Can you reserve a site at Wawona Campground?

Yes, Wawona Campground is reservable through Recreation.gov.

How many campsites does Wawona Campground have?

99 sites in total, of which 96 can be booked.

What is the maximum RV length at Wawona Campground?

35 ft. That is the longest vehicle the sites here are recorded as taking; individual sites may be shorter.

Are pets allowed at Wawona Campground?

Yes, pets are allowed at Wawona Campground.

Are campfires allowed at Wawona Campground?

Campfires are allowed at Wawona Campground. Check for a current fire restriction before you go.

Wawona Campground

Campground · California · 96 bookable sites ·

Managed by the National Park Service

Yosemite Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) · Restricted Access

96
Bookable sites: 35 ft
Max rig length: up to 30
People per site: 4
Accessible sites: 5,847 ft
Elevation

Campsites in C-Loop along river. — Photo: NPS · Recreation.gov

Overview

Wawona Campground is located in breathtaking Yosemite National Park in Central California's rugged Sierra Nevada Mountain Range. The site is situated at the southern end of the park, 27 miles and approximately 45 minutes from Yosemite Valley, at an elevation of 4000 feet.

Wawona was home to the park's headquarters in 1904 and historic structures still stand today. The majestic Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias is just a short drive away. Within Yosemite, visitors gaze upon waterfalls, sheer granite cliffs, deep valleys, grand meadows, ancient giant sequoias, a vast wilderness area and much more.

When on reservation, Wawona campsites are available to reserve up to five months in advance on the 15th of each month at 7:00 a.m. PST. For example, on January 15, arrival dates for the period May 15 to June 14 become available to reserve, and therefore, the full arrival date window would be from the campground open date to June 14.

Reservation Tips! Campsites in Yosemite are extremely popular and typically sell out in minutes. Login to your account or create a new account before the 7:00 a.m. (PST) release time. You may only add reservations to your cart and proceed with your reservation if you are logged into your account. The recreation.gov call center does NOT have access to additional sites or additional information beyond what is published on recreation.gov.

Yosemite National Park Campground Reservation Dates

Recreation

Yosemite's trails, cliffs, roads, and rivers provide endless recreational activities for any kind of visitor. Hiking, biking, rock climbing, fishing, horseback riding, rafting, auto touring, and photography are all very popular activities within the park.

The Pioneer Yosemite History Center is like stepping back in time. A visit to the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias, just four miles away, is a must-do. A network of hiking trails within the grove leads to stately trees with names like Grizzly Giant, Faithful Couple, and California Tunnel Tree.

Wawona offers several additional hiking trails, including the Wawona Meadow Loop, Swinging Bridge Loop, Alder Creek and Chilnualna Falls.

Facilities

Wawona Campground offers family, group, and horse campsites; reservations required.

Paved roads and parking spurs, flush toilets and drinking water are provided. Each campsite contains a picnic table, fire ring, and food storage locker. A general store and gas station are located about a mile south of the campground.

Natural Features

The area is forested with a diverse mix of ponderosa pine, incense-cedar, white fir, and whiteleaf manzanita, which offers a pleasant combination of sun and shade. The gentle South Fork of the Merced River flows alongside the campground.

Nearby Attractions

Just 45 minutes away is Yosemite Valley, an awe-inspiring landscape containing many of the famous features for which Yosemite National Park is known. Hiking trails and bike paths are abundant in the valley. Rafting the Merced River is a fun way to cool down on a summer day when water levels are sufficient. Yosemite Valley also offers numerous guided bus tours, educational programs, museums, ranger-led activities, and an art center with workshops. A scenic 45-minute drive leads to Glacier Point, with its sweeping views of Yosemite Valley, Little Yosemite Valley, Half Dome, Vernal and Nevada Falls, and Clouds Rest, among other notable landmarks. The Tioga Road, in the central region of the park, offers a 39-mile scenic drive past forests, meadows, lakes, and granite domes. Tuolumne Meadows embodies the high-country of the Sierra Nevada, with its broad sub-alpine meadows and granite domes and peaks. Beautiful Hetch Hetchy Reservoir is home to spectacular scenery and numerous wilderness trailheads.

Charges & Cancellations

Cancellation of individual or equestrian site reservations will be charged a $10 service fee. If the cancellation is within 48 hours of the arrival date, the first night's fee will also be charged. Cancellations for a single night’s use within 48 hours will not receive a refund, but will not be assessed an additional service fee.
Cancellation of a group site reservation will incur a $10.00 service fee plus the first night’s use fee when the reservation is cancelled within 14 days of the scheduled arrival date.
No-shows for any type of reservation will be charged a $20 service fee and the first night's fee.

