Best Cabin Camping near Midpines, CA

Several cabin accommodations dot the Yosemite region near Midpines, providing access to nearby national park attractions. AutoCamp Yosemite offers cozy furnished cabins with electricity, indoor plumbing, and climate control systems. Indian Flat RV Park features cabin rentals with basic amenities including beds, electricity, and nearby shower facilities. "It was a delightful place to stay when trying to access Yosemite's fire fall. The amenities were lovely, including the campfire grill at each site with food that you could purchase from the clubhouse to grill," noted one visitor about AutoCamp Yosemite. Thousand Trails Yosemite Lakes provides riverfront cabins with full kitchens and private bathrooms, while Curry Village in Yosemite National Park offers rustic cabin accommodations.

Rustic and deluxe cabins are both available, depending on the location. Yosemite Westlake Campground provides full-service cabins with electricity, water hookups, and heating options for year-round comfort. Most properties require reservations, especially during peak summer months when cabins fill quickly. Pet policies vary by location, with AutoCamp Yosemite and Thousand Trails allowing pets in select cabin units. Mariposa Fairgrounds maintains cabin accommodations with full hookups on level gravel pads. One camper shared that their cabin at AutoCamp was "very cozy and comfortable without feeling claustrophobic," though they noted the units "could have been stabilized a bit better because it wobbled."

Most cabins include beds but require visitors to bring their own linens, towels, and toiletries. Kitchen facilities range from basic microwaves to fully equipped kitchens with refrigerators and stovetops. Yosemite Lakes RV Resort provides more extensive cabin amenities, including cookware and tableware. On-site markets exist at several properties, including AutoCamp Yosemite and Thousand Trails, where basic groceries and camping supplies are available. Locations closer to Yosemite National Park typically charge premium rates for cabin rentals, with prices decreasing at properties farther from park entrances. Winter travelers should confirm heating options and road access conditions before booking cabin accommodations.

Best Cabin Sites Near Midpines, California (36)

    1. Thousand Trails Yosemite Lakes

    41 Reviews
    Eastman Lake, CA
    18 miles
    Website
    +1 (888) 707-1477

    "This Campground is 5 miles from West gate entrance to "Yosemite National Park". Only 35 miles west of " Lake Don Pedro, take out your boat, go jet skiing or fishing."

    "Fairly clean, a few of the dishes needed rewashed, but it‘s required that the previous occupants wash and put away their dishes."

    2. Indian Flat RV Park

    14 Reviews
    El Portal, CA
    9 miles
    Website
    +1 (209) 379-2339

    $30 - $289 / night

    "The lodge next door is a pick up spot for shuttles into the park. They have a bar/restaurant and a store which is convenient. The park was nice & shaded, with fire pits at each site."

    "In winter check-in/drive up bookings are in the lodge reception in the main village which is great as they're open all through the night. Power was good, showers were okay - hot but lacked pressure."

    3. Mariposa Fairgrounds

    3 Reviews
    Mariposa, CA
    7 miles
    +1 (209) 966-2432

    $55 / night

    "Big grassy area close to Mineral Museum, water and electric hookups. We basically had the fairgrounds to ourselves. They have additional spots in more of a parking lot setting, well marked."

    "Restrooms and shower are quiet clean and the Wifi is extremely good."

    4. Yosemite Pines RV Resort & Family Lodging

    23 Reviews
    Groveland, CA
    22 miles
    Website
    +1 (209) 962-7690

    "With a pool, petting zoo, a corral where they have a fire and s'mores followed by a movie, this is a great place to camp with the kids."

    "What a great place to stay and enjoy this magnificent National Park."

    5. AutoCamp Yosemite

    1 Review
    Midpines, CA
    3 miles
    Website

    "The amenities were lovely, including the campfire grill at each site with food that you could purchase from the clubhouse to grill."

    6. Lake McSwain Recreation Area

    11 Reviews
    La Grange, CA
    19 miles
    Website
    +1 (209) 378-2521

    $30 - $40 / night

    "The lake was beautiful and refreshing. Would come back again but maybe early spring. Our campsite was set up a little backwards."

    "My family and I stayed at Lake McSwain Campgrounds for a weekend during a mountain bike race at Exchequer."

    7. North Pines Campground — Yosemite National Park

    23 Reviews
    Yosemite Valley, CA
    25 miles
    Website
    +1 (209) 372-8502

    $48 / night

    "It was nice and conveniently located right in the valley, but it comes with crowd issues such as generator noise. Close distance to walk to the store or to trails. Having flush toilets is nice."

    "Is crowded, but each spot is equipped with fire ring, food storage, picnic table, parking spot and flat, shaded spots for your tent."

