Upper Pines Campground
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- Right now
- OpenThe agency lists it open
- A night
- $36From, per site
- Sites
- 240235 on recreation.gov
- Season
- Year-roundOpen year-round
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 10 notices
In the agency’s own words
Upper Pines campsites are available to reserve up to five months in advance on the 15th of each month at 7:00 a.m. PST. For example, on January 15, arrival dates for the period May 15 to June 14 become available to reserve, and therefore, the full arrival date window would be from January 15 to June 14. 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. Keep reading
gov call center does NOT have access to additional sites or additional information beyond what is published on recreation.gov. Upper Pines Campground is located in breathtaking Yosemite National Park in Central California's rugged Sierra Nevada Mountain Range at an elevation of 4,000 feet. The site is situated in the heart of Yosemite Valley, an awe-inspiring landscape containing many of the famous features for which Yosemite National Park is known. Within Yosemite, visitors can gaze upon waterfalls, sheer granite cliffs, deep valleys, grand meadows, ancient giant sequoias, vast wilderness areas and much more. Yosemite National Park Campground Reservation Dates For additional park information, call (209)372-0200 or visit www.nps.gov/yose 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, cross-country skiing and photography are all very popular activities within the park. Hiking trails range from the easy paved, two-mile roundtrip walk to Mirror Lake/Meadow, to the grueling but rewarding 14- to 16-mile trek to Half Dome (permit required). Both of these trails begin near the Pines Campgrounds, and there are many additional trailheads within Yosemite 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.
Facilities
Upper Pines Campground is the largest of the three reservation campgrounds in Yosemite Valley. It offers paved roads and parking spurs, flush toilets, and drinking water. Each campsite contains a picnic table, fire ring, and a food storage locker. Yosemite's free shuttle bus stops at the campground entrance. Nearby, historic Curry Village offers showers (for a fee), a general store, restaurants and bar, amphitheater and a tour and activities desk.
Natural Features
Yosemite Valley is forested with a diverse mix of California black oak, Ponderosa pine, incense-cedar, White fir, and Whiteleaf Manzanita, which offers a pleasant combination of sun and shade. Through the trees, Yosemite's telltale granite cliffs peek through, and the gentle, refreshing Merced River flows nearby. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (209) 372-8502.
Nearby Attractions
Glacier Point offers sweeping views of Yosemite Valley, Little Yosemite Valley, Half Dome, Vernal and Nevada Falls, and Clouds Rest, among other notable landmarks. The Tioga Road offers a 39-mile scenic drive past forests, meadows, lakes and granite domes. Beautiful Hetch Hetchy Reservoir is home to spectacular scenery and numerous wilderness trailheads.
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 (Exception: 1 night reservations do not incur an additional $10 fee, but do not receive a refund). No-shows will be assessed a $20 service fee along with the loss of 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.
If arriving one or more days late, call (209) 372-8502; your reservation will be cancelled if we do not hear from you within 24 hours of your arrival date.
You must check-in at the campground kiosk upon arrival. After-hours arrivals must sign-in and return to the kiosk to complete check-in the following morning or your reservation may be cancelled.
Everything else this campground posts · 7
Bears and other wildlife live here! Food and toiletries must be properly stored 24 hours/day. - Food storage 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.
There are no electric, water or sewer hook-ups available at individual campsites. A free dump station is located on-site along with potable water.
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.
Road conditions can change at any time; before arrival, please call (209) 372-0200 for road and weather conditions inside Yosemite, and 1-800-427-ROAD for conditions outside the park. For additional park information, call (209) 372-0200 or visit www.nps.gov/yose
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 propane bottles, water 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
Resale or auction of advance reservations is prohibited.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 240 · 4 tent-only
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 35 ft
- Paved pads
- 225 of 240
- Accessible sites
- 10
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- 101 of 106 sites
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets - year round
- Drinking water
- Yes
- Dump station
- Yes
- Store
- Nearby
- Bear boxes
- Yes
- Camp host
- On site
- recreation.gov lists “Host”
- Stay limit
- 7 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Waterfall, Reservoir, Lake, River, Meadow
- Night sky · 356th darkest of 1,201 in CA
- Bortle 2
- Fall color · reported 12 days ago, 39 km away
- Peak color
Full this Saturdayread 15:58 UTC
How full the weekend is nationally.
