Porcupine Flat Campground — Yosemite National Park
Crystal C.The Dyrt PRO User
Reviewed Apr. 1, 2020

Overcrowded

This camp is one I had to take a hard pass on.  I do not like to leave bad reviews, I would much rather give the benefit of the doubt of a good versus bad day and give constructive criticism, but I fear this campground was beyond that due to my experience.

 Like the other reviewers who mentioned that the location was over crowded I had similar experience.  I arrived early in the morning to find a campsite and noticed some people were leaving, I thought I had found a perfect spot, one of the few which felt like it had a little privacy.   Before the campers could pull out someone had tossed a portable tent on the site from the camp beside it to claim it for a friend who was not even present.   This really did not sit well with me and at that point I knew it was simply not for me.

The camp itself was not worth the hassle as it appeared over run and the lack of respect for others was prevalent.   This was quite surprising in comparison to other camps I had experienced in the area and I was astonished to see that on this, the far side of the park this was the case.   I expected it more so on the side with more of the city traffic.

The highlight of this camp was leaving and driving toward Mono Lake area.  At this point I found an amazing lookout and the home of what was a then closed lake campground.   The lake campground being closed could have attributed to the overcrowding of this campground as it was one of the first camps coming from the East.   I am not sure why it was closed however when I visited.

  • Review photo of Porcupine Flat Campground — Yosemite National Park by Crystal C., April 1, 2020
  • Review photo of Porcupine Flat Campground — Yosemite National Park by Crystal C., April 1, 2020
  • Review photo of Porcupine Flat Campground — Yosemite National Park by Crystal C., April 1, 2020
  • Review photo of Porcupine Flat Campground — Yosemite National Park by Crystal C., April 1, 2020
  • Review photo of Porcupine Flat Campground — Yosemite National Park by Crystal C., April 1, 2020
  • Review photo of Porcupine Flat Campground — Yosemite National Park by Crystal C., April 1, 2020
  • Review photo of Porcupine Flat Campground — Yosemite National Park by Crystal C., April 1, 2020
  • Review photo of Porcupine Flat Campground — Yosemite National Park by Crystal C., April 1, 2020
  • Review photo of Porcupine Flat Campground — Yosemite National Park by Crystal C., April 1, 2020