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California Camping
Camp.land tracks 11 national park campgrounds in California — 1,299 campsites total. All of them are scanned live on Recreation.gov — set an alert and we email you the moment a booked site opens up.
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Yucca Valley · 94 sites
Black Rock sits in the northwest corner of Joshua Tree National Park near Yucca Valley, at a higher elevation than much of the park, which keeps it noticeably cooler. It's one of the few campgrounds in Joshua Tree with potable water and flush toilets, and it has its own ranger station and a horse corral for equestrian visitors.
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Furnace Creek · 129 sites
Furnace Creek Campground sits below sea level at the heart of Death Valley National Park, next to the Furnace Creek Visitor Center and the cluster of services at The Oasis at Death Valley — gas, groceries, and a restaurant all within walking or short driving distance. It's one of the few developed, year-round campgrounds in the park, with a mix of standard, electric, tent-only, and walk-to sites spread across the valley floor. Death Valley holds the record for the hottest air temperature ever recorded on Earth, so camping here is a cool-season activity — this is a winter and shoulder-season campground, not a summer one.
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Groveland · 105 sites
Hodgdon Meadow Campground sits near Yosemite's Big Oak Flat entrance on the park's west side, at a lower elevation that keeps it accessible for much of the year, including some winter camping when the higher campgrounds are closed. It's a forested, quieter alternative to the Valley campgrounds.
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Twentynine Palms · 119 sites
Jumbo Rocks is the largest campground in Joshua Tree National Park, set among massive granite boulder piles that you can scramble on right from your campsite. It's near the Skull Rock trail and close to some of the park's best stargazing spots. Like most Joshua Tree campgrounds, there's no potable water on site, so come prepared.
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Three Rivers · 201 sites
Lodgepole sits along the Marble Fork of the Kaweah River in Sequoia National Park, with a visitor center, market, and shuttle stop right at the campground. It's one of the most convenient bases in the park, close to the General Sherman Tree — the largest tree by volume in the world — and the trailhead for Tokopah Falls.
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Yosemite Valley · 74 sites
Lower Pines sits along the Merced River in Yosemite Valley, a quieter and smaller alternative to its Upper Pines neighbor next door. It's an easy walk to Curry Village and the Mist Trail trailhead, and several sites back right up to the river. Like the rest of the Valley's campgrounds, all 74 sites here are nonelectric.
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Yosemite Valley · 81 sites
North Pines sits near the Yosemite Valley Stables and the trail to Mirror Lake, close to where Tenaya Creek meets the Merced River. It's a shadier, more secluded option than the other Pines campgrounds, with 81 nonelectric sites split between standard and RV camping.
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Soledad · 134 sites
Pinnacles Campground is the only campground in Pinnacles National Park, set on the quieter east side near the talus caves and the towering rock spires that give the park its name. It's a mix of standard, RV-electric, tent-only, and group sites, plus a handful of camping cabins for visitors who want a roof without a tent. The park is known for its talus cave systems, rock climbing routes, and as one of the release sites for the California condor recovery program.
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Ventura · 31 sites
Scorpion Canyon Campground is reached only by boat — there is no vehicle access to Channel Islands National Park. Campers take the Island Packers ferry from Ventura Harbor to Santa Cruz Island, then walk roughly a mile uphill from the pier to the campground, carrying in everything they'll need. The payoff is a primitive, quiet canyon campground surrounded by island chaparral, close to sea caves, kayaking, snorkeling, and the endemic island fox found nowhere else on Earth.
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Yosemite Valley · 235 sites
Upper Pines is the largest campground in Yosemite Valley and the only one open year-round, tucked near Curry Village (Half Dome Village) on the free valley shuttle line. It puts you within walking distance of the Mist Trail, Vernal and Nevada Falls, and the trailhead used for the Half Dome cables. Sites sit among ponderosa pines beneath the Valley's granite walls, and every one of the 235 sites is nonelectric — bring what you need for dry camping. Demand here is some of the fiercest in the whole National Park System.
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Oakhurst · 96 sites
Wawona Campground sits along the South Fork Merced River in the southern part of Yosemite National Park, close to the historic Wawona Hotel, the Pioneer Yosemite History Center, and the Mariposa Grove of giant sequoias. It's quieter than the Yosemite Valley campgrounds and a good base near the park's south entrance.
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