Yosemite Creek Campground

Located around 5 miles from HW120, this camp ground is as remote as it could get. We we visited around 1^st week of august 2015, this camp ground had a few vacant spots. One can hike through the creek (as there was a trickle of water flowing in the creek).
NOTE: This is an unreserved FCFS camp ground, the marker at the start of the road could be deceiving. The road is rough and could be a little harsh on your favourite small/​medium sedan with low ground clearance.

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Hello, My name is Andrew Blash and this was my Home for 2 months in the year of 2014.
1) DIstance from the Main Road Coming off Tioga Rd = 5.5 miles
2) Camp is 50 yards East of White Wolf.
3) Road is bumpy do not attempt RV’s down here — risky! The camp is for tents mostly
4) Campground has 76 camps, nice sized ones
5) The Camp is 300 yards long and the Yosemite Creek Runs through it.
6) No showers,
7) No Power
8) Pit toilets
9) This camp is 7, 300 feet and will get cold at the end of the season: bring good gear.
10) YES there are BEARS here: Store you Food in the bear box
— — — — — — — — Valley is 1:20 from here going West
— — — — — — — – Tuolumne Meadows is 40 minutes off going East
** First Come First Served campground (HOW TO)
1) Never show up at 11PM from Thursday to Sunday in High Summer 99% Chance it is full. and Everyone is Asleep —no way to barter or do anything
2) Come in the morning or later and then see if people are leaving: you actually have to get of your car to do this well and talk to people!
3) If it is full, see if there is a single person you can get along with or say 2 people of your background or you agree with — then you need to Grease the Wheel: Offer to pay for the campground, or beer food… well work! You usually only need one night to find camp in the morning — people come and go all the time.
4) look for the magic, ask think and look.
5) Make sure you have back up plan
6) Never drive is you are so tired you can’t see: sleep in the car away from others
****Juicy.Van Campers*** You must leave food in the bear box, or a chair or tent down: camping slips go missing often: avoid losing your campground and put some property down!
The GOOD STUFF:
—Camp 51, has the water hole but no one owns that hole so you will get company — lots of it.
–Camp 74, 11, 45 — Lovers dens or family happy place but all campgrounds are large
***Walking the Trails:
1) 5 hours on a good hike will get you all the way down to the valley. From there you can go to the —-Visitors Center and at 5PM pick up the YARTS bus going to Mammoth
Yarts Bus Link:
2) Ask for A courtesy stop at Yosemite Creek Picnic Area not the MAIN ENTRANCE
— — -why: it is only 1.7 miles back to the camp from this trailhead or the backdoor into the camp, nice hike, too!
Also out the backdoor of Yosemite Creek is_​the Ten Lakes hike
You will love the Silence for it so quiet there you will hear your own heartbeat the world stops;;;
BRING A REAL MAP — Never Play with Junk MAPS GO to the WIlderness Center

***Emergencies****
WHITE WOLF HAS A RANGER STATION and NPS Employees
— — — — — — — — — Sometimes the Pay Phone Works down there, insure you have the Yosemite Number For Rangers

We spend the day here in the area in the privacy. The road was not easy to get too, but for the peace and quiet always worth it. What an adventure right?
There stream near by that you can get water from. Don’t drink it straight, have a filter and boil is my suggestion, but hard core campers know what to do. In a way going to this camp ground is roughing it a bit. If you like that kind of camping and peace this is the place for you without a shadow of a doubt.
I think going during the week it’s easier to get the space you want, but who knows maybe it’s hard all summer long I can’t tell. But this is a nice little spot to hang out at for a day or two. I like to venture off to different places during the stay so I wouldn’t just go to one place. Try it out if you are open to new things and roughing it a bit. It’s definitely a great place as far as I’m concerned!

Just stayed here for 2 nights. Yes, the road down to it is a pain in the ass. Is it worth it? I think so.
Currently one side of the campground is closed for repair. This, unfortunately, is the BEST side of the campground… and when in use, possibly the best car camping setting ever. Most of these big sites are directly on a beautiful creek. Repairs were well underway, so I would guess that this will open soon.
However, the side that is open right now isn’t too shabby. Although there are some real dogs (like Site 39), there’s a stream through the middle where you can pull water from (need filter or boil, of course).
I drove through the other campgrounds near this site — White Wolf and Porcupine. Sites are piled on top of one another at White Wolf. Porcupine is the same, only right on Tioga Pass Rd.
Seriously, unless you’re not comfortable with driving down very rough roads, Yosemite Creek is the place to be. There’s a trailhead right there. Plenty of parking. The only bad thing — and this goes for ALL campgrounds in summer — is that you have to be a vulture, ready to swoop in at the right time in order to get your dream site (at least in my experience).

First come first serve camping, that didn’t fill up even on the weekend. Possibly because there is no running water and the road to get to the campground is an old mining trail (curvy, narrow, and bumpy). BUT as far as not having to hear cars drive by all the time and not having to have reservations its great. But if you plan on doing a lot of hikes in the valley, best to go to campground 4.