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Campground
Bridalveil Creek Campground
Yosemite National Park, California
About this campground
Bridalveil Creek Campground is closed for the season.
Bridalveil Creek Campground offers family, group and horse campsites that are available by advanced reservation only.
You are responsible for reading the site alerts and booking a site that will accommodate your equipment.
Map
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- Latitude
- 37.662222° N
- Longitude
- 119.619722° W
Know before you arrive
Access, sites & campground features
Official facility and campsite inventory, supplemented by clearly marked community reports when the official listing does not publish the detail.
Access
- Drive-in
Site types
- Tent sites
- RV / trailer sites
- Standard campsites
- Group sites
- Equestrian sites
Features
For campers
- Toilets
- Drinking water
- Picnic table
- FiresSubject to current restrictions
- Food storage
- Trash service
- ADA access
- Reservable
For vehicles
- Pull-through sites
- Parallel parking sitesCommunity report
Official campground guide
Plan with the full campground details
Facility information, site rules, booking windows, and published rates. Source snapshot checked Oct 18, 2026.
Overview
Bridalveil Creek Campground is closed for the season.
Bridalveil Creek's horse site reservations have moved here: Bridalveil Creek Horse Campsites, Yosemite National Park - Recreation.gov
Staying at Bridalveil Creek Campground requires reservations. There are no first come, first served sites available .
Bridalveil Creek is located in breathtaking Yosemite National Park in Central California's rugged Sierra Nevada Mountain Range. The site is situated on Glacier Point Road at an elevation of 7,200 feet, 26 miles from Yosemite Valley. Within Yosemite, visitors can gaze upon waterfalls, sheer granite cliffs, deep valleys, grand meadows, ancient giant sequoias, vast wilderness areas and much more.
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
For additional park information, call (209)372-0200 or visit www.nps.gov/yose
Facilities
Bridalveil Creek Campground offers family, group and horse campsites that are available by advanced reservation only. Paved roads and parking spurs, flush toilets and drinking water are provided. Each campsite contains a picnic table, fire ring and a food storage locker.
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.
Hiking trails near Bridalveil Creek Campground are plentiful, ranging in length from a half-mile to nearly 13 miles. Popular hikes include the 4-Mile Trail, Panorama Trail, Taft Point, Sentinel Dome and Ostrander Lake.
Natural Features
The area is forested with pure stands of Red fir and Lodgepole pine, offering a pleasant combination of sun and shade. Vanilla-scented Jeffrey pine and picturesque western Juniper dot the landscape. Through the trees, Yosemite's craggy granite peaks are visible, and the gentle, refreshing Bridalveil Creek flows near the site.
Nearby Attractions
A scenic, 7-mile drive leads to Glacier Point, with sweeping views of Yosemite Valley, Little Yosemite Valley, Half Dome, Vernal and Nevada Falls and Clouds Rest, among other notable landmarks.
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.
The Tioga Road 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.
Activities & amenities
What Recreation.gov or the campground’s official source specifically lists.
Available activities
- Camping
- Birding
- Backpacking
- Hiking
- Picnicking
- Photography
- Scenic Drive
- Star Gazing
- Water Access
- Wilderness
- Wildlife Viewing
Amenities and facility features
- Toilets
- Potable water
- Picnic tables
- Site fire ring or grateSubject to current restrictions
- Food-storage locker
- Trash service
- Accessible Campsites
Recreation sites
Published inventory grouped by site type. Individual sites can have stricter limits.
Standard Non-Electric
78 sites- Equipment
- Car, Caravan/Camper Van, Fifth Wheel, Large Tent Over 9x12`, Pickup Camper, Pop Up, RV, Small Tent, Tent, Trailer, Vehicle
- Maximum people
- 6
- Maximum vehicles
- 2
- Maximum vehicle length
- 35 ft
- Check-in
- 12:00 PM
- Check-out
- 12:00 PM
- Accessible sites
- 2 flagged accessible
Tent Only Non-Electric
26 sites- Equipment
- Large Tent Over 9x12`, Small Tent, Tent
- Maximum people
- 6
- Maximum vehicles
- 2
- Maximum vehicle length
- 18 ft
- Check-in
- 12:00 PM
- Check-out
- 12:00 PM
- Accessible sites
- None flagged in site inventory
Group Tent Only Area Non-Electric
2 sites- Reservation type
- Site-Specific
- Equipment
- Large Tent Over 9x12`, Tent
- Maximum people
- 30
- Maximum vehicles
- 5
- Maximum vehicle length
- 17 ft
- Check-in
- 12:00 PM
- Check-out
- 12:00 PM
- Accessible sites
- None flagged in site inventory
Management
4 sites- Reservation type
- Site-Specific
- Equipment
- Caravan/Camper Van, Horse
- Maximum people
- 6
- Maximum vehicles
- 2
- Maximum vehicle length
- 30 ft
- Check-in
- 12:00 PM
- Check-out
- 12:00 PM
- Accessible sites
- None flagged in site inventory
Site rules, inventory & rates
Facility rules, inventory procedures, and price seasons published by the official source.
