Reviews

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.

Matthew Nimesheim

About 45 minutes from the valley, but couldn't be easier to find. It's after you enter the park about 2 minute drive. Never hear the cars along the main road though and got in and out with zero problems. Stayed in 001, which felt secluded from the rest of the camp but still very much in it. Bathrooms were a small walk but nothing terrible. Overall me and my wife enjoyed the stay.

Camille Dee

Spent 3 nights at this campground near the entrance of Yosemite National Park. It’s about a 45-minute drive to Yosemite Valley. We stayed at campsite #1, which was conveniently located near the entrance, but a bit far from the restrooms. There is no reception on this campground. There are no showers on-site, so we had to drive to Curry Village to take a shower. The campground only has flushing toilets, which is fine, but they weren’t very clean and there was no soap available. They also have potable water. Some campsites are also on a slope, which isn’t ideal for tent camping. During our visit, there was a lot of loose dirt, so our feet and legs were constantly dusty. Each site has a bear box, which is a plus for safety. Overall, it’s a decent location close to the park, but restroom maintenance and facilities could definitely be improved.

Eduardo Maristany

Great campsite above Yosemite Valley. It takes about 40-60min to drive down to Yosemite Valley is can be both good and bad: calmer and further away from crowds but requires more driving. My specific campsite was on an incline so it was hard to find a flat patch of ground to pitch my tent but other than that the campsite was great. Every campsite had its own table, fire pit, and bear locker and there’s toilets with running water nearby.

M

We enjoyed our stay at this campsite, however we had to cut our trip short since the terrain was on a slope. We had originally planned on having 2 tents set up. One on the ground and one on my pickup truck bed for the kids. Unfortunately the staff did not allow me to put up the tent on my pickup truck which was a real bummer and really made the camping more inconvenient. The plus side was the flushable restrooms and running water.

Autumn Pressley

Recently visited and had an amazing experience! The campground is right as you enter Yosemite National Park and super easy to locate, plus it's only about a 30 minute drive from Yosemite Valley. The camp hosts were absolutely amazing, both welcoming and super knowledgable while we were there June 20-23. There is no phone service, but that's what we hope for and expect while camping. It was the perfect way to unplug. We had a hike in campsite and we will 100% be doing that again, not a super far hike and you get to be a little bit further away from other camp sites. Absolutely love this place and was really sad to leave! We will definitely be back and will recommend to others.

Bastian Zamorano

The campground is 45 min far from Yosemite Valley. If you are driving from San Francisco this is the closest campground spot, literally 5 minutes from the entrance. From Tioga pass around 1hr 30min. Super quiet and relaxing area, clean bathrooms and dish washing spot. 100% recommended THERE IS A GAS STATION SUPER CLOSE WHICH IS A GREAT THING INSIDE YOSEMITE!

Alice Madsen

# 11 Yosemite National Park 05/14-15 Hodgdon Meadows Site 22 Campsites are so close together you’re practically dining with neighbors. You’re also really going to get a workout every time you risk falling up and down the steep grade getting to your car at 22&23 spots- unless you’re lucky to have the spot right by the multiple car parking area which I’ve decided is far worse. Don’t expect to find any flat area for anything- our bed is on a 10degree incline and we woke up a foot lower on our bed the first night. Bathrooms are few and mostly located in the same place. Flushing toilets are nice, but no soap or hand dryers. The dishwashing station is really just a big toilet to flush only grey water. Good news is there’s plenty of fire starter, sticks, and logs around.

Beth Flick

Great experience at this national park campground. Rangers were nice and helpful. Bathrooms available. But Unfortuantly no showers. Potable water available for drinking. Allowed to savage for wood. About a 45 min drive to the valley from this campground.

Natasha P

Stayed at site #46. It was a hike in which not too bad imagine just walking from the front door to your house to your neighbor across the streets garage. Probably the closest hike in spot I’ve stayed in. All the sites were basically on top of each other. We stayed from mid oct ‘24 for 2 nights, Sat-mon. It was fairly busy and noisy saturday night. Sunday night we only had one neighbor. It looked like it cleared out despite it saying the whole campground was fully booked up. Bear lockers were very large. It fit our 65 qt and 48 qt cooler + 22 inch black stone with extra room to spare for all our other scented items. We did see the camp rangers walk around in the morning to make sure nothing was left out and locked in the bear lockers. There are a ton of bees in the day time especially while cooking. The ground isn’t very level so we had to kind of position our tent on the “flattest” part of our campsite. I did feel the slight angle that we had to sleep on which wasn’t too uncomfortable. We just made sure our heads were at the top of the slope. Didn’t love this site because of how close everyone was to us, you could hear everyone’s conversation. I’d suggest camping during the week for this site. This site was actually nice because it was far back that nobody really walks through your campsite. If you can, I would avoid the middle campsites by the bathrooms. I can only imagine all the people walking in and out of your campsite. There’s not really a real path to get to the bathroom. Bathrooms were clean for the most part with flushable toilets. It was surprisingly not as cold as we thought it would be since we were at the lower point of Yosemite -our thermometer read at 33 degrees at around 7am. It was much colder when we were up by general Sherman’s tree. This is a good site to camp in the winter, I think summer would be terrible and very hot.

Nicolas Fauchier-Magnan

Nice campground in the forest, campsites have good tables, fire pits and huge bear lockers. The sites are not super big but that's on par for national park campgrounds. Bathrooms are fine (toilet, sinks). Location is convenient, right after you enter the park - and a 30~40 minute drive to the Yosemite valley.