Free camping near Yosemite West, CA
Yes. 23 of the 47 camps within 25 straight-line miles of Yosemite West, CA are listed as free; 22 charge a fee and 2 have no price on record. The closest free one is Jerseydale, 9.7 miles southwest, on U.S. Forest Service land. The closest camp of any kind is Dry Gulch Campground, 6.6 miles west, a fee campground.
All 47 camps near Yosemite West, CA
| Camp | Miles | Cost | Water | Nearest town | Season today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry Gulch Campground | 6.6 | Fee | — | 2.5 mi to El Portal | — |
| Dirt Flat Campground | 6.8 | Fee | — | 2.8 mi to El Portal | — |
| Jerseydale | 9.7 | Free | Snow Creek (stream) | 1.9 mi to Darrah | — |
| Summit Camp | 9.7 | Free | East Fork Chowchilla River (stream) | 2.9 mi to Wawona | — |
| Summerdale | 12 | Fee | — | 0.8 mi to Fish Camp | — |
| Goat Meadow Dispersed Campsite | 12 | Free | Rainier Creek (stream) | 1.2 mi to Fish Camp | — |
| Anderson Valley | 12 | Free | Bull Creek (stream) | 4.7 mi to Sequoia | — |
| Montgomery Gulch | 14 | Free | Bull Creek (stream) | 5.7 mi to Clearing House | — |
| Big Sandy | 15 | Fee | — | 3.3 mi to Fish Camp | — |
| Grizzly Pass | 16 | Free | Bare Island Lake (water) | 8.3 mi to Fish Camp | — |
| McCabe Flat Campground | 16 | Unpriced | Good Gulch (stream) | 5.8 mi to Midpines | — |
| Boggy Meadow 1 | 16 | Free | — | 5.1 mi to Fish Camp | — |
| Fish Camp/Big Creek | 16 | Free | Big Creek (stream) | 5.2 mi to Sugar Pine | — |
| Grizzly Creek | 16 | Free | Grizzly Creek (stream) | 9.9 mi to South Wawona | — |
| Fresno Dome | 16 | Fee | — | 5.3 mi to Fish Camp | — |
| Railroad Flat Campground | 17 | Unpriced | Merced River (river) | 6.3 mi to Bagby | — |
| Miami Staging Area | 17 | Free | Lewis Fork (stream) | 1.6 mi to Sugar Pine | — |
| Miami Staging Area 1 | 17 | Free | — | — | — |
| Nelder Grove | 17 | Free | California Creek (stream) | 2.9 mi to Sugar Pine | — |
| Quartz Mountain | 17 | Free | — | 10 mi to Wawona | — |
| Middle Bridge | 17 | Free | Miami Creek (stream) | 2.4 mi to Sugar Pine | — |
| Dimond "O" | 17 | Fee | Mud Lake (water) | 1.5 mi to Mather | — |
| Kelty Meadow | 17 | Fee | North Fork Willow Creek (stream) | 4.9 mi to Sugar Pine | — |
| D Spur | 18 | Free | Lost Lake Creek (stream) | 10 mi to Fish Camp | — |
| Lower Bridge | 18 | Free | Miami Creek (stream) | 2.2 mi to Yosemite Forks | — |
| Texas Flat | 18 | Fee | — | 6.6 mi to Fish Camp | — |
| Soquel | 19 | Fee | California Creek (stream) | 4.3 mi to Old Corral | — |
| Greys Mountain | 19 | Fee | — | 4.9 mi to Bass Lake | — |
| Spinning Wheel | 19 | Fee | — | 5.8 mi to Buck Meadows | — |
| Upper Chiquito | 20 | Free | East Fork Chiquito Creek (stream) | 11 mi to Central Camp | — |
| Sweetwater | 20 | Fee | Middle Tuolumne River (river) | 1.3 mi to Colfax Spring | — |
| Beasore/Chiquito | 20 | Free | East Fork Chiquito Creek (stream) | 11 mi to Central Camp | — |
| Muggler Creek | 20 | Free | Mugler Creek (stream) | 8.9 mi to Central Camp | — |
| Lost Claim | 22 | Fee | — | 1.7 mi to Buck Meadows | — |
| Chilkoot | 22 | Fee | — | 3.2 mi to Bass Lake | — |
| Lumsden Bridge | 22 | Fee | — | 3.7 mi to Buck Meadows | Open |
| South Fork | 22 | Free | — | 2.7 mi to Buck Meadows | — |
| Lumsden | 22 | Fee | South Fork Tuolumne River (river) | 1.8 mi to Colfax Spring | — |
| Crane Valley | 23 | Fee | — | 1.0 mi to Bass Lake | — |
| Recreation Point Group Camp | 23 | Fee | — | 0.9 mi to Bass Lake | — |
| Bowler | 23 | Free | Norris Creek (stream) | 14 mi to Central Camp | — |
| The Pines | 24 | Fee | — | 1.3 mi to Buck Meadows | — |
| Gaggs Camp | 24 | Fee | — | 5.8 mi to Bass Lake | — |
| Lower Chiquito | 24 | Fee | — | 12 mi to Bass Lake | — |
| Joe Walt Run | 25 | Free | Jawbone Creek (stream) | 1.8 mi to Femmons | — |
| Forks Campground | 25 | Fee | Bass Lake (water) | 0.8 mi to Bass Lake | — |
| Cherry Borrow Site | 25 | Free | Cherry Creek (stream) | 6.3 mi to Femmons | — |
Who manages the camps near Yosemite West, CA
Who manages them: 44 on the Forest Service; 2 on the BLM; 1 on an agency our record does not name.
- Sierra National Forest — 33 camps: 18 free, 15 fee
- Stanislaus National Forest — 12 camps: 5 free, 7 fee
- Mother Lode Field Office — 2 camps: 2 unpriced
Season read for these camps, today
Today's season read covers 1 of the 47: 1 open, 0 closed, 0 worth a call. It comes from each camp's own record, so a camp with no season word is not counted either way.
Forecast near Yosemite West, CA
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Camping near other towns close by
The nearest towns that have their own page, with the straight-line miles between the towns.
Every distance on this page is a straight line from Yosemite West, CA, not a driving distance — a camp four miles out across a canyon can be an hour of road. Cost is the audited three-state verdict on each camp's own record: free, fee, or unpriced where we could not confirm a price. A blank column is a gap in the record, not a statement that the thing is absent. Camps come from state and federal agency records, not from a visit, except the ones marked. Seasons, permits and fire rules change: confirm with the managing office before you go. Found a fee where we show free? Tell us on the contact page.