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Paris92
Has anyone ever camped at Sequoia or Kings Canyon? Same craziness to get campsites there also? I would like to camp in Yose at some point, but it seems near impossible to get the site reservations.
There are still sites available in the summer, though just about all the reservable sites in Yosemite Valley during the summer (through Aug. 14th) are probably booked except for some single Monday nights in Upper Pines.
But don't fret. Some campsites that can be subjected to flooding during the spring runoff are held back until the Park Service determines they'll be dry for the season. Also there are still reservable campsites available right now in the Hodgdon Meadow Campground and Wawona. And last summer many campsites in non-reservable first-come, first-served campgrounds were readily available on Friday and even Saturday afternoons in the summer. So if you want to still camp inside Yosemite, there's still a very good chance that you can with some prudent planning (or arriving early during the day in Yosemite) to snag a first-come, first-served campsite.
Personally for me, many of the first-come, first-served campgrounds are preferable than the Yosemite Valley campgrounds during the summer: better sites, not as crowded, more peaceful, easier access to the high country, and not as hot.
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