5 campgrounds have sites open within 30 miles, read 16:49 UTC. See them
OpenBookedClosed
Every one of the 233 sites on offer is taken this Saturday. 5 are free on Wed, Oct 21. read 15:58 UTC Why the weekend fills and the week doesn’t
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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.
We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
Every line of the receipt · 14
What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $36 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.
“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 (Exception: 1 night reservations do not incur an additional $10 fee, but do not receive a refund).” · 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 · 6
Open within 30 miles this weekend · 5
Sites the agency is offering this Friday and Saturday that nobody has taken, nearest first. read 16:49 UTC
- Wawona CampgroundYosemite National Park · 13 mi · 1 of 192 site-nights open
- Willow Placer CampgroundMother Lode Field Office · 26 mi · 2 of 16 site-nights open
- Railroad Flat CampgroundMother Lode Field Office · 26 mi · 1 of 18 site-nights open
- Recreation PointSierra National Forest · 28 mi · 13 of 14 site-nights open
- Forks Campground (Sierra)Sierra National Forest · 29 mi · 1 of 42 site-nights open
recreation.gov availability, read 15:58 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
240 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 235 mapped sitesAll 240 sites
Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 237 of the 240 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. 235 of the 240 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.
| Upper Pines | 001 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 37 ft | 225 ft | 296 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 002 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 37 ft | 254 ft | 279 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 003 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 56 ft | 233 ft | 344 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 004 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 43 ft | 291 ft | 257 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 005 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 42 ft | 282 ft | 310 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 006 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | yes | 44 ft | 338 ft | 229 ft | $36 |
| Upper Pines | 007 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | yes | 42 ft | 321 ft | 273 ft | $36 |
| Upper Pines | 008 | standard nonelectric | 18 ft | 29 ft | 371 ft | 229 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 009 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 32 ft | 363 ft | 235 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 010 | standard nonelectric | 18 ft | 29 ft | 395 ft | 206 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 011 | standard nonelectric | 18 ft | 32 ft | 390 ft | 212 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 012 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 31 ft | 423 ft | 175 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 013 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 37 ft | 421 ft | 191 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 014 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 34 ft | 467 ft | 130 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 015 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 36 ft | 458 ft | 162 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 016 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 34 ft | 493 ft | 99 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 017 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 33 ft | 492 ft | 145 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 018 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 36 ft | 526 ft | 67 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 019 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 33 ft | 525 ft | 131 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 020 | standard nonelectric | 27 ft | 46 ft | 569 ft | 38 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 021 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | yes | 35 ft | 573 ft | 120 ft | $36 |
| Upper Pines | 022 | standard nonelectric | 27 ft | 37 ft | 619 ft | 34 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 023 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 34 ft | 607 ft | 126 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 024 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 34 ft | 640 ft | 127 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 025 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 37 ft | 656 ft | 70 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 026 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | yes | 36 ft | 677 ft | 148 ft | $36 |
| Upper Pines | 027 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | yes | 44 ft | 719 ft | 167 ft | $36 |
| Upper Pines | 028 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | yes | 45 ft | 765 ft | 192 ft | $36 |
| Upper Pines | 029 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | yes | 45 ft | 793 ft | 207 ft | $36 |
| Upper Pines | 030 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 50 ft | 814 ft | 222 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 031 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 42 ft | 729 ft | 137 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 032 | standard nonelectric | 27 ft | 59 ft | 797 ft | 206 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 033 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 48 ft | 750 ft | 178 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 034 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 42 ft | 694 ft | 102 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 035 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 45 ft | 709 ft | 157 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 036 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 39 ft | 651 ft | 60 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 037 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 38 ft | 665 ft | 135 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 038 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 39 ft | 615 ft | 35 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 039 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | yes | 37 ft | 632 ft | 138 ft | $36 |
| Upper Pines | 040 | rv nonelectric | 24 ft | 46 ft | 576 ft | 54 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 041 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 24 ft | 595 ft | 130 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 042 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | yes | 48 ft | 529 ft | 87 ft | $36 |