The facts

96 bookable sites
99 sites in total, including non-bookable
4 accessible sites
Vehicles up to 35 ft
Up to 30 people per site
Loops: A, B, C, Scan & Pay Wawona

Site types

63 Standard Nonelectric
20 Tent Only Nonelectric
10 Walk To
3 Management
2 RV Nonelectric
1 Group Tent Only Area Nonelectric

Amenities

Campfires allowed
Shade
Pets allowed

Not recorded upstream: electric hookups, water hookups, sewer hookups, fire pits, picnic tables, grills.

Book on Recreation.gov

99 campsites at Wawona Campground

Check-in 12:00 PM · Check-out 12:00 PM

Accessible only

Site	Loop	Type	Entry	Surface	Grade	Access	Water	Max rig	People
007	A	Management	Parallel	Gravel	Slight	—	Riverfront	27 ft	6	🐾
008	A	Standard Nonelectric	Parallel	Gravel	Slight	—	—	15 ft	6	🐾
009	A	Standard Nonelectric	Back In	Gravel	—	—	Riverfront	27 ft	6	🐾
010	A	Rv Nonelectric	Parallel	Gravel	—	—	—	35 ft	6	🐾
011	A	Standard Nonelectric	Parallel	Gravel	—	—	Riverfront	35 ft	6	🐾
012	A	Rv Nonelectric	Parallel	Gravel	Slight	—	—	24 ft	6	🐾
013	A	Management	Parallel	Gravel	Severe	—	—	15 ft	6	🐾
014	A	Tent Only Nonelectric	Parallel	Gravel	—	—	—	—	6	🐾
015	A	Standard Nonelectric	Parallel	Gravel	Moderate	—	—	27 ft	6	🐾
016	A	Standard Nonelectric	Parallel	Gravel	Moderate	—	—	27 ft	6	🐾
017	A	Standard Nonelectric	Parallel	Gravel	Slight	—	Riverfront	35 ft	6	🐾
018	A	Standard Nonelectric	Back In	Gravel	Moderate	—	—	27 ft	6	🐾
019	A	Standard Nonelectric	Parallel	Gravel	Slight	—	—	27 ft	6	🐾
020	A	Tent Only Nonelectric	—	Gravel	—	—	—	—	6	🐾
021	A	Standard Nonelectric	Parallel	Gravel	Slight	—	—	35 ft	6	🐾
022	A	Standard Nonelectric	Parallel	Gravel	Moderate	—	—	35 ft	6	🐾
023	A	Standard Nonelectric	Parallel	Gravel	Slight	—	Riverfront	35 ft	6	🐾
024	A	Standard Nonelectric	Back In	Gravel	—	—	—	21 ft	6	🐾
025	A	Standard Nonelectric	Back In	Gravel	—	—	—	35 ft	6	🐾
026	A	Standard Nonelectric	Parallel	Gravel	—	—	—	22 ft	6	🐾
027	A	Tent Only Nonelectric	Parallel	Gravel	—	—	—	—	6	🐾
028	A	Standard Nonelectric	Back In	Gravel	—	—	—	15 ft	6	🐾
029	A	Standard Nonelectric	Back In	—	—	—	—	15 ft	6	🐾
030	A	Standard Nonelectric	—	Gravel	—	—	—	15 ft	6	🐾
Group Camp	A	Group Tent Only Area Nonelectric	—	Gravel	—	—	Riverfront	17 ft	30
031	B	Tent Only Nonelectric	—	Gravel	Moderate	—	—	—	6	🐾
032	B	Standard Nonelectric	Parallel	Gravel	Slight	—	—	22 ft	6	🐾
033	B	Standard Nonelectric	Parallel	Gravel	Slight	—	—	15 ft	6	🐾
034	B	Tent Only Nonelectric	Parallel	Gravel	Severe	—	Riverfront	—	6	🐾
035	B	Tent Only Nonelectric	Parallel	Gravel	—	—	Riverfront	15 ft	6	🐾
036	B	Standard Nonelectric	Parallel	Gravel	—	—	—	22 ft	6	🐾
037	B	Standard Nonelectric	Parallel	Gravel	—	—	—	22 ft	6	🐾
038	B	Standard Nonelectric	Back In	Gravel	—	—	—	15 ft	6	🐾
039	B	Walk To	Back In	Gravel	—	—	—	—	6	🐾
040	B	Standard Nonelectric	Back In	Gravel	—	—	—	15 ft	6	🐾
041	B	Walk To	Back In	Gravel	—	—	—	—	6	🐾
042	B	Tent Only Nonelectric	Parallel	Gravel	—	—	—	—	6	🐾
043	B	Standard Nonelectric	Parallel	Gravel	—	—	—	30 ft	6	🐾
044	B	Tent Only Nonelectric	Back In	Gravel	Severe	—	—	—	6	🐾
001	C	Walk To	Back In	Gravel	Moderate	—	Riverfront	—	6	🐾
002	C	Walk To	Back In	Gravel	Moderate	Hike In	Riverfront	—	6	🐾
003	C	Walk To	Back In	Gravel	Moderate	—	Riverfront	—	6	🐾
004	C	Walk To	Back In	Gravel	Moderate	—	Riverfront	—	6	🐾
045	C	Walk To	—	Gravel	Moderate	—	—	—	6	🐾
046	C	Walk To	—	Gravel	Moderate	—	Riverfront	—	6	🐾