    8. Lower Pines Campground — Yosemite National Park

    20 Reviews
    Yosemite Valley, CA
    25 miles
    Website
    +1 (209) 372-8502

    $36 - $60 / night

    "Our site had a large level parking pad (perfect for the campervan), picnic table, and fire ring."

    "Typical campground set up with fire rings and bear lockers at each campsite. Flush toilets, but no showers."

    9. Yosemite Westlake Campground & RV Park

    3 Reviews
    Groveland, CA
    16 miles
    Website
    +1 (209) 878-3847

    "great campsite near Yosemite! The host was super nice and helpful and gave us some insight on what to see locally!"

    10. Curry Village — Yosemite National Park

    14 Reviews
    Yosemite Valley, CA
    25 miles
    Website
    +1 (888) 413-8869

    $98 - $300 / night

    "aka Curry Village My daughters and I have now stayed in both the canvas tent/cabin and a hard-sided cabin. Both provide comfortable beds with sheets and a warm blanket on each."

    "We booked a heated tent cabin for 4 nights. "

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Cabin Reviews near Midpines, CA

320 Reviews of 36 Midpines Campgrounds


  • Kuo G.
    Jul. 17, 2017

    Housekeeping Camp — Yosemite National Park

    Comfy makeshift hotel in a campground

    this is the ultimate glamping. Bunk beds, electrical outlets, private patio with awning and round picnic table, even curtains for your shared sleeping quarters. Near by clean restrooms running hot water. Id recommend wearing sandals for showering. Nice open space between campsites. We had the campsites reserved months in advance next to the river. It was pretty dry the this time. Enough water to capture some great photos. In the campgrounds there were large bear lockers, and well distributed benches and fire rings. Quiet time is 10pm and they are strict about it. Cant reallly complain about yosemite though. Its just pure beauty.

  • Lisa C.The Dyrt PRO User
    Sep. 16, 2021

    Curry Village — Yosemite National Park

    Lovely Rustic City

    aka Curry Village

    My daughters and I have now stayed in both the canvas tent/cabin and a hard-sided cabin. Both provide comfortable beds with sheets and a warm blanket on each. (If you like fluffy pillows, bring one from home.) 

    We stayed in the heated tent/cabin during a major snowfall and stayed toasty-warm. I’d give this place an extra star if we were able to boil water in the tents, so we could make our own warm food and coffee, but it’s not allowed. There are bear boxes to lock up any food you do bring. There are places in the valley to buy warm meals, but they really weren’t very good, especially for the price. 

    The showers are warm and have good water pressure. They always had clean towels available, too.

    However, Curry Village is packed with wall-to-wall people. Despite quiet hours, there seems to always be That One Guy who gets drunk, loud and obnoxious. On our last trip, That One Guy decided to yell obscenities in my daughters’ faces when they asked him politely to keep the noise down. It was 15min before quiet hours and it was obvious that most of the other guests (many with small kids) had gone to bed. Other than calling the front desk, there really wasn’t another option for “crowd control.” 

    When I camp, I do prefer remote, quiet places away from crowds, but I did appreciate the convenience of Curry Village’s location. We really were in the heart of the valley with great access to the best hikes. All in all, we enjoyed our stays.

  • Amanda P.
    Jun. 15, 2022

    Curry Village — Yosemite National Park

    Waking Up to Half Dome

    We stayed here March 2022.  We booked a heated tent cabin for 4 nights.  It had 1 double bed and 2 singles, a storage tower, 1 central electric light, and 1 electrical outlet - this is not advertised, but if you tell them you have a CPAP or other medical device needing an outlet, they will let you know that there is one in the heated cabins.  It was enough to power a power strip, charge our phones, and run said CPAP (LOL).  The beds were comfy and the linens were great.  We requested additional blankets as the comforter on the bed was nylon on both sides and kept sliding off the beds.  We were given old school wool blankets and they were great!  We did adjust the heat often as it would actually get too warm.  

    As we visited in the off season, not all of the amenities were available (pool, restaurants), but it didn't bother us at all.  The guest lounge was often crowded and we only spent one evening in there.  Showers and toilets were very clean.  It was still fully booked when we went, but the grounds are quiet are people were very respectful of the park rules.  

    This was a great central location to do Yosemite.  We woke up under Half Dome every morning, did the Mist Trail, Vernal Falls trail, and Lower Yosemite Falls trail.  Doing it in the off season was awesome as the number of additional people not actually staying in the park was very small.

    Reservations are hard to come by...we reserved in January for March of the same year and got lucky.  Book through the NPS as other sites charge additional, unnecessary fees.  We also recommend packing in food.  There are bear lockers to store it.  Dining in the park is provided by Aramark and is average at best.  We took a trip outside the park to dine in a nearby city and had a wonderful dinner. 

