Campground
Lower Pines Campground
Yosemite Valley, California
Valley-floor camp along the Merced River with views of Half Dome and Glacier Point.
- Price
- US$36 per night
- Booking
- Book ahead
- Sites
- 74
Lower Pines is one of three Valley campgrounds on the Merced River with 74 sites. Walls of granite rise on either side, and the shuttle and bike paths run past the loop. Reservations release five months ahead and vanish in minutes.
Good to know
- Set an alarm for the 15th when each month's block opens
- Bicycles are the fastest way around the Valley
- Bears are active, use the bear boxes
- Best time
- April to June for waterfalls
- Open
- 2026 dates: 21 April to 19 October
- Getting there
- Sealed road, RVs to 40 ft, no hookups
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
- Dogs
- Dogs on a lead
Facilities
- Fire pits
- Picnic tables
- Toilets
- Drinking water
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