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Hardin Flat Road

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Hardin Flat Road is located in California

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37.80978762 N
119.8964027 W

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Enjoy dispersed camping on government land and leave no trace. Pack in and pack out. No (or limited) services at this camping area. Permit may be required.

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Maile H.

Traveler

Reviewed May. 29, 2024

Unlabeled road and awesome

Kind of hard to find the road i just had to guess based on the pin point but i guessed right and immediately saw spots. i turned left and there were a few spots didn't explore to the right.

So beautiful great place to stop in order to get into the park early if you don't have a reservation

Month of VisitJune

Brad C.

Traveler

Reviewed May. 29, 2024

Beautiful & Convenient BUT

May 28, 2024

Convenient to park entrance & beautiful landscape BUT finding a spot late at night was very difficult.

However, I noticed that the temperature over night here was about 10 degrees warmer that other areas nearby (we were at about 51 degrees at night but areas closer to Rush Creek Lodge and on Evergreen Road were in the 40’s.

SiteNear PG&E access road

Month of VisitJune

Caroline D.

Traveler

Reviewed May. 4, 2024

Few locations along the road

we arrived at night, the pitches were already occupied. we tried to join a van already parked, but the man was not very friendly and asked us to leave. so we took the road further down and slept near the intersection.

Month of VisitMay

Martin A.

Traveler

Reviewed Apr. 7, 2024

Visited in April

Went on 4/5/24 - 4/7/24. I stayed to car camp and had an overall nice time. There was a good amount of ice but with 4x4 not problem. The ice was melting so if you go anytime after the snow should be a lot less.

There’s enough space for you to distance yourself from others.

No bear boxes or bathrooms but very safe and easy to access.

Month of VisitMay

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Kristi D.

Legend

Reviewed Oct. 23, 2023

Lovely spot by the NP gate

Lovely spot if you like to boondock. Hardly anyone drove by....lodge right down the road. Mountain bike/hiking trail a quarter mile up road. Extremely peaceful, pretty level and 10 minutes from park entrance. No reception!! 20 minutes from nearest town to get food

Sitedirt spot

Month of VisitNovember

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Nathan G.

Scout

Reviewed Sep. 29, 2023

Perfect for car campers

Was ideal for the one night and a ten minute drive from the park entrance. Quite and tranquil setting

Month of VisitOctober

Carrie

Traveler

Reviewed Sep. 27, 2023

Spacious and semi secluded spots

I liked this spot! It was about 10 mins from the gate into Yosemite. We had a lot of space, good amount of tree cover when I rained. There’s a bunch of different spots to choose from, the one by the creek would have been nice.

Month of VisitSeptember

miranda

Scout

Reviewed Jul. 27, 2023

Great Yosemite option

Lots of available spots along Hardin Flat Road, most with good shade. Passed 10-15 pull out spots for car campers, and at least 10 more easily accessible spots for tents. We were there peak season but mid-week and spots were easy to find. Just a 10 minute drive from the entrance to Yosemite! The spots along the creek were very buggy. We found one away from the water and not at all buggy. It turned out to be near enough to Rush Creek Lodge that you could hear kid noise from the pool during the day but it got quiet after 9pm.

Sitefirst pull out on the right after Rush Creek Lodge when driving west along Hardin Flat

Month of VisitAugust