    Overall, we would definitely stay here again and again!  It was very peaceful and comfortable.

  • Ron G.The Dyrt PRO User
    Jul. 11, 2024

    Curry Village — Yosemite National Park

    Location, Location, Location! But Pricey!

    Overall, the proximity to being in The Valley outweighed the negatives of our stay. 

    While pricey for what it is, it IS at the far east end of Yosemite Valley with easy access to the Mist Trail. The tent-cabins are close to each other (3-8 feet), and we were woken by our neighbors our first morning (they were checking out early, and while quiet hours were 'officially' over, it was still 0730...and since it was during the heat wave, we hadn't gotten to sleep til well after midnight).

    That said...we were expecting foam rubber mattresses on wooden plywood shelves for beds, but the bed frame, mattresses, pillows and Rumpl blankets were a nice surprise (the website stated there would be wool blankets). The towels and sheets were in need of some fabric softener though.

     It was HOT. Having camped in tent-cabins before (not Curry Village), we brought fans with us that helped cool things down in the evenings, but having fans [battery operated/ rechargeable (we had Ryobi rechargeable fans)] helped us out.

    We couldn't figure out how to make the tent-cabin canvas window 'shades' to stay open- which was necessary because we needed the ventilation - we had brought along some binder clips that we were able to jury-rig to keep the canvas flaps over the screens open,  though. 

    Showers and restrooms were adequately clean, and showers were hot…but nothing to write home about. 

    We were surprised by the trash on the grounds near the cabins (where our nearest showerhouse was)-  in fact, a zip-lock baggie sat on the ground in the same spot for the three days we were there, before I picked it up on our way out. Additionally, on the grounds of the tent-cabins, we found several nails and other hardware on the ground.

     We were also surprised by the size of Curry Village, which isn't really discussed on the website. We were in tent-cabin 749 on the far east end, which was great until we had to walk to Camp Curry and/or the parking lot. We brought a wagon to carry our gear from the car to the tent-cabin, but once again, we've done this before, and we felt really bad for the folks lugging all their stuff without the benefit of a cart. Next time we'd bring bikes to help with the longish walk (400 meters? Maybe longer?) 

    The food options were great! The pizza is fantastic, and it was nice having the ability to grab pizza/tacos/burgers as an option at the end of the day (cooking is not allowed in the camp, but we 'tailgated' with backpacking stoves and meals a couple of the days).

  • Sherrie R.
    Jun. 15, 2021

    Yosemite RV Resort

    Great staff and location. Many rental options.

    Many options to stay! Rv, bring your own tent, yurts, safari tents,, cabins. RV spaces have many different location styles, secluded, views, groups etc.

    Large clean pool with a shallow lounging section. Playground. Bathrooms/showers were freshly renovated and clean. Laundry on site. Clubhouse and small provisions.

    Easy access to Bass Lake and Yosemite entrance as well as local Town food and markets.

  • Robert  W.The Dyrt PRO User
    Jan. 27, 2021

    Curry Village — Yosemite National Park

    Great tent cabins and facilities

    Stayed two nights here in a 2 bed tent cabin. Slept 3 of us perfectly and was somewhat heated. Meaning the heater likes to turn it self off at times cooling the tent back down before kicking back in. The bathroom and showers were great for camping showers. The is a nice lodge style place to hang out plus great pizza place on site as well. This is a perfect place for those who like to camp but not fans of tent camping in cold snowy conditions. I will definitely return!

  • Delia M.
    Jul. 11, 2018

    Curry Village — Yosemite National Park

    Excellent location, close to shuttle to all the main trails

    The location is perfect for all the Valley trails. There is a shuttle right outside. There are several campgrounds here. There is a space for tents and also a village of canvas tents for those who prefer glamping. For food there is a convenience store nearby, a restaurant and a pizza place.

    TIPS:

    Tent cabins are close together, you will hear your neighbors, bring ear plugs

    Leave early, the trails get crowded very quickly

    Lots of tourists so parking will be tight

    Driving into Yosemite is horrible lately, especially into the Valley, CARPOOL!

  • B
    Oct. 3, 2021

    Thousand Trails Yosemite Lakes

    "Child/Pet Friendly!

