Yosemite National Park · California
Wawona Campground — how to get a site when it's sold out
Overview Wawona Campground is located in breathtaking Yosemite National Park in Central California's rugged Sierra Nevada Mountain Range. The site is situated at the southern end of the park, 27 miles and approximately 45 minutes from Yosemite Valley, at an elevation of 4000 feet. Wawona was home to the park's headquarters in 1904 and historic structures still stand today.
Booking Wawona Campground
Sites at Wawona 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 | 99 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Standard, Tent only, RV, Group, Walk-to / hike-to |
| Location | Yosemite National Park, CA |
| Book through | Recreation.gov |
| Official listing | Recreation.gov |
The cancellation play at Wawona 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 Wawona 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 |
| Yosemite Creek Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Lower Pines 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 Wawona Campground; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.