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holstein13
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Oct 27, 2015

Where to camp a 45 footer in Yosemite

I'm starting to plan my trip to Yosemite next year. I'll be there in the middle of May.

On the NPS website, it says the maximum size of an RV is 40 feet but they don't check the size and if the RV fits, they don't care.

What do you suggest I do? Any good places for me to park the big rig?

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  • There is only one spot I know of in Lower Pines, #36. I've stayed in Yosemite four times and have checked out the so called 40' sites. When they say 40' they mean it. With the exception of the site I mentioned non of the other sites would handle anything larger that a 40'. When reservations open up, site 36 goes within the first 15 minutes. I have only gotten that site once, and for just 3 nights.
  • I have my doubts that you'll get that 45 footer into North Pines. There are several sites: 101 thru 113 (by odd numbers) which are right after the gatehouse and on the riverbank. Those in particular since that is just about the only ones that I know of that you don't have to go down the roads. Which are very narrow with bolders and trees to steer around. But you'd need a very tolerant group of rangers and could not have a toad. They do not measure the rv but they check to see that it is on the pad and not protruding into the roadway. We had 101 for a week with a 34 ft fiver.

    North Pines is the only CG that takes RVs in the valley.
  • Be aware, that site length is not the whole story. The roads are narrow with a lot of trees. Turn radius has a lot to do backing into a site. If you can't get into the reserved site. Tough luck. Had this happen to me.

    Then too...getting a site will be like winning the lottery.

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