Yosemite National Park · California
Lower Pines Campground — how to get a site when it's sold out
Overview Lower Pines campsites are available to reserve up to five months in advance on the 15th of each month at 7:00 a. m. PST.
Booking Lower Pines Campground
Sites at Lower Pines Campground are reserved through Recreation.gov. Sites here can be reserved in advance through the official system, and they are claimed fast — cancellations then trickle back all season, unannounced, at any hour of the day or night.
Site facts
| Total sites | 75 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Standard, RV |
| Location | Yosemite National Park, CA |
| Book through | Recreation.gov |
| Official listing | Recreation.gov |
The cancellation play at Lower Pines Campground
Because sites are booked months ahead, a steady share of reservations get cancelled as trips fall through. Each cancellation instantly returns that site and those nights to the official calendar — first-come, first-served, no waitlist, no announcement. Refreshing the booking page yourself, every few minutes for weeks, works in theory. In practice, the people who get these sites are the ones who hear about the opening first.
ItOpened scans the Recreation.gov calendar for Lower Pines Campground around the clock. When a site matching your dates and your vehicle opens, you get a text with a direct link to it. You book it yourself, in your own account, at the normal price. We never book, hold, or resell — your fee pays for monitoring, and openings are first-come, so speed is the whole game.
Other campgrounds in Yosemite National Park
| Tuolumne Meadows Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
|---|---|
| Upper Pines Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Crane Flat Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Hodgdon Meadow Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Bridalveil Creek Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| North Pines Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Wawona Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Yosemite Creek Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| White Wolf Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Camp 4 | Cancellation alerts available |
| Porcupine Flat Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Tamarack Flat Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Tuolumne Horse Campsites | Cancellation alerts available |
| Bridalveil Creek Horse Campsites | Cancellation alerts available |
| Wawona Horse Campsites | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Lower Pines Campground; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.