Hodgdon Meadow Campground in CA -- Campground & RV Camping in California

Hodgdon Meadow Campground sits at 4,875 feet elevation in Yosemite National Park, 25 miles from Yosemite Valley. The site features open meadows with summer wildflowers and mixed stands of red fir, incense-cedar, ponderosa pine, and lodgepole pine. Sites accommodate families and groups with paved roads, parking spurs, flush toilets, and drinking water. Each site includes a picnic table, fire ring, and bear-proof food storage locker. Hiking trails to the Tuolumne and Merced Groves of Giant Sequoias are 2.5 to 3 miles roundtrip from the area, with a gas station 8 miles away at Crane Flat.

Getting there: Take Highway 41 north from Fresno, Highway 140 east from Merced, or Highway 120 east from Manteca into Yosemite National Park. Hodgdon Meadow Campground is located 1/2 mile from the Big Oak Flat Entrance Station (Hwy 120 from the west), and is 25 miles (45 minutes) northwest of Yosemite Valley.

• Little separation from through roads or other sites here, a 100-site campground with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
• Crocker Ridge stands 1,284 ft above the map pin, 1.4 miles south.
• Mostly tent-only sites, with 5 walk-in sites and 60 hike-in sites.

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