Yosemite/Hodgdon Meadow

Jason P

This place was miserable! Worst campground we have ever been in. Packed! Tents wall to wall. We stayed next to the camp host, thinking they would monitor the chaos around us. Nope. Besides partying until 3:00 and nothing done, we were treated to scared idiots bringing LED floodlights to illuminate their camp all night. If you want to recreate the city experience in the forest, stay home. I wouldn’t complain if it was one group, but it was a ton Of them! Camp hosts, do your job!! Good god! Seriously! Folks, do yourself a favor and stay outside the park and drive in each day.

Christopher McCann

Extremely disappointing. These campsites are all cramped with on top of another without any delineation of where one site ends and another begins. This causes friction between neighboring sites about where people are putting their tents and noise issues. Then there are the hosts. At first, they seem very nice. But I and some friends had adjoining sites and the camp host had an issue about us moving our picnic table 20 feet so that they were together and all the adults and kids could eat together. Of course, they waited until we’re gone for the day, entered our site, moved our picnic tables, and left us a written warning without their name on it. The camp hosts rotate daily and stay in an RV. Our mistake was getting the site right across the driveway from them. Because they rotated daily, each one came over and repeated the same bear lecture twice a day for four days. And many of their bear precautions were excessive and absurdly pedantic. We had two sites next to each other with a total of 12 people constantly around, and we were told at least once a day that we literally had to be “within arms length of our trashcan at all times.” Mind you, our site was in the middle of this campsite, surrounded by over 100 other campsites, and they think we need to spend our entire day “within arm’s length” of our trash cans all day? Because why? A bear is going to sprint from the woods all the way across dozens of sites to get to us in the middle and attack our trashcan? And what would I am I supposed to do with that arm’s length trash can if a bear showed up? Grab it and away with it? I get that you have to put many things in the bear box. But if you didn’t, the hosts harassed you. Inside my zippered screened-in tent, I left a can of insect repellent. And not some flavored lotion-y stuff, but real insect repellent. Some anonymous host came into the screened in, zippered porch of my tent and removed it and put it in a bear box. And left me a written warning. Then our fire pit is stuck in the ground literally 3 feet away from two trees. A horrible safety risk, so I put out my own fire pit 8 feet away, and got a written warning for that too. Someone needs to let these camp hosts know, that they are there to serve the guests WHEN WE CHOOSE TO COME TO THEM. We don’t need them coming over twice a day to harass us with the same bear lecture, bother our peaceful enjoyment, or to trespass in our tents. Then there is the lack of facilities. They had two bathrooms for over 100 campsites. And for the men, they had one urinal and one stall in each bathroom. And one of those urinals was clogged up. And the electrical outlet in the bathroom doesn’t work. And be prepared that there is no other electricity except for two hours in the middle of the day (when most are gone for the day) and two hours at night, at one location on the host’s site. How hard is it to put in some more outlets that work? And this camp site is 45 minutes from Yosemite Valley. Never again would I stay there.

Natasha Hart

We stayed at Hodgdon October 16-19, 2025. It was absolutely perfect. It was during the shutdown, but we still had a couple rangers. We stayed in site 30 with 2 tents. Very flat and awesome! It's a hike in, but it's literally like 50 feet from the car. Easy to transport our stuff. It was quiet for the most part, but one night at 2am some people went to their car and basically had no courtesy and just slammed the door, being in the forest it echoes. It's a bit of a drive from Yosemite Valley but it wasn't crowded at all, and the weather was great.

Sophie Gullett

This is definitely the campsite you get when everything else in Yosemite gets snapped up immediately. It's not super close to the park, but not in a bad position for getting to the valley or hetch hetchy. Campsites vary greatly - some are more private and spacious and some (like the one we got #35) are very small and so close to neighbors you constantly feel like you're in their space. Many sites are also pretty sloped. That said, rangers were great and friendly and did frequent bear checks, trash was regularly emptied, and bathrooms were clean.

Gig Runge

RV sites are basic and sloped. You will need leveling blocks and lit toilets are your only amenity. But, it is very nice to camp inside the park.