Tioga Lake Campground

7 mi west of Lee Vining, CA · No signal at camp

Federal campgroundtype

13sites

First comebooking

Jul, Aug, Sepbest months

About Tioga Lake Campground

Elevation 9700 feet. 13 campsites on Tioga Lake near the Tuolumne Meadows entrance to Yosemite NP. This is Bear Country. Please store food properly and don't feed the bears. Small RVs or short trailers only, no RV hook ups.

Fees: $28.00 per night.
Managed by: USFS - Inyo National Forest
Where: 7 mi west of Lee Vining, CA · 37.9281, -119.25512

Official page for this camp (fees, closures, booking)

Weather by month

35°

14°Jan

34°

12°Feb

37°

14°Mar

40°

17°Apr

46°

25°May

57°

33°Jun

64°

40°Jul

64°

39°Aug

58°

34°Sep

48°

26°Oct

40°

20°Nov

34°

14°Dec

Typical daily highs and lows (°F), 1991–2020 NOAA normals. Best months: Jul, Aug, Sep (comfortable days, mild nights, little rain). Nights below freezing: Oct–May.

See Tioga Lake Campground from above

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Trails near camp

Trail	Open to	From camp	Length
Bennetville Vis Loop	Hiking	0.2 mi	2.3 mi
Nunatak Vis Loop	Hiking	0.3 mi	0.5 mi
Glacier Canyon	Hiking	0.5 mi	2.3 mi
FR 1S64N	ATV road	0.6 mi
Shell Lake	Hiking	0.8 mi	0.5 mi
FR 1S64M	ATV road	1.0 mi	0.1 mi

Straight-line distance from camp, from Forest Service, BLM, state and OpenStreetMap trail data.

Good to know

Cell signal

No signal at camp

From the carriers' FCC coverage maps, which tend to be generous.

Night sky: Truly dark

The Milky Way shows rich detail, horizon to horizon.

Class 2 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.

RV essentials

Dump station: 7.5 mi
Water fill-up: 7.6 mi

Nearest of each within 25 miles, straight-line.

Camps nearby

Junction Campground 0.7 mi
Ellery Lake Campground 0.9 mi
Sawmill Walk-in Campground 2 mi
Saddlebag Lake Trailhead Group Camp 2.7 mi
Big Bend Campground 3.2 mi
Aspen Campground 3.9 mi