How strict is Yosemite about trailer lengths?

Are the length requirements the same in wawona? When are spots most easily available there?

Its been said already but I'll reiterate. The site length isn't the problem, navigating the loops and backing in is the real issue. I live 90 min from Yosemite's south gate, and have been several times. We have a 30 TT, I will not camp on the valley floor anymore; I much prefer to stay at Wawona...still more crowded than I care for, but much easier to navigate and easy trip to the valley should be want to spend time down there.

dicknellen wrote:
I need to take back what I said, I thought the RV footage rule at sate & national parks was set in stone, I stand corrected. Dick

Thank God for grace! :)

I need to take back what I said, I thought the RV footage rule at sate & national parks was set in stone, I stand corrected. Dick

We camped in nearly every state park we wanted to in most of the country in a 36' MH and toad. The only exception was a state park in MO where we simply didn't have enough 'wiggle room' to get our rig into the site. I think it was Lake of the Ozarks SP. There were also a few old state parks where the sites were laid out at right angles to the access road which made it hard to back in without running over the grass unless you could use an empty space across from the site.

Thanks all! Now that we have all this new info, it opens up a whole lot more possibilities in terms of the RV length!!

Go in the beginning of May not that crowded. A lot of California schools let out the third week of May and you'll start to see the crowds increase.

My fifth wheel is 37'. I reserved a 40' site which I could not have gotten into if the site across from me had not been vacant. Fortunately the people who eventually rennet that spot left on the same day as I did.

Of course, a large fifth wheel an a long bed truck can be quite restrictive, as far as maneuvering into a narrow site from a narrow access road.

we were having this problem. I do state parks and we just bought a new toyhauler. 38.7 feet. We tried to stay in the 35-36 range but the floorplans were not what we wanted.

No way I would let the length of ONE state park, or any state park, limit me on my rv purchase. They are expensive. Get what you want!! for a few times in a state park or maybe having to pass one by just cause of a few feet, and not buying you want is not worth it.

buy the rv and then find places to stay. This is big bucks. Get what you want and enjoy the rv. there are tons of parks that will fit you.

and we do the extra backup to get a few extra feet off the road if we can. In fact our state park in TN we love has many sites where we can do that and fit. without going a bit over, we would not. just like the picture :)

We have yet to go to a 30' limit CG where we have not been able to get our near 36'LOA selves into a site somewhere. We must have at least 8' behind the wheels & care very little if the rear stabilizers cannot be used because the ground drops away behind the marked pad.

We also don't care if it takes some shuffling to back in. A challenge is good.

There is a limit when too big really is too big. It is wise to make the effort to keep your choice of 5er under 35'LOA. The longer you go the faster the site options drop.

As far as Yosemite goes, like others here, we also feel it is over rated. Yes the views are nothing short of spectacular. The campgrounds, not so much. We took a ride through them, all of them. Glad we stayed outside & drove in carrying our bikes. You don't have to get far from the main viewpoints to avoid the bulk of the crowds.

We enjoyed Sequoia & Kings Canyon better than Yosemite.