North Pines Campground in CA -- Campground & RV Camping

Located at 4,000 feet elevation in Yosemite Valley, North Pines Campground sits along the Merced River beneath black oak, ponderosa pine, and incense-cedar trees. The layout includes paved roads, parking spurs, flush toilets, drinking water, and campsites furnished with picnic tables, fire rings, and bear-proof food storage lockers. Yosemite's sheer granite cliffs rise through the trees around the loop. Trailheads for Mirror Lake and Half Dome begin nearby, and a stop for the free Yosemite shuttle bus sits right outside the campground entrance.

Getting there: Take 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.

• Little separation from through roads or other sites here, an 81-site campground with the nearest through road 0.2 miles off.
• Sits on broad, near-level ground.
• Washington Column stands 1,922 ft above the map pin, 0.6 miles northeast.
• Tenaya Creek runs 0.1 mi off.
• 13 on the water.
• Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.

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