| Upper Pines | 043 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | yes | 24 ft | 576 ft | 145 ft | $36 |
| Upper Pines | 044 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 52 ft | 468 ft | 163 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 045 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 37 ft | 525 ft | 105 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 046 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 37 ft | 503 ft | 72 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 047 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 52 ft | 426 ft | 153 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 048 | type not stated | 35 ft | 476 ft | 48 ft | |||
| Upper Pines | 049 | type not stated | 32 ft | 385 ft | 153 ft | |||
| Upper Pines | 050 | type not stated | 24 ft | |||||
| Upper Pines | 051 | type not stated | 35 ft | |||||
| Upper Pines | 052 | type not stated | 35 ft | |||||
| Upper Pines | 053 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 46 ft | 512 ft | 152 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 054 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 80 ft | 570 ft | 166 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 055 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 46 ft | 547 ft | 129 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 056 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 38 ft | 631 ft | 189 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 057 | standard nonelectric | 18 ft | 34 ft | 653 ft | 205 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 058 | standard nonelectric | 18 ft | 34 ft | 667 ft | 197 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 059 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 52 ft | 603 ft | 111 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 060 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 36 ft | 700 ft | 218 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 061 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 45 ft | 636 ft | 130 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 062 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 42 ft | 679 ft | 171 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 063 | rv nonelectric | 24 ft | 38 ft | 742 ft | 223 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 064 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 42 ft | 712 ft | 205 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 065 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 36 ft | 776 ft | 207 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 066 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 36 ft | 806 ft | 201 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 067 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 42 ft | 760 ft | 253 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 068 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 39 ft | 793 ft | 289 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 069 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 39 ft | 831 ft | 307 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 070 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 26 ft | 832 ft | 211 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 071 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 49 ft | 880 ft | 293 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 072 | rv nonelectric | 27 ft | 26 ft | 857 ft | 194 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 073 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 49 ft | 923 ft | 272 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 074 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 66 ft | 974 ft | 234 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 075 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 50 ft | 991 ft | 178 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 076 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 38 ft | 981 ft | 130 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 077 | rv nonelectric | 27 ft | 46 ft | 906 ft | 172 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 078 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 38 ft | 956 ft | 94 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 079 | rv nonelectric | 27 ft | 24 ft | 864 ft | 165 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 080 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 48 ft | 917 ft | 61 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 081 | rv nonelectric | 27 ft | 23 ft | 847 ft | 157 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 082 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 23 ft | 826 ft | 162 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 083 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 46 ft | 874 ft | 62 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 084 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 35 ft | 798 ft | 165 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 085 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 42 ft | 838 ft | 88 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 086 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 40 ft | 763 ft | 184 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 087 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 37 ft | 799 ft | 127 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 088 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 38 ft | 703 ft | 215 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 089 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 37 ft | 769 ft | 159 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 090 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 38 ft | 686 ft | 180 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 091 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 33 ft | 739 ft | 103 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 092 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 33 ft | 715 ft | 71 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 093 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 53 ft | 649 ft | 136 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 094 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 37 ft | 688 ft | 36 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 095 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 58 ft | 728 ft | 66 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 096 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 39 ft | 774 ft | 152 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 097 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 43 ft | 811 ft | 165 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 098 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 53 ft | 777 ft | 98 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 