047	C	Walk To	—	Gravel	Moderate	—	—	15 ft	6	🐾
048	C	Tent Only Nonelectric	Parallel	Gravel	Moderate	—	—	15 ft	6	🐾
049	C	Standard Nonelectric	Back In	Gravel	Slight	—	—	15 ft	6	🐾
050	C	Standard Nonelectric	Parallel	Gravel	Moderate	—	—	15 ft	6	🐾
051	C	Standard Nonelectric	Back In	Gravel	Slight	—	Riverfront	15 ft	6	🐾
052	C	Standard Nonelectric	Parallel	Gravel	Slight	—	Riverfront	15 ft	6	🐾
053	C	Standard Nonelectric	Parallel	Gravel	Slight	—	Riverfront	35 ft	6	🐾
054	C	Standard Nonelectric	Parallel	Gravel	—	—	—	35 ft	6	🐾
055	C	Standard Nonelectric	Back In	Gravel	—	—	Riverfront	20 ft	6	🐾
056	C	Standard Nonelectric	Back In	Gravel	—	—	—	15 ft	6	🐾
057	C	Standard Nonelectric	Back In	Gravel	—	—	—	24 ft	6	🐾
058	C	Standard Nonelectric	Parallel	Gravel	—	—	—	24 ft	6	🐾
059	C	Standard Nonelectric	Back In	Gravel	—	—	—	24 ft	6	🐾
060	C	Standard Nonelectric	Parallel	Gravel	—	—	—	24 ft	6	🐾
061	C	Standard Nonelectric	—	Gravel	Slight	—	Riverfront	15 ft	6	🐾
062	C	Standard Nonelectric	—	Gravel	Slight	—	Riverfront	15 ft	6	🐾
063	C	Standard Nonelectric	Parallel	Gravel	Slight	—	Riverfront	27 ft	6	🐾
064	C	Standard Nonelectric	Back In	Gravel	—	—	—	27 ft	6	🐾
065	C	Standard Nonelectric	Parallel	Gravel	Slight	—	Riverfront	27 ft	6	🐾
066	C	Standard Nonelectric	Parallel	Gravel	—	—	—	27 ft	6	🐾
067	C	Standard Nonelectric	Parallel	Gravel	—	—	—	27 ft	6	♿ 🐾
068	C	Standard Nonelectric	Pull Through	Gravel	Slight	—	—	27 ft	6	🐾
069	C	Standard Nonelectric	—	Paved	—	—	—	20 ft	6	♿ 🐾
070	C	Standard Nonelectric	Pull Through	Paved	—	—	—	27 ft	6	♿ 🐾
071	C	Standard Nonelectric	Back In	Gravel	Slight	—	Riverfront	15 ft	6	🐾
072	C	Standard Nonelectric	Parallel	Gravel	Moderate	—	Riverfront	35 ft	6	🐾
073	C	Standard Nonelectric	Pull Through	Gravel	—	—	—	35 ft	6	🐾
074	C	Standard Nonelectric	Parallel	Gravel	Moderate	—	Riverfront	35 ft	6	🐾
075	C	Standard Nonelectric	Parallel	Gravel	Moderate	—	Riverfront	35 ft	6	🐾
076	C	Standard Nonelectric	Pull Through	Gravel	Slight	—	—	27 ft	6	🐾
077	C	Standard Nonelectric	Back In	Gravel	Slight	—	Riverfront	15 ft	6	🐾
078	C	Tent Only Nonelectric	Back In	Gravel	—	—	—	—	6	🐾
079	C	Tent Only Nonelectric	Parallel	Gravel	—	—	—	—	6	🐾
080	C	Standard Nonelectric	Back In	Gravel	Slight	—	—	15 ft	6	🐾
081	C	Tent Only Nonelectric	—	Gravel	—	—	—	—	6	🐾
082	C	Standard Nonelectric	—	Gravel	Slight	—	—	15 ft	6	🐾
083	C	Tent Only Nonelectric	Parallel	Gravel	Severe	—	—	—	6	🐾
084	C	Standard Nonelectric	Parallel	Gravel	Slight	—	—	15 ft	6	🐾
085	C	Tent Only Nonelectric	—	Gravel	Severe	—	—	—	6	🐾
086	C	Standard Nonelectric	Back In	Gravel	Slight	—	—	15 ft	6	🐾
087	C	Standard Nonelectric	Back In	Gravel	Slight	—	—	15 ft	6	🐾
088	C	Standard Nonelectric	Parallel	Gravel	Slight	—	—	15 ft	6	🐾
089	C	Standard Nonelectric	Back In	Gravel	—	—	—	20 ft	6	♿ 🐾
090	C	Walk To	Back In	Gravel	—	—	—	—	6	🐾
091	C	Tent Only Nonelectric	Back In	Gravel	—	—	—	—	6	🐾
092	C	Tent Only Nonelectric	—	Gravel	Moderate	—	—	—	6	🐾
093	C	Standard Nonelectric	—	Gravel	Moderate	—	—	15 ft	6	🐾
094	C	Tent Only Nonelectric	—	Gravel	—	—	—	—	6	🐾
095	C	Standard Nonelectric	—	Gravel	Slight	—	—	15 ft	6	🐾
096	C	Standard Nonelectric	Parallel	Gravel	Moderate	—	—	15 ft	6	🐾
097	C	Tent Only Nonelectric	—	Gravel	—	—	—	—	6	🐾
098	C	Tent Only Nonelectric	—	Gravel	—	—	—	—	6	🐾
099	C	Tent Only Nonelectric	—	Gravel	—	—	—	—	6	🐾
Scan & Pay Individual	Scan & Pay Wawona	Management	Parallel	Gravel	Slight	—	Riverfront	27 ft	6	🐾

