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Yosemite campground reservation dates
All 13 Yosemite campgrounds go on sale on Recreation.gov at 7am Pacific, on one of four schedules. Upper, Lower and North Pines, Wawona and Hodgdon Meadow go on the 15th of each month, five months ahead. Half of Tuolumne Meadows goes on the 15th, two months ahead. The other half of Tuolumne and six summer campgrounds go 14 days before each arrival date, a new night every morning. Camp 4 goes 7 days before. North Pines adds a lottery before its season.
When does my date go on sale?
How the October 15 release went
Upper Pines put arrivals Feb 15 – Mar 14, 2027 on sale at 7am Pacific: 2,077 site-nights, besides 369 already reserved by stays that started earlier. We read the calendar just before 7:00 and through the morning:
| Our read (Pacific) | Taken since 7:00 | Still on sale |
|---|---|---|
| 7:00 AM | 0 | 2,077 |
| 7:02 AM | 828 | 1,249 |
| 7:05 AM | 910 | 1,167 |
| 7:15 AM | 1,063 | 1,014 |
| 7:30 AM | 952 | 1,125 |
| 8:00 AM | 979 | 1,098 |
| 10:00 AM | 1,090 | 987 |
111 site-nights came back on sale after the rush: 1,063 were taken at our 7:15 read, 952 at 7:30. Recreation.gov locks a site in your cart for 15 minutes and releases it if checkout isn't finished, so the 7:00 carts nobody paid for go back on sale from about 7:15. Missed it at 7:00? Look again at 7:15, or let a watch on your dates tell you the moment one comes back.
Each time is when our read happened. A site taken and let go between two reads isn't seen, so "came back" is a floor. Nights that sold out still come back when people cancel: cancellations we've caught →
How booked the released dates are
Our cancellation tracker reads every site-night at these campgrounds, so we can say how much of each release is already gone. Fri/Sat = Friday and Saturday nights.
Upper Pines
| Arrivals | Booked | Fri/Sat | Sun–Thu | Sold-out nights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15 – Mar 14, 2027 (on sale Oct 15) | 78% | 99% | 70% | 13 of 28 |
| Jan 15 – Feb 14, 2027 (on sale Sep 15) | 47% | 80% | 32% | 6 of 31 |
| Dec 15 – Jan 14, 2027 (on sale Aug 15) | 70% | 89% | 64% | 5 of 31 |
Share of reservable site-nights showing Reserved on Recreation.gov at our latest full check of those months (Upper Pines Oct 31, 10:02 a.m. Pacific). Nights that aren't reservable (closed for the season, not yet on sale) aren't counted. Every site counts the same, whatever its size.
Each campground's schedule
| Campground | Goes on sale | Season (NPS) |
|---|---|---|
| Upper Pines | 5 months ahead, on the 15th | Open all year; the only Yosemite campground on reservations all year |
| Lower Pines | 5 months ahead, on the 15th | Open sometime in April to sometime in October |
| North Pines | 5 months ahead, on the 15th | Open sometime in April to sometime in October. North Pines' last four seasons (2023 to 2026) each went to an Early Access Lottery first: apply from late November to mid-December, and winners book any date of the season in January. Whatever's left goes on sale on the normal 15th dates. No lottery for 2027 was posted on Recreation.gov as of October 1, 2026. |
| Camp 4 | 1 week ahead, rolling daily | Reservations from spring through October; first-come, first-served in winter |
| Wawona | 5 months ahead, on the 15th | Open all year; reservations from sometime in April to sometime in October, first-come, first-served in winter |
| Bridalveil Creek | 2 weeks ahead, rolling daily | Open sometime in July to early September |
| Hodgdon Meadow | 5 months ahead, on the 15th | Open all year; reservations from sometime in April to sometime in October, first-come, first-served in winter |
| Crane Flat | 2 weeks ahead, rolling daily | Open July to early October |
| Tamarack Flat | 2 weeks ahead, rolling daily | Open July to early October |
| White Wolf | 2 weeks ahead, rolling daily | Open July to early September |
| Yosemite Creek | 2 weeks ahead, rolling daily | Open July to early September |
| Porcupine Flat | 2 weeks ahead, rolling daily | Open July to early October |
| Tuolumne Meadows | Half 2 months ahead, half 2 weeks ahead | Open approximately July to late September |
The 15th-of-the-month releases
On the 15th, the five-month campgrounds open arrivals from the 15th four months later through the 14th five months later. Tuolumne's two-month half works the same way, one month later through two.
| Arrival dates | Pines, Wawona, Hodgdon Meadow | Tuolumne Meadows (half) |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 15 – Mar 14, 2027 | Oct 15, 2026 (on sale) | – |
| Mar 15 – Apr 14, 2027 | Nov 15, 2026 | – |
| Apr 15 – May 14, 2027 | Dec 15, 2026 | – |
| May 15 – Jun 14, 2027 | Jan 15, 2027 | – |
| Jun 15 – Jul 14, 2027 | Feb 15, 2027 | – |
| Jul 15 – Aug 14, 2027 | Mar 15, 2027 | Jun 15, 2027 |
| Aug 15 – Sep 14, 2027 | Apr 15, 2027 | Jul 15, 2027 |
| Sep 15 – Oct 14, 2027 | May 15, 2027 | Aug 15, 2027 |
| Oct 15 – Nov 14, 2027 | Jun 15, 2027 | – |
| Nov 15 – Dec 14, 2027 | Jul 15, 2027 | – |
| Dec 15 – Jan 14, 2028 | Aug 15, 2027 | – |
| Jan 15 – Feb 14, 2028 | Sep 15, 2027 | – |
Rolling windows
On the 14-day campgrounds, each morning at 7am Pacific the night two weeks out goes on sale, so missing one morning isn't missing the season. Camp 4 does the same 7 days out. A rolling-window night stays on sale until it's booked, and booked nights come back when people cancel.
Schedules and seasons from the Park Service's Camping in Yosemite page (last updated September 11, 2026), read October 1, 2026. We checked them against Recreation.gov's own calendars that morning: Upper Pines was on sale through arrival February 14, 2027 (the September 15 release), and Camp 4 through six days out before the 7am release. Seasons shift year to year, so confirm on Recreation.gov. Where to camp: our Yosemite campground pages. What comes back: cancellations we've caught. Other national parks: when their campgrounds go on sale.