099 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 49 ft | 825 ft | 145 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 100 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 39 ft | 858 ft | 193 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 101 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 38 ft | 896 ft | 219 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 102 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 49 ft | 871 ft | 155 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 103 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 28 ft | 922 ft | 143 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 104 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 37 ft | 933 ft | 241 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 105 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 28 ft | 949 ft | 148 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 106 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 30 ft | 979 ft | 158 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 107 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 34 ft | 969 ft | 256 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 108 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 44 ft | 1,023 ft | 183 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 109 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 42 ft | 1,068 ft | 226 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 110 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 34 ft | 1,098 ft | 268 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 111 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 34 ft | 1,102 ft | 296 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 112 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 48 ft | 1,104 ft | 279 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 113 | standard nonelectric | 18 ft | 33 ft | 1,081 ft | 219 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 114 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 33 ft | 1,054 ft | 193 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 115 | rv nonelectric | 35 ft | 46 ft | 1,013 ft | 262 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 116 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 34 ft | 966 ft | 227 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 117 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 46 ft | 995 ft | 166 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 118 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 31 ft | 930 ft | 196 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 119 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 45 ft | 962 ft | 146 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 120 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 31 ft | 900 ft | 174 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 121 | standard nonelectric | 18 ft | 45 ft | 924 ft | 104 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 122 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 48 ft | 858 ft | 141 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 123 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 87 ft | 842 ft | 35 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 124 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 39 ft | 806 ft | 120 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 125 | tent only nonelectric | 18 ft | 51 ft | 788 ft | 102 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 126 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 62 ft | 811 ft | 163 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 127 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 48 ft | 838 ft | 72 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 128 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 28 ft | 872 ft | 150 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 129 | standard nonelectric | 27 ft | 34 ft | 885 ft | 73 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 130 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 28 ft | 899 ft | 165 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 131 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 34 ft | 917 ft | 90 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 132 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 37 ft | 936 ft | 165 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 133 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 53 ft | 970 ft | 77 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 134 | standard nonelectric | 18 ft | 49 ft | 998 ft | 131 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 135 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 47 ft | 1,049 ft | 45 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 136 | rv nonelectric | 24 ft | 31 ft | 1,047 ft | 130 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 137 | tent only nonelectric | 47 ft | 1,096 ft | 72 ft | $36 | ||
| Upper Pines | 138 | rv nonelectric | 27 ft | 31 ft | 1,076 ft | 143 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 139 | tent only nonelectric | 68 ft | 1,157 ft | 139 ft | $36 | ||
| Upper Pines | 140 | rv nonelectric | 27 ft | 45 ft | 1,119 ft | 163 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 141 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 51 ft | 1,216 ft | 173 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 142 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 51 ft | 1,233 ft | 128 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 143 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 55 ft | 1,215 ft | 73 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 144 | standard nonelectric | 18 ft | 56 ft | 1,162 ft | 50 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 145 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 45 ft | 1,093 ft | 142 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 146 | standard nonelectric | 18 ft | 46 ft | 1,107 ft | 101 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 147 | rv nonelectric | 27 ft | 29 ft | 1,065 ft | 121 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 148 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 45 ft | 1,053 ft | 164 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 149 | rv nonelectric | 27 ft | 29 ft | 1,036 ft | 93 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 150 | standard nonelectric | 27 ft | 34 ft | 997 ft | 140 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 151 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 42 ft | 994 ft | 58 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 152 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 34 ft | 964 ft | 141 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 153 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 49 ft | 930 ft | 60 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 