I spent a lot of time over the past week studying the site sizes and photos for North Pines Campground at Yosemite, and this morning, when reservations opened at 7am, I managed to bag Site 128 at North Pines for 4 days in May. Ten minutes later every site was booked, so there's no going back.Reviews of the site say it is one of the best in the park, and it looks wide enough and long enough for my 38 ft fifth wheel.Officially, the site is listed as suitable for a 35 ft fifth wheel or 40 foot motorhome.Just wondering if anyone is familiar with the road system in North Pines, and in particular the road width around site 128, for reversing or jack-knifing a fifth wheel trailer into the site. After all the stress of making the reservation, it would be even worse to arrive and discover the site is inaccessible.

I don't recall which sites we stayed in but the first one was near the beginning of the loops and across from the bathroom. It was on the river. That was easy to get our 34 footer in. If you go into the loops then it gets very very tight. The roads are very narrow and there are trees and rocks. We moved to another site that was on the outside of the loop but we had to drive thru the loop and then back into the site, it took about 5 tries to get in.BK

My guess is that you'll be fine. If it can hold a forty foot motorhome, it should hold your 38 foot 5er. It is a double driveway so you can even slant it a bit if needed. The rangers won't hassle you as long as you are not sticking way out in the road. Go to Yosemitecampsites.com to see another picture of it. It shows a long trailer in it. Congrats on snagging the site. I'm sure it was stressful!!

According to the picture here, it looks like you will be fine.Site 128 North Pines If you prefer to back in on the drivers side, it appears that you can go in on the next loop and come in against traffic so as to back in on the drivers side, if allowed. Good luck

Thanks for all the input. I have several pictures of the site, and all of them have convinced me that there wil be plenty of room once we're in there. It's the loop road system though that I'd like more information about. There are some good videos on Youtube that show how narrow the roads are, but nothing specific to the area around site 128. I'm sure it won't be a problem to come into the loop the wrong way, if necessary, to improve the approach for backing into the site.Still, if anyone has some site specific road information, I'd love to see it.

Large Fifth Wheel in Yosemite, North Pines Campground

mdamerell
Explorer
Jan 15, 2014
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agesilaus
Explorer III
Jan 15, 2014
I don't recall which sites we stayed in but the first one was near the beginning of the loops and across from the bathroom. It was on the river. That was easy to get our 34 footer in. If you go into the loops then it gets very very tight. The roads are very narrow and there are trees and rocks. We moved to another site that was on the outside of the loop but we had to drive thru the loop and then back into the site, it took about 5 tries to get in.

BK
Fresno_Tundra_D
Explorer
Jan 15, 2014
My guess is that you'll be fine. If it can hold a forty foot motorhome, it should hold your 38 foot 5er. It is a double driveway so you can even slant it a bit if needed. The rangers won't hassle you as long as you are not sticking way out in the road. Go to Yosemitecampsites.com to see another picture of it. It shows a long trailer in it. Congrats on snagging the site. I'm sure it was stressful!!
othertonka
Explorer
Jan 15, 2014
According to the picture here, it looks like you will be fine.
Site 128 North Pines If you prefer to back in on the drivers side, it appears that you can go in on the next loop and come in against traffic so as to back in on the drivers side, if allowed. Good luck
Ed_White
Explorer
Jan 15, 2014
Thanks for all the input. I have several pictures of the site, and all of them have convinced me that there wil be plenty of room once we're in there.

It's the loop road system though that I'd like more information about. There are some good videos on Youtube that show how narrow the roads are, but nothing specific to the area around site 128. I'm sure it won't be a problem to come into the loop the wrong way, if necessary, to improve the approach for backing into the site.

Still, if anyone has some site specific road information, I'd love to see it.
tammyinwv
Explorer
Nov 04, 2018
We are planning on going in spring of 2020 but will be pulling a 39 ft fifth wheel. Was your site long enough?
Finally_Time
Explorer
Nov 04, 2018
It's not always the length of the site in Yosemite. Many times there is a tree or boulder across from or next to the site that makes it impossible to back in a trailer. That's why they give different lengths for motorhomes and trailers for most of the sites. I once watched a fifth wheel take almost an hour maneuvering back and forth to get into his site. Leaving he scraped his truck on a tree and the back of the fifth wheel on a rock.
Ed_White
Explorer
Nov 04, 2018
It was a VERY VERY tight fit for our 39 ft Escalade, even though the description implied there was plenty of room. As "Finally Time" states, boulders and trees opposite make it very difficult. We had to ask other folks to move their cars and trucks, and a crowd assembled to watch me put the trailer on the site, and again when I hauled it out. We didn't get any scratches or dents, but it was a challenge. I wouldn't do it again.
2gypsies1
Explorer III
Nov 04, 2018
I'm amazed you came back to this post after 4.5 years and gave an answer!!
bikendan
Explorer
Nov 04, 2018
2gypsies wrote:
I'm amazed you came back to this post after 4.5 years and gave an answer!!

i know! Holy Thread Resurrection, Batman:E
4 1/2 years for the OP to come back with an update, has to be a record.