Hodgdon Meadow Campground

Nice campground in the forest, campsites have good tables, fire pits and huge bear lockers. The sites are not super big but that's on par for national park campgrounds. Bathrooms are fine (toilet, sinks). Location is convenient, right after you enter the park - and a 30~40 minute drive to the Yosemite valley.

Stayed at site #46. It was a hike in which not too bad imagine just walking from the front door to your house to your neighbor across the streets garage. Probably the closest hike in spot I’ve stayed in. All the sites were basically on top of each other. We stayed from mid oct ‘24 for 2 nights, Sat-mon. It was fairly busy and noisy saturday night. Sunday night we only had one neighbor. It looked like it cleared out despite it saying the whole campground was fully booked up. Bear lockers were very large. It fit our 65 qt and 48 qt cooler + 22 inch black stone with extra room to spare for all our other scented items. We did see the camp rangers walk around in the morning to make sure nothing was left out and locked in the bear lockers. There are a ton of bees in the day time especially while cooking. The ground isn’t very level so we had to kind of position our tent on the “flattest” part of our campsite. I did feel the slight angle that we had to sleep on which wasn’t too uncomfortable. We just made sure our heads were at the top of the slope. Didn’t love this site because of how close everyone was to us, you could hear everyone’s conversation. I’d suggest camping during the week for this site. This site was actually nice because it was far back that nobody really walks through your campsite. If you can, I would avoid the middle campsites by the bathrooms. I can only imagine all the people walking in and out of your campsite. There’s not really a real path to get to the bathroom. Bathrooms were clean for the most part with flushable toilets. It was surprisingly not as cold as we thought it would be since we were at the lower point of Yosemite -our thermometer read at 33 degrees at around 7am. It was much colder when we were up by general Sherman’s tree. This is a good site to camp in the winter, I think summer would be terrible and very hot.

It is yosemite! I love Yosemite. I go to yosmite all the time. This is a bare bones kinda camp site. There is no water at the individual sites. Vault toilets at the group site make for some interesting experiences. You come here for the location and the camping experience. I was able to get cell reception for a call on Verizon at the top of the hill where you checked in. The camp hosts/ Rangers did a good job patrolling, making sure fires were out. Food was put away, and dogs were on leashes.

Decently close to the valley, but many campgrounds have very little level ground and the bathrooms were somewhat dirty. No camp host and no firewood available onsite. Decently large bear boxes.

Spent 3 nights here, and enjoyed our time overall. Rangers were knowledgeable and kind. Restrooms are flush toilets only, but good for a campsite. Nearest showers are in Curry Village- easy to pay and shower at the end of your day in the valley. It’s about a 30-40 min drive from the campsite to Yosemite Valley. Tent site came with a fire ring and picnic table. There was a potable water source provided for dish washing - bring your own bucket. Deducted 1 star for loud campers that went until 1-2am. I wish the host would have been more strict with quiet hour rules.

# 11 Yosemite National Park 05/14-15 Hodgdon Meadows Site 22 Campsites are so close together you’re practically dining with neighbors. You’re also really going to get a workout every time you risk falling up and down the steep grade getting to your car at 22&23 spots- unless you’re lucky to have the spot right by the multiple car parking area which I’ve decided is far worse. Don’t expect to find any flat area for anything- our bed is on a 10degree incline and we woke up a foot lower on our bed the first night. Bathrooms are few and mostly located in the same place. Flushing toilets are nice, but no soap or hand dryers. The dishwashing station is really just a big toilet to flush only grey water. Good news is there’s plenty of fire starter, sticks, and logs around.

While it's a nice location just outside of the park's busiest areas, I actually found it difficult to sleep because our site (#24) was on a slope so we were sleeping at an angle. Furthermore, a lot of people were not respecting the 10pm quiet hours. It finally quieted down around midnight. The facilities were clean and potable water is available. You're about a 5 minute drive to Rush Creek Resort, so if you want (expensive) food or camp supplies, they're readily available. Rush Creek also has a coffee shop, and their drinks and pastries are actually affordable. It was actually easier for us to sleep at Lower Pines in the valley, which was an extremely busy area of the park. The only reason I would return to this campground in the future would be if I couldn't get anything in the valley or at Wawona.

Great experience at this national park campground. Rangers were nice and helpful. Bathrooms available. But Unfortuantly no showers. Potable water available for drinking. Allowed to savage for wood. About a 45 min drive to the valley from this campground.