154 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 45 ft | 920 ft | 149 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 155 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 49 ft | 881 ft | 92 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 156 | standard nonelectric | 27 ft | 62 ft | 844 ft | 171 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 157 | standard nonelectric | 18 ft | 36 ft | 876 ft | 158 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 158 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 43 ft | 911 ft | 78 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 159 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 36 ft | 910 ft | 153 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 160 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 43 ft | 952 ft | 64 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 161 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 37 ft | 947 ft | 151 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 162 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 43 ft | 992 ft | 80 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 163 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 36 ft | 981 ft | 164 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 164 | rv nonelectric | 27 ft | 37 ft | 1,034 ft | 111 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 165 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 30 ft | 1,014 ft | 165 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 166 | standard nonelectric | 27 ft | 37 ft | 1,069 ft | 124 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 167 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 30 ft | 1,039 ft | 144 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 168 | standard nonelectric | 27 ft | 55 ft | 1,119 ft | 64 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 169 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 36 ft | 1,072 ft | 118 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 170 | rv nonelectric | 27 ft | 38 ft | 1,118 ft | 108 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 171 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 49 ft | 1,202 ft | 61 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 172 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 43 ft | 1,214 ft | 109 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 173 | standard nonelectric | 18 ft | 38 ft | 1,146 ft | 117 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 174 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 43 ft | 1,182 ft | 148 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 175 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 45 ft | 1,140 ft | 184 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 176 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 52 ft | 1,082 ft | 220 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 177 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 42 ft | 1,041 ft | 238 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 178 | standard nonelectric | 18 ft | 38 ft | 1,108 ft | 154 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 179 | standard nonelectric | 18 ft | 42 ft | 1,033 ft | 231 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 180 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 34 ft | 1,081 ft | 150 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 181 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 34 ft | 1,053 ft | 156 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 182 | standard nonelectric | 27 ft | 101 ft | 987 ft | 167 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 183 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 44 ft | 1,007 ft | 188 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 184 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 44 ft | 969 ft | 210 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 185 | standard nonelectric | 18 ft | 63 ft | 904 ft | 214 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 186 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 31 ft | 881 ft | 130 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 187 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 31 ft | 849 ft | 123 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 188 | standard nonelectric | 27 ft | 39 ft | 670 ft | 179 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 189 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 55 ft | 749 ft | 117 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 190 | standard nonelectric | 18 ft | 49 ft | 703 ft | 145 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 191 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 55 ft | 786 ft | 65 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 192 | rv nonelectric | 27 ft | 49 ft | 721 ft | 137 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 193 | rv nonelectric | 24 ft | 34 ft | 802 ft | 40 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 194 | rv nonelectric | 27 ft | 48 ft | 704 ft | 138 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 195 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 34 ft | 790 ft | 60 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 196 | rv nonelectric | 27 ft | 38 ft | 688 ft | 157 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 197 | standard nonelectric | 27 ft | 47 ft | 756 ft | 113 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 198 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 38 ft | 673 ft | 180 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 199 | tent only nonelectric | 47 ft | 748 ft | 151 ft | $36 | ||
| Upper Pines | 200 | standard nonelectric | 18 ft | 53 ft | 662 ft | 133 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 201 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 45 ft | 657 ft | 80 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 202 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 51 ft | 747 ft | 136 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 203 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 45 ft | 676 ft | 50 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 204 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 70 ft | 777 ft | 132 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 205 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 39 ft | 694 ft | 47 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 206 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 42 ft | 788 ft | 147 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 207 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 42 ft | 765 ft | 141 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 208 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 66 ft | 711 ft | 131 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 209 | standard nonelectric | 27 ft | 39 ft | 683 ft | 59 