Camping and RV Parks

Nothing beats sleeping under the stars in Yosemite National Park, especially if you’re looking for a little family togetherness. Developed campgrounds scattered throughout the park are a perfect place to introduce your kids to the joys of tent camping, or alternatively to park your RV for a few nights or a week.

A park visitor walks the boardwalk beside a giant felled tree at Calaveras Big Trees State Park in California. Photo by Dave Krause

Did you know that California has 280 state parks? Deserts, beaches, mountains, redwoods, and historic places. There are 6 State Parks near Yosemite.

We’ve rounded up all the information you need to know on RV-friendly campgrounds in Yosemite National Park.

Yosemite region offers many backpacking opportunities.

Take a backcountry camping trip to explore Yosemite's vast wilderness first hand. Nearly 95 percent of Yosemite National Park is designated wilderness.

The possibilities for backpacking trips are practically unlimited throughout the Sierra Nevada, not just in Yosemite but also in Sequoia and Kings Canyon

Bearproof food storage lockers in Yosemite. Photo by Grant Ordelheide

Sharing a habitat with Yosemite’s bruins means taking care to keep these wild animals wild. Follow these precautions while in bear country.

There are 13 developed campgrounds scattered throughout the park that are perfect places to introduce your kids to the joys of tent or RV camping.

Camping on the east side of the Sierra Nevada range lets you stay reasonably close to Yosemite National Park. National forest and other public lands let your family get back to nature at rustic campsites set beside pretty alpine lakes and in the Sierra Nevada foothills.