Bridalveil Creek Campground
Yosemite National Park
Bridalveil Creek Campground 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
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.
Notifications and Alerts
Need to Know
You are responsible for reading the site alerts and booking a site that will accommodate your equipment.
ATTENTION: Day use reservations will be required to enter Yosemite on weekends and holidays April 13 through June 30, daily July 1 through August 16 and weekends and holidays August 17 through October 27. Your camping reservation exempts you from this requirement. However, you must still pay the park entrance fee once you arrive. You MUST have proof of your camping reservation to show at the entrance station in order to enter Yosemite. Print or download your confirmation info PRIOR to arrival as there is no cell service at the entrance stations.
If members of your camping group are in separate vehicles, each vehicle must have a copy of the reservation AND a copy of the reservation holder's photo ID to present at the entrance station. Six people MAXIMUM per site. Each vehicle entering must pay the entrance fee or use an annual or lifetime pass.
If arriving one or more days late, call (209) 375-9535; your reservation will be forfeited if we do not hear from you within 24 hours of your arrival date.
- Bear habitat! Food and toiletries must be stored 24 hours/day.
- Food storage lockers are provided in all campsites (45x18x33')
- Absolutely no food stored in vehicles.
- Dispose of garbage immediately in bear-proof dumpsters.
- These rules are strictly enforced!
You must have a horse with you to camp in horse sites or your reservation be forfeited and you will be asked to leave.
Bring proof of your reservation (screen shot or paper version). There is no internet access, cell service or public phone at Bridalveil Creek.
Road conditions can change at any time. Before arrival, please call (209) 372-0200 for road and weather conditions inside Yosemite, and 1-800-427-ROAD for conditions outside the park.
Resale or auction of advance reservations is prohibited.
- For additional park information, call (209)372-0200 or 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
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.
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.
Changes & Cancellations
- Cancellation of individual or equestrian site reservations will be charged a $10 service fee. If the cancellation is within 48 hours of the arrival date, the first night's fee will also be charged. Cancellations for a single night’s use within 48 hours will not receive a refund, but will not be assessed an additional service fee.
- Cancellation of a group site reservation will incur a $10.00 service fee plus the first night’s use fee when the reservation is cancelled within 14 days of the scheduled arrival date.
- No-shows for any type of reservation will be charged a $20 service fee and the first night's fee.
Contact Information
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PO BOX 577 Yosemite National Park CA 95389
Phone Number
For campground inquiries, please call: (209)375-9535
Rental Options
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Driving 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.
Available Campsites
- Site 31, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 45, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 5, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 3, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 57, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 4, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 93, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 83, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 97, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 36, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 24, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 33, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 104, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 108, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 14, Loop A, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site 39, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 18, Loop A, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site 75, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 55, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 96, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 9, Loop A, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site 105, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 88, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 95, Loop C, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site 70, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 73, Loop C, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site 13, Loop A, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site 82, Loop C, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site 62, Loop B, Type Rv Nonelectric
- Site 56, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 59, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 106, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 25, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 23, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 54, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 48, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 35, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 41, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 49, Loop B, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site 64, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 40, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site Horse Camp 2, Loop Horse, Type Equestrian Nonelectric
- Site 2, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site Group A, Loop A, Type Group Tent Only Area Nonelectric
- Site 63, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site Horse Camp 3, Loop Horse, Type Equestrian Nonelectric
- Site 102, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 100, Loop C, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site 11, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 92, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 65, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 17, Loop A, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site 38, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 86, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 15, Loop A, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site 44, Loop B, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site 71, Loop C, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site 91, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 99, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 90, Loop C, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site 67, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 78, Loop C, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site 1, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 69, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 53, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 77, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 87, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 66, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 98, Loop C, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site 74, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 79, Loop C, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site 22, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 20, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 60, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 89, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 19, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site Horse Camp 1 , Loop Horse, Type Equestrian Nonelectric
- Site 46, Loop B, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site 51, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 26, Loop A, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site 7, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 101, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 94, Loop C, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site 72, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 10, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 81, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 80, Loop C, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site 61, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 42, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 8, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 68, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 76, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 85, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 12, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 103, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 50, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 32, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 6, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 107, Loop C, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site 84, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 43, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 34, Loop A, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site 47, Loop B, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site 37, Loop A, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site 58, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 21, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 16, Loop A, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site Group B, Loop A, Type Group Tent Only Area Nonelectric
- Site 52, Loop B, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 27, Loop A, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
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