We are planing our summer trip out west (from Tennessee) to include Yosomite NP. This is for 2017. We are staying inside the park at Upper Pines then Tuolumine Meadows. If we can get reservations. Here is the part I could use some help on. In Tuolmne there are no dumps and no fresh water for filling a RV. Also no showers. There will be six of us camping together so my holding tanks will not make the five nights. Does anyone know the closest dump, fill water and show location. We have searched online but info is sketchy. Any help is appreciated.

In my opinion Tuoloumne Meadows is NOT suited for any RV, we did get in but at the time we have a small Viking popup. The roads make North Pines look like freeways and the campsites are littered with large boulders. If you do squeeze in I suggest not using the onboard toilet but stick to the CG restroom

As noted tight roads. You can fit in with your rig, but limited availability. This CG is more suited to tents, but we stayed there with our largish (19') pup. Use the CG toilets rather than those in the trailer. Need a shower? One day we drove down to Yosemite Valley and went to one of the swimming pools. Kind of a interesting experience to swim there anyway, and the pools are $5/person, $4 for kids.

stayed there in truck camper about 10 years ago very tight...but nice area..when u leave head towards Lee vining..stop at the local saloon:Echeck your breaks long steep down grade...great views..have fun we did

There is a dump station near Tuolumne Meadows, available only in summer. https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/rvcamping.htmI saw some Class A's at that campground, tucked very tightly between trees. Don't know how they did it.I've camped there without reservations, usually in last week before the camp closes in September. Beautiful place. A very different Yosemite from what you see in the valley.

Yup, a dump station with fresh water is near that CG. IIRC it's not far away... a few hundred yards down the road, perhaps.I saw a family with a water bladder on the roof of their vehicle; they went to fill up the bladder and drove back to the campsite, and filled their popup's tank by gravity through a hose. It saved them the hassle of folding and unfolding their popup. Pretty nice.

Tuolumne Meadows Campground, Yosomite experience?

rexlion
Explorer
Jun 11, 2016
Yup, a dump station with fresh water is near that CG. IIRC it's not far away... a few hundred yards down the road, perhaps.

I saw a family with a water bladder on the roof of their vehicle; they went to fill up the bladder and drove back to the campsite, and filled their popup's tank by gravity through a hose. It saved them the hassle of folding and unfolding their popup. Pretty nice.
Tiger4x4RV
Nomad
Jun 11, 2016
There is a dump station near Tuolumne Meadows, available only in summer. https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/rvcamping.htm

I saw some Class A's at that campground, tucked very tightly between trees. Don't know how they did it.

I've camped there without reservations, usually in last week before the camp closes in September. Beautiful place. A very different Yosemite from what you see in the valley.
7craneway
Explorer
Jun 11, 2016
stayed there in truck camper about 10 years ago very tight...but nice area..when u leave head towards Lee vining..stop at the local saloon:Echeck your breaks long steep down grade...great views..have fun we did
4runnerguy
Explorer
Jun 10, 2016
As noted tight roads. You can fit in with your rig, but limited availability. This CG is more suited to tents, but we stayed there with our largish (19') pup.

Use the CG toilets rather than those in the trailer. Need a shower? One day we drove down to Yosemite Valley and went to one of the swimming pools. Kind of a interesting experience to swim there anyway, and the pools are $5/person, $4 for kids.
agesilaus
Explorer III
Jun 10, 2016
In my opinion Tuoloumne Meadows is NOT suited for any RV, we did get in but at the time we have a small Viking popup. The roads make North Pines look like freeways and the campsites are littered with large boulders. If you do squeeze in I suggest not using the onboard toilet but stick to the CG restroom

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