    This Campground is 5 miles from West gate entrance to "Yosemite National Park". Only 35 miles west of " Lake Don Pedro, take out your boat, go jet skiing or fishing. Don't forget to go to " Moaning Cavern!" Tuolumne River runs through campground. There are 254 Full Hookups, 130 Tent sites, Hostel, Cabin & Yurts. They have WiFi, Satellite TV,Clubhouse, Billiard's, Game room, Shuffleboard, Store, Hiking Trails,Nature, Playground, Mini Golf, Tennis, Picnic/BBQ,Volleyball, Basketball & in the Summer-Bus runs to Yosemite, for an additional fee. Summer Swimming,Seasonal Fishing,Wheelchair Accessible, Restroom/Shower Facilities & Laundry. Yosemite Lakes Resort 31191 Hardin Flat Rd. Groveland,CA 95321 Reservations Member- 1-800-368-7788 Non-Member 1-888-481-6348 Welcome Center (209)962-0103 Rental Check In- 4PM Rental Check Out - 11AM Front Desk- Sun-Sat 8AM-8PM


Guide to Midpines

Cabin accommodations near Midpines, California range from rustic to modern with variable amenities and access to Yosemite National Park. Seasonal considerations affect cabin availability, with winter travelers facing limited options due to road closures and weather conditions. Most cabin properties require advance reservations, particularly during peak summer months when demand exceeds availability.

What to do

Swimming opportunities: Lake McSwain Recreation Area features a splash area that's popular during hot summer months. "This is my second time staying here and I've really enjoyed it. There are free warm showers and the bathrooms are fairly clean," notes one camper at Lake McSwain Recreation Area.

Animal experiences: Yosemite Pines RV Resort offers a petting zoo on the property. "The Llamas were an absolute plus as well. We loved how close it was to the park," shared a visitor who stayed in a yurt at Yosemite Pines RV Resort & Family Lodging.

Visit local attractions: The Mariposa Fairgrounds cabins provide access to educational exhibits. "Make sure you go to the Mine and Mineral museum on the grounds," advises a camper who appreciated this often-overlooked attraction at the fairgrounds.

What campers like

Convenient transportation: Several cabin properties near the park entrance offer shuttle services to Yosemite. "The YART bus (that shuttles you into the park) stops at the hotel next door. It doesn't run frequently, and we had to catch it really early (7 am), but it was $20 for a family of four (round trip), and that included admission to the park," reports a visitor at Indian Flat RV Park.

Property amenities: Many cabin locations include shared facilities that enhance the stay. "The Cedar Lodge next door has an indoor and outdoor pool available for the RV campers to use. The outdoor pool was closed for the season, but the indoor pool was heated to at least 100 degrees so it made our morning swimming delightful," notes another Indian Flat visitor.

Internet connectivity: Mariposa Fairgrounds offers reliable internet, unusual for cabin camping near Yosemite. "The wifi was extremely good," reports a camper, while another mentioned it was "the best campground internet we have experienced."

What you should know

Cell service limitations: Many cabin areas have limited or no cellular reception. "There is no cell service in the area. The campground does offer 24 hours of WiFi for $9.99," explains a visitor at Indian Flat, while a Thousand Trails Yosemite Lakes camper noted "there is no cell service and the 'pay WIFI' did not work for us...but there is complimentary WiFi at the laundry to check in on things that works just fine."

Distance considerations: Travel times to Yosemite Valley can be substantial. "Although it is very close to the park boundary, it is still an hour to the valley," clarifies one reviewer, while another cabin guest reported "it's about 45 minutes to drive to the valley or Hetch Hetchy in Yosemite but the drive is beautiful."

Grocery planning: Limited shopping options require advance planning. "No nearby grocery so have what you need. The Yosemite village store has quite a selection but it is an hour away," advises a Thousand Trails visitor.

Tips for camping with families

Pool access: Some properties offer swimming facilities that provide entertainment options after hiking. "With a pool, petting zoo, a corral where they have a fire and s'mores followed by a movie, this is a great place to camp with the kids," reports a visitor to Yosemite Pines.

Cabin stabilization: When booking glamping accommodations, check for sturdy construction. Some units may require adjustment for comfort, particularly for families with young children.

Activities beyond Yosemite: Lower Pines Campground offers nightly educational programs. "The night we went it was on bird communication," shared a visitor who appreciated the amphitheater seminars available within the park.

Tips from RVers

Power considerations: When reserving cabins with electrical hookups, confirm amperage ratings. "There are only a handful of 50amp spots and people move to them quickly after someone leaves lots of 30amp though so you might want to bring an adapter," advises a visitor to Thousand Trails.

Site selection strategy: Some properties have distinct areas for different types of accommodations. "The majority of the campground (the nicer parts next to the river) is for members only. The smaller, tighter section is for non-members," explains a Thousand Trails visitor discussing cabin and RV site distribution.

Overflow options: During peak season when cabins are fully booked, Mariposa Fairgrounds offers last-minute availability. "Full hookups on level gravel pads. We stayed in lot 5 at the back of the fair grounds, and it was quiet at night," reports a visitor who found space during a busy period.

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