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Summerdale Campground
3 reviews for Summerdale Campground
This is really nice civilized campground. There are probably 25 campsites, some of them have faucets with clear tasty water!
Campgrounds have nice terrain, picnic tables and fire pit, you can also purchase wood at the gate.
Although this campground is really nice and clean (they have garbage service) next time I will go to Yosemite I'll do rough backpacking.
For the first timers it was awesome experience. For the group of 12 (7 tents) we booked 2 campsites, but perfectly fit on 1.
There is a general store nearby and Yosemite is just a mile away!
Nice spot to explore park!
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Best campsite ever! well, best campsite near yosemite at least. Loads of space, nice river that runs through the campsite. My brother caught rainbow trout with a freakin spongebob fishing rod! Where else can you go find fish that want to be eaten that badly?!!?!? The good thing about this campsite is that its only 1.5 miles away from the south entrance to yosemite. You can get to the entrance by 530am and you'll bypass paying the park fee ($20). But the secret is leaving at 9pm or else you might end up paying the park fee when you leave. Marge and her husband are the caretakers. Very nice people. If you happen to go to summerdale, say hi to them for me (the kim family, they know us by now).
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So apparently any Forest Service campground that has potable water available is beyond 5-star luxurious, so can't hate on this place too much. It's a half hour drive to the park (Wawona, not the Valley) from here, and the grounds were very pretty, with a little creek and a meadow to walk around. Also, dogs are allowed, which is a rarity.
Notes of concern:
- check in lady was bordering beyond evil. In spite of the fact my friend had made a reservation and read all the small print, the woman managing the campground seemed to take it upon herself to make up charges and requirements. She may have been pocketing the money. In spite of it not being highlighted on the website, we were informed:
-- only 2 dogs physically allowed on any campsite at one time.
-- only 2 cars allowed at any campsite at any time. Each extra car costs $5/night. This $5/night is NOT the same as the $5/night my friend had already been charged on the website (I call BS).
Sooo, we ended up just paying for an entire other campsite that "just happened" to be unexpectedly empty. Will the national forest really ever see that proud green $20 bill? I doubt it.
Beautiful campsite, really enjoyed my stay once the obnoxious checkin was over.
Note: only pit toilets, no soap anywhere. Only water is out of a faucet peering out of the ground every couple of campsites.