Site rules
- Base site allowance
- Yosemite Campground Booking Window: Reservations may be made on the day of arrival and/or up to 5 months in advance. New dates are released in blocks one month at a time on the 15th of the month. For example, the January 15th on-sale date releases Yosemite reservations for arrival between May 15th and June 14th, for a total possible booking window between January 16th and June 14th.
- Allow Machine Token
- 1
- Group Reservation Window
- 14 Days
- Max Changes
- 2 change(s) per reservation
- Max Concurrent Stay
- 2 campsite(s) held
- Maximum stay
- 14 consecutive nights
- Max Simultaneous Reservations
- 2 reservations
- Max Stay
- 14 days
- Max Transaction Reservations
- 2 reservations per transaction
- No Occupant Change
- 1
- Reservation cutoff
- 0 day(s) prior to arrival
- Reservation Window
- 14 Days5 months to be released at a time
- Sliding Window
- 13 past the reservation window
- Maximum published vehicles
- 5 vehicles per site
- Check-in
- 12:00 PM
- Check-out
- 12:00 PM
- Food storage
- Bridalveil Creek Campground's official facility record states: Each campsite contains a picnic table, fire ring and a food storage locker..
- Fire and stove use
- Bridalveil Creek Campground's official facility record states: Each campsite contains a picnic table, fire ring and a food storage locker..
- Pets
- Bridalveil Creek Campground's official facility record does not publish a campground-specific pet allowance; verify the current Yosemite National Park pet boundary before arrival.
Inventory window
Recreation.gov publishes a rolling booking window. The dates below are the official snapshot captured for this catalog build.
- Currently bookable through
- Sep 6, 2026
- Next release
- Oct 18, 2027, 11:00 PM PDT
- Next book-through date
- Sep 6, 2026
- Group sites bookable through
- Sep 6, 2026
Published seasons & rates
| Season | Site type | Nightly rate | Additional person | Deposit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peak SeasonJul 3, 2026 – Sep 6, 2026 | Equestrian Non-Electric | $50 | — | — |
| Peak SeasonJul 3, 2026 – Sep 6, 2026 | Group Tent Only Area Non-Electric | $75 | — | — |
| Peak SeasonJul 3, 2026 – Sep 6, 2026 | RV Non-Electric | $36 | — | — |
| Peak SeasonJul 3, 2026 – Sep 6, 2026 | Standard Non-Electric | $36 | — | — |
| Peak SeasonJul 3, 2026 – Sep 6, 2026 | Tent Only Non-Electric | $36 | — | — |
Important facility notices
Read these with current closure and fire notices before departure.
- You are responsible for reading the site alerts and booking a site that will accommodate your equipment.
- If arriving one or more days late, call (209) 375-9535 ; your reservation will be canceled if we do not hear from you within 24 hours of your arrival date.
- Bears and wildlife are present! Food and toiletries must be stored 24 hours/day. • Food storage lockers are provided in all campsites and measure 43" wide by 35" deep by 28" tall. • Absolutely no food stored in vehicles. • Dispose of garbage immediately in bear-proof dumpsters. • These rules are strictly enforced!
- Potable water at the dump stations located one mile south of Wawona Campground on Highway 41 or in Yosemite Valley before Upper Pines Campground.
- Your camping reservation does NOT get you into Yosemite for free. You must pay an additional fee per vehicle at the park entrance or buy a pass ahead of time on recreation.gov.
- For additional park information, visit www.nps.gov/yose
- Don't Move Firewood: Help protect our forests! Prevent the spread of tree-killing pests by obtaining firewood at or near your destination and burning it on-site. Moving firewood is illegal in some states. Visit dontmovefirewood.org to learn more.
- Help Yosemite be a Zero Landfill park! Leave excess packaging at home. Use refillable water & propane bottles, food containers and travel mugs. Place all of your recyclable waste in designated recycling containers. For more information go to: https://www.nps.gov/yose/getinvolved/zlf.htm
- Resale or auction of advance reservations is prohibited.
Getting there & contact
Official directions
Take Highway 41 north from Fresno, Highway 140 east from Merced, or Highway 120 east from Manteca into Yosemite National Park. Follow signs to Glacier Point Road (located off Highway 41). The campground is located 9 miles up the Glacier Point Road, and 26 miles from Yosemite Valley.
Facility contact
(209)375-9535