Description: The no camping area is derived from the Yosemite Superintendents Compendium and Wilderness Management Plan that regulating camping in Yosemite. In general, there is no camping one mile from a public access road and four miles from a trailhead in Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite Valley, Wawona, Glacier Point and Hetch Hetchy. In addition, the Dana Fork watershed is closed to camping, as are the Dog Lake and Elizabeth Lake Wilderness Zones. The no camping regulations of 100 ft from water and trail were not included in this dataset as there are some exceptions to that depending on the conditions on the ground and would not be appropriate for this dataset.Camping is permitted in designated campgrounds within the no camping area. Those include all the park campgrounds in Yosemite Valley and those outside Yosemite Valley: White Wolf, Crane Flat, Hodgdon Meadow,Tamarack Flat, Yosemite Creek, Porcupine Flat, Tuolumne Meadows, Bridalveil Creek, Wawona and Hetch Hetchy Backpackers Campground. In wilderness areas camping is permitted in backpacker campground in Little Yosemite Valley and all the High Sierra Camps: May Lake, Glen Aulin, Vogelsang, Sunrise, and Merced Lake.The blanket no camping rules do not always correspond to what has been historically enforced by wilderness rangers on the ground. This layer has been altered to reflect that. Some notable as Inspiration Point and Poopenaut Valley. Additionally, some areas are within the four miles from a trailhead, based on historic wilderness enforcement and policy.Camping restrictions in the winter months are reduced and this layer is not representative of the winter camping restrictions.
Copyright Text: NPS, Yosemite National Park, Visitor and Resource Protection Division, Wilderness Branch