Camp 4 Yosemite Valley

Great campsite overall! Good location, decent bathrooms, and portable water. Each campsite has 4 subsections to it (i.e campsite 42A, 42B, 42C, 42D) One downside is that there is only 1 fire pit and table per campsite, so you have to share it with the other 3 subsections. Another downside is that showers are only open from 8am - 4:30pm, so if you're doing a hike that takes all day (like Half Dome) you could miss your window to shower

Yosemite is a beautiful park. Camp 4 is in a great part of the valley. I enjoyed my stay. However, the facilities left much to be desired. Half the toilets were clogged most of the time. Half the sinks didn’t work. The showers brought forth feelings of utter disgust and the doors didn’t lock. Not to mention the awkward shower times, they were only open 8:30am to 4:30p.

Very cheap way to camp in Yosemite. You are grouped up with about 2-3 other tents in each section, and so you’ll share the fire pit and the bear boxes are all next to each other in each section. The showers and restrooms were nice. Was able to spend almost a week here, and absolutely do it again.

The reasons to camp here are (1) the beautiful location. You can look out your tent in the morning at the stone side of the mountains, looming right in front of you (2) you didn’t make a reservation in time to stay anywhere else, and (3) You want to save a lot of money. The bathrooms on the side of sites one to 36 do not have showers and during the few days I was there, one of the women’s bathroom was unavailable and the other one had no functioning light so I had to wear a headlamp at night. The bathrooms on the other side were fine. You have to wear flip-flops in the shower because there’s so much dirt everywhere but there is a substantial hook to hang your belongings on.

This camp is place with breath taking stunning views. If you haven’t had a chance to experience it I suggest you try it at least one. The campsite is shared so if you don’t have 6 people in your group there is a big possibility you will be sharing your assignment campsite. Restroom & showers were clean, big lines for showers in late afternoon. The trash and restroom can be a walking distance depending where your camp site is. Fire is from 5pm-10pm, quiet time is 10pm-6am. NO CARS inside camp site therefore I suggest you bring a pull wagon/cart to haul your stuff. You have Starbucks & camp eatery across the street. Phone reception is on & off. Upper Yosemite and lower Yosemite trailhead is near. The free shuttle bus takes you around Yosemite valley for you to explore 7am-10pm. Campsite is near the main road so you hear cars all day & night :(