CampInyo National Forest · 8.0 mi

Getting there

Take Highway 41 north from Fresno, Highway 140 east from Merced, Highway 120 east from Manteca or west from Lee Vining (State Route 395) into Yosemite National Park. Tuolumne Meadows Campground is located 5 miles from the Tioga Pass Entrance station (Hwy 120 from the east), and is 55 miles (2 hours) from Yosemite Valley.

Directions: Driving directions as the agency wrote them · Sep 9, 2026

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

The weather

the next four days · the thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

This Afternoon64°Sunny

Tonight29°Clear

Saturday63°Sunny

Saturday Night27°Clear

NWS forecast for Virginia Lakes, CA

Source: National Weather Service, HNX forecast office · Oct 16, 2026

Typical weather

Typical July night 36°F, day 78°F.

Coldest night of the open season: typical September night 28°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.

90°32°0°

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 Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.

Measured at: BODIE CALIFORNIA ST HISTORIC P, CA (USC00040943), 30 miles away and 250 ft lower

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, monthly normals · Sep 8, 2026

The land, and who answers for it

what threatens it · who answers for it

What threatens this place

Watch

Yosemite National Parkdefunding

Roadless

Hall Natural Area5,236 acres · 7 mi · inventoried roadless area

Roadless

Tioga Lake829 acres · 7 mi · inventoried roadless area

You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.

Source: MTJP Threatened Lands map · Oct 3, 2026

Who answers for this land

Tuolumne Meadows 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 →

Seen something wrong here? Tell us.

Source: U.S. Census district boundaries and the MTJP Congressional Public Lands Score

How we know

every fact on this page, and where it came from

Right now: The agency lists it out of season. The season it publishes is the bar below.

Sites on recreation.gov: recreation.gov’s own month availability payload for this facility, asked for October 2026, November 2026 and July 2027. It names 290 of the 309 campsites the agency files here, and every one of them carries an answer either way. A campground nobody has read carries no answer at all, never a no. · Oct 11, 2026

Season: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point query at this campground’s coordinate · Sep 7, 2026

Tree cover: NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC), one 30 m cell at this coordinate, taken as the median across the 301 campsites here that carry a reading · Sep 9, 2026

Water: USGS National Hydrography Dataset, nearest perennial lake, reservoir, river or stream to this campground’s coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate: 0.048 mcd/m² of artificial all-sky glow, ranked against the 1,201 rated federal campgrounds in California · Sep 8, 2026

Sky-glow model: Duriscoe, Anderson, Luginbuhl and Baugh (2018), a simplified model of all-sky artificial sky glow derived from VIIRS Day/Night band data, the National Park Service sky-glow model

Fall color: More Than Just Parks foliage tracker, joined to this campground by distance (23 km) · Oct 5, 2026

Reported by: iNaturalist fall color observations, reported peak color · Oct 5, 2026

Cell signal: the Park Service’s own campground description, read as text by CAMPANAC. None of this is a measurement. It’s what the land manager published about the place, and phones, carriers and weather all disagree with each other; treat it as a warning, not a promise.

Nearest place of any size: Virginia Lakes, CA, 12.6 mi SSW (a census designated place). Straight line.

Nearest town: U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line 2024 places, measured by CAMPANAC to the town boundary; population is the ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimate · Sep 9, 2026