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 Wawona. The campground is located 8 miles north of the South Entrance station on Highway 41, and 27 miles south of Yosemite Valley.

37.57306, -119.66500 · 37°34'23.0"N 119°39'54.0"W

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Typical weather

Typically 80°F in Jul, down to 44°F in Dec.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
High °F	45	46	50	55	63	73	80	80	75	64	53	44
Low °F	27	27	28	31	37	44	51	49	45	37	30	26
Precip in	7.6	6.7	5.2	3.4	1.9	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.5	2.2	3.3	5.6

1991–2020 averages from the nearest NOAA station, 4.6 mi away — not measured at the facility itself, and elevation can make a real difference over that distance.

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Ponderosa Pine Tree in Campground — Photo: NPS · Recreation.gov

Campsite in C-Loop — Photo: NPS · Recreation.gov

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Common questions about Wawona Campground

Can you reserve a site at Wawona Campground?: Yes, Wawona Campground is reservable through Recreation.gov.
How many campsites does Wawona Campground have?: 99 sites in total, of which 96 can be booked.
What is the maximum RV length at Wawona Campground?: 35 ft. That is the longest vehicle the sites here are recorded as taking; individual sites may be shorter.
Are pets allowed at Wawona Campground?: Yes, pets are allowed at Wawona Campground.
Are campfires allowed at Wawona Campground?: Campfires are allowed at Wawona Campground. Check for a current fire restriction before you go.

Camping near Wawona Campground

Wawona Horse Campsites 2.4 mi · Campground · we watch it
Mariposa Grove Commercial Bus Parking 5.5 mi · Timed entry · we watch it
Summerdale Campground 6 mi · Campground · we watch it
Bridalveil Creek Campground 6.6 mi · Campground · we watch it
Kelty Meadow 11.3 mi · Campground · we watch it
Dry Gulch 11.6 mi · Campground · we watch it
Dirt Flat 11.6 mi · Campground · we watch it
Wawona Visitor Center at Hill's Studio 2.5 mi · Visitor Center
Big Sandy Campground 8.6 mi · Campground
Jerseydale Campground 9.7 mi · Campground
Fresno Dome Campground 10.3 mi · Campground
Nelder Grove Campground 10.8 mi · Campground

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Recreation.gov last updated this record on 2026-07-22.

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