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 210 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 73 ft | 628 ft | 152 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 211 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 55 ft | 562 ft | 146 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 212 | standard nonelectric | 18 ft | 69 ft | 615 ft | 63 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 213 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 55 ft | 541 ft | 126 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 214 | rv nonelectric | 27 ft | 46 ft | 512 ft | 136 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 215 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 39 ft | 597 ft | 54 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 216 | rv nonelectric | 27 ft | 38 ft | 510 ft | 143 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 217 | rv nonelectric | 27 ft | 39 ft | 605 ft | 73 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 218 | rv nonelectric | 27 ft | 35 ft | 508 ft | 161 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 219 | rv nonelectric | 27 ft | 39 ft | 608 ft | 107 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 220 | rv nonelectric | 27 ft | 35 ft | 515 ft | 176 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 221 | rv nonelectric | 18 ft | 38 ft | 601 ft | 146 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 222 | standard nonelectric | 27 ft | 35 ft | 523 ft | 217 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 223 | standard nonelectric | 18 ft | 34 ft | 612 ft | 179 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 224 | rv nonelectric | 27 ft | 35 ft | 529 ft | 243 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 225 | rv nonelectric | 18 ft | 34 ft | 613 ft | 212 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 226 | standard nonelectric | 27 ft | 42 ft | 546 ft | 271 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 227 | standard nonelectric | 18 ft | 34 ft | 627 ft | 215 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 228 | standard nonelectric | 27 ft | 40 ft | 555 ft | 288 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 229 | standard nonelectric | 18 ft | 33 ft | 637 ft | 206 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 230 | standard nonelectric | 27 ft | 40 ft | 575 ft | 277 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 231 | standard nonelectric | 18 ft | 33 ft | 652 ft | 195 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 232 | standard nonelectric | 27 ft | 47 ft | 595 ft | 275 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 233 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 44 ft | 675 ft | 186 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 234 | standard nonelectric | 27 ft | 42 ft | 592 ft | 276 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 235 | standard nonelectric | 18 ft | 40 ft | 658 ft | 194 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 236 | rv nonelectric | 27 ft | 42 ft | 575 ft | 278 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 237 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 39 ft | 654 ft | 193 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 238 | rv nonelectric | 27 ft | 43 ft | 564 ft | 283 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 239 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 54 ft | 585 ft | 266 ft | $36 | |
| Upper Pines | 240 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 54 ft | 607 ft | 260 ft | $36 |
25 of 240 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Lower Pines CampgroundYosemite National Park · 0.4 mi
North Pines CampgroundYosemite National Park · 0.4 mi
Camp 4Yosemite National Park · 2.3 mi
Porcupine Flat CampgroundYosemite National Park · 5.0 mi
Bridalveil Creek CampgroundYosemite National Park · 6.0 mi
Yosemite Creek CampgroundYosemite National Park · 6.5 miTake Highway 41 north from Fresno, Highway 140 east from Merced, or Highway 120 east from Manteca into Yosemite National Park. Follow signs to Yosemite Valley and the campgrounds.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Yosemite Valley, CA
Typical weather
Typical October night 41°F, day 71°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical December night 28°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more
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.
The land, and who answers for it
what threatens it · who answers for it · a letter you can send
What threatens this place
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Upper Pines 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 →
Who can change it · 4
Two offices, two different asks. The draft to the agency asks it to set aside a published share of the sites here for whoever drives up. The draft to Congress asks why that share is zero and presses for a published minimum at the campgrounds it funds.
- The office that runs itYosemite National ParkNational Park Service unit
- The member who votes the moneyTom McClintockU.S. Representative · California’s 5th district
- Your senator, on the same appropriationAdam B. SchiffU.S. Senator · California
- Your senator, on the same appropriationAlex PadillaU.S. Senator · California
Read the draft, or change the wording
For the camper who turned up, or tried to book, and couldn’t get in. Every draft is written from this campground’s own record (its agency, its unit, its site count and its own weekend) and the buttons above copy whichever wording is selected here.
Asks the National Park Service to set aside a published share of the sites here for whoever drives up, and to post what that share is.
Subject Hold back a share of sites at Upper Pines Campground for campers who drive up
To the National Park Service, Yosemite National Park: I tried to camp at Upper Pines Campground in California and couldn’t. recreation.gov lists 235 of the 240 campsites the agency files at Upper Pines Campground, and every one of them is booked ahead, and the agency's own record lists none held back for somebody who drives up. On Saturday, October 17, all 233 sites recreation.gov was offering there were already booked. 1,623 of the 7,639 federal campgrounds in this country still keep at least some sites for whoever arrives first. Upper Pines Campground keeps none, and that’s a choice somebody made rather than a rule. I’m asking for one specific thing: set aside a published share of the sites at Upper Pines Campground as first-come, first-served, and post what that share is so it can be checked. Somebody who drives up has no way in, and no way to find out whether they might have had one. Sent about Upper Pines Campground (Yosemite National Park, California) via campanac.com
Asks them to put the question to the agency in writing, and to press for a published minimum share of walk-up sites across the campgrounds they fund.
