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Reviewed Apr. 13, 2025

Great spot outside the park

Only about a mile or so off the main road. Spots are a little confusing as there’s no direct road through the sites, but you’ll find a spot. Been here a few nights on a holiday weekend and wasn’t busy at all. Really close to the park entrance and to the less populated but still great areas of the park. Fire rings. No bathrooms over here and no dumpsters. Gets a little cold at night (April) but not unbearable by any means. Pretty quiet (with the right groups around you), easily accessible and comfortable. Can’t ask for much more.

Month of VisitApril
  • Review photo of Yosemite “Boondock National” Dispersed Camping by Dylan B., April 13, 2025
  • Review photo of Yosemite “Boondock National” Dispersed Camping by Dylan B., April 13, 2025
  • Review photo of Yosemite “Boondock National” Dispersed Camping by Dylan B., April 13, 2025
Reviewed May. 28, 2024

amazing & accesible spot !

super accessible spot right by the entrance (10 min drive max) to yosemite np !! not sure why some of these reviews are complicated lol but just go up mount raymond road like the directions tell you to then once you get to the end i just went to the turn out on the right ! super lowkey, fire pits, and beautiful scenery 🌱

Month of VisitMay
  • Review photo of Yosemite “Boondock National” Dispersed Camping by Alexis O., May 28, 2024
  • Review photo of Yosemite “Boondock National” Dispersed Camping by Alexis O., May 28, 2024
  • Review photo of Yosemite “Boondock National” Dispersed Camping by Alexis O., May 28, 2024
Reviewed Jul. 20, 2023

Great and close to NP

Lots of places to park a vehicle or set up a tent. Plenty of fire rings and is very close to the NP entrance. Only downside was the lack of private areas to use the bathroom, but we managed. The lead to get in wasn’t bad, and we got there after dark.

Month of VisitJuly
Reviewed Sep. 2, 2022

Overnight camp

Didn’t pull in until 9pm ish. But when I can in there was two ways you could have gone. To the left which was a parking lot possibly with sites(could not see) or to the right, which was a very large cleared space. I saw the remains of a few fires so I assumed I was in the right spot. Not a whole lot of trees from what I could tell. Also only about 1/4 mile from the main road that you come up on.

Month of VisitAugust
  • Review photo of Yosemite “Boondock National” Dispersed Camping by Lil R., September 2, 2022
  • Review photo of Yosemite “Boondock National” Dispersed Camping by Lil R., September 2, 2022
  • Review photo of Yosemite “Boondock National” Dispersed Camping by Lil R., September 2, 2022
  • Review photo of Yosemite “Boondock National” Dispersed Camping by Lil R., September 2, 2022
Reviewed Nov. 10, 2021

Couldn’t find, Hannah gives wrong location

Note: drove to “end of Mt Raymond Rd / Goat Meadow Ttailhead” following Hannah’s review as the directions. That is not the directions to this campground. It’s the directions to the Meadow campground across the 41. So, unfortunately never found this location. Leaving proper review of Meadow dispersed camping on that campground across the street so head over to that one, irs super easy to find, not busy, tons of great spots.

Month of VisitNovember
Reviewed Sep. 23, 2021

Yellow Jacket Season

Good spots, found one to fit our trailer. People kept parking at the entrance of the dirt path.

Month of VisitSeptember
Reviewed May. 30, 2021

Beautiful spot just outside of Yosemite

It’s Memorial weekend and the weather is in the 70s, sun is shining through the forest trees, the birds are singing and this site is a perfect base camp for my day trips to hike in Yosemite.

Here is the correct location. You can take a dirt road from this parking lot in order to camp in the woods.

Dropped pin https://goo.gl/maps/2gskCbuY8XRMD82x5

Sitenestled in the trees
Month of VisitMay
  • Review photo of Yosemite “Boondock National” Dispersed Camping by Deb F., May 30, 2021
  • Review photo of Yosemite “Boondock National” Dispersed Camping by Deb F., May 30, 2021
Reviewed May. 23, 2021

Correct Location Below

As previously mentioned, these coordinates are not correct, if you travel beyond the coordinates towards the South Park Entrance and pass the Springdale Campground on your left, you will see a sign shortly afterwards that says SnowPlay area 1/2 mile and that’s where you will turn onto Mount Raymond Road, which takes you to the dispersed camping about 5 minutes from the park entrance. Plenty of spots available.

Month of VisitMay
  • Review photo of Yosemite “Boondock National” Dispersed Camping by Megan A., May 23, 2021
Reviewed Sep. 23, 2020

“Boondock National” - Yosemite

My friend and I decided to go on a camping/road trip with no plans or reservations. Little did we know that due to COVID, Yosemite was only allowing people in the park with a printed reservation. There was no getting passed these ladies. We asked if there was dispersed camping nearby and they directed us to a street less than a mile south of the southern entrance to Yosemite. The street was Mount Raymond. There were plenty of spots to pull off and camp out and lots of space between other campers. It was quiet and a sweet deer came by as we were setting up. She wasn’t afraid of us at all, just minding her business eating away.

***Only downfall: We were in an area near trees that produced a lot of sap. It was all over our car the next morning and it stuck to the bottom of our shoes pretty bad. We took sticks and really had to dig out all the gunk. Be aware of the trees you park your car under or set your tent up near.

Stopped at Bass Lake on the way up - Great spot for day picnics (pics)

  • Review photo of Yosemite “Boondock National” Dispersed Camping by Mandy , September 23, 2020
  • Review photo of Yosemite “Boondock National” Dispersed Camping by Mandy , September 23, 2020
  • Review photo of Yosemite “Boondock National” Dispersed Camping by Mandy , September 23, 2020
  • Review photo of Yosemite “Boondock National” Dispersed Camping by Mandy , September 23, 2020