Subject Walk-up camping at Upper Pines Campground, Yosemite National Park, California
Dear Tom McClintock, I’m a constituent in California’s 5th district. I tried to camp at Upper Pines Campground, Yosemite National Park, California, and couldn’t. recreation.gov lists 235 of the 240 campsites the agency files at Upper Pines Campground, and every one of them is booked ahead, and the agency's own record lists none held back for somebody who drives up. On Saturday, October 17, all 233 sites recreation.gov was offering there were already booked. 1,623 of the 7,639 federal campgrounds in this country still keep at least some sites for whoever arrives first. Upper Pines Campground keeps none, and that’s a choice somebody made rather than a rule. I’m not asking you to run Upper Pines Campground. I’m asking you to put it to the National Park Service in writing: why is the share of first-come sites there zero, and what would a published minimum share cost? Please press for that minimum at the federal campgrounds you fund. The people who open these campgrounds, collect the fees and keep the water running are seasonal positions. At GS-5, base pay plus the government's own 36.25% benefit factor, one costs about $47,414 a year. One percent of the $13.3 billion the USS Gerald R. Ford cost to procure would pay for about 2,800 of them for a year. Both figures are the government's own (a Congressional Research Service report and an OPM pay table), and I’m glad to send them. Sent about Upper Pines Campground (Yosemite National Park, California) via campanac.com
Asks them to put the question to the agency in writing, and to press for a published minimum share of walk-up sites across the campgrounds they fund.
Subject Walk-up camping at Upper Pines Campground, Yosemite National Park, California
Dear Adam B. Schiff, I’m a constituent in California. I tried to camp at Upper Pines Campground, Yosemite National Park, California, and couldn’t. recreation.gov lists 235 of the 240 campsites the agency files at Upper Pines Campground, and every one of them is booked ahead, and the agency's own record lists none held back for somebody who drives up. On Saturday, October 17, all 233 sites recreation.gov was offering there were already booked. 1,623 of the 7,639 federal campgrounds in this country still keep at least some sites for whoever arrives first. Upper Pines Campground keeps none, and that’s a choice somebody made rather than a rule. I’m not asking you to run Upper Pines Campground. I’m asking you to put it to the National Park Service in writing: why is the share of first-come sites there zero, and what would a published minimum share cost? Please press for that minimum at the federal campgrounds you fund. The people who open these campgrounds, collect the fees and keep the water running are seasonal positions. At GS-5, base pay plus the government's own 36.25% benefit factor, one costs about $47,414 a year. One percent of the $13.3 billion the USS Gerald R. Ford cost to procure would pay for about 2,800 of them for a year. Both figures are the government's own (a Congressional Research Service report and an OPM pay table), and I’m glad to send them. Sent about Upper Pines Campground (Yosemite National Park, California) via campanac.com
Asks them to put the question to the agency in writing, and to press for a published minimum share of walk-up sites across the campgrounds they fund.
Subject Walk-up camping at Upper Pines Campground, Yosemite National Park, California
Dear Alex Padilla, I’m a constituent in California. I tried to camp at Upper Pines Campground, Yosemite National Park, California, and couldn’t. recreation.gov lists 235 of the 240 campsites the agency files at Upper Pines Campground, and every one of them is booked ahead, and the agency's own record lists none held back for somebody who drives up. On Saturday, October 17, all 233 sites recreation.gov was offering there were already booked. 1,623 of the 7,639 federal campgrounds in this country still keep at least some sites for whoever arrives first. Upper Pines Campground keeps none, and that’s a choice somebody made rather than a rule. I’m not asking you to run Upper Pines Campground. I’m asking you to put it to the National Park Service in writing: why is the share of first-come sites there zero, and what would a published minimum share cost? Please press for that minimum at the federal campgrounds you fund. The people who open these campgrounds, collect the fees and keep the water running are seasonal positions. At GS-5, base pay plus the government's own 36.25% benefit factor, one costs about $47,414 a year. One percent of the $13.3 billion the USS Gerald R. Ford cost to procure would pay for about 2,800 of them for a year. Both figures are the government's own (a Congressional Research Service report and an OPM pay table), and I’m glad to send them. Sent about Upper Pines Campground (Yosemite National Park, California) via campanac.com