Thousand Trails Yosemite Lakes

Yosemite Lakes RV Resort is a large campground with great amenities (full hook-ups, tent sites, washer/dryers, miniature golf, etc). RV spots are close together and do not offer much privacy, but the spots along the river are quiet and peaceful. We stayed in spot 61 from July 7-13 and did not have an issue with mosquitos. Mosquitos did appear the closer you go to the river but they were nothing to complain about.

The campground is only 5 miles from the west entrance to Yosemite National Park. We visited the park on a Thursday and found large crowds, although we did avoid the 2-mile long traffic jams which we heard are the norm Friday-Sunday. If we return we would prefer to go in the Spring or Fall to avoid the summer crowds.

The campground offers WiFi connection in the lodge. Phone reception is not available. Through their limited WiFi service, we had no problem accessing text messages but trying to connect to emails was almost impossible.

If you have a TT membership this is the place to stay when you visit Yosemite. The sites are spacious, have full hook ups, and 30amp electric. The clubhouse has stuff to do on a rainy day, pool, ping pong, etc. The showers and restrooms are pretty old and kind of dirty. The local grocery is very, very, very expensive. The wifi is very slow. Verizon cell service was no signal at the RV park. There are a lot of negatives but if you come here you came so you can see Yosemite...it is amazing. I will stay here again.

Verizon data was at 0 at the RV park. There is a local coffee shop with 5mbps that is 30 minutes from the RV park. The cool part is your verizon data will work in Yosemite valley. I ended up working there the entire time. I was getting 6mbps.

So we were in the non member spots. Not to bad. Don't take the spots up toward the office go down the row as far as you can. I doubt there's more room but it sure felt like it.

You are close but fortunately for us it wasn't crowded. We were gone all day hiking and came back for dinner and showers which is what this place is best for.

The playground was closed and is all broken. The river is cool but if the campground is full I'm. It sure where you'd really see it from.

Decent mini market for those eggs you forgot to pack (oops) full hookups all worked great and when we had a small hickup the maintenance guy was there within minutes. Front desk people were always helpful and nice.

We have a Thousand Trails zone pass and stayed here for free. The reason we have a zone pass and not one of the more expensive memberships is because we're not particularly impressed with the quality of Thousand Trails campgrounds. Most are pretty run down and don't appear to be well kept. We also find it stressful after a long drive to have to find a first-come first-served site that will work for us. The zone pass helps spread out the costs of other campgrounds so we can stay some place nicer for half the month and stay free or cheap at a TT park for the rest of the month. Anyway, with that said, each TT park is different and some are nicer than others. The main thing that this park has going for it is it's close proximity to Yosemite. It's only 5 miles from the entrance and made it a very convenient place to stay while visiting Yosemite. The park itself is okay. Many sites were unavailable due to recent flooding and electric not working. The playground was falling apart and not open. Mini golf was very worn out. The lodge is pretty nice and WiFi worked well in the lodge. There is zero cellular coverage at this campground. You can drive about 5 miles down the road towards Groveland and get a usable Verizon signal, and inside Yosemite Valley there is a great Verizon 4G signal, but don't expect to be able to use Verizon at all inside the campground, even with a booster, it does not work. The staff is very friendly and we enjoyed our stay, we would stay here again to visit Yosemite.

What an amazing location - 5 minutes from from west gate or Yosemite National Park. It is still about 30-60 minute drive inside of park, but this is a start. The park itself is even very beautiful layout with a river flowing through it that you can swim in. The park had a flood earlier this year so they are working on fixing everything and I think it will be great when fixed up.

The people working there were so nice - even though they were short handed. They were hiring for nearly all positions but things were being kept up and I even noticed a really worn out picnic table got replace while we were there.

There was only wifi in the Family Center and it was a really bad connection. They said it was messed up with the flood so hopefully it gets fixed soon. Also, no cell phone services at all, so it made the wifi even more to be missed. We got cell service inside Yosemite which helped out, but just be prepared.

We were one of only 12 campers in the whole place in mid December. Only 30 amp spots available in winter but it was nice weather and very quiet with great staff. Remember this is a place to camp only a few.miles from Yosemite NP so don't expect a luxury resort.

WiFi only in the lodge and no cell service.

We stayed 21 days in June/July 2019. Good size sites and great location only 5 miles from the Yosemite National Park entrance. Staff does a great job and are friendly. Park does accept mail and there is a store that is owned by Thousand Tails up the hill from the campground. Price on gas there is $1 higher than going to Groveland 15 miles away though. No cell service available at all in the campground but you can purchase WiFi Internet from Jabba Communications provided by the park. Cost is $6/day, $15/week or $30/month. Internet is good overall (2Mb to 8Mb) but we had occasional delays for a few seconds, mostly when the park was full and bandwidth was hammered. There were two times when the Internet was down for half the day as they worked to restore service. I would still purchase the WiFi service but don't expect it to be 100% reliable at all times.

The area close to the lodge and river gets the most kids and families. We preferred to stay in the overflow area at the far end of the park. It was quieter but a bit of a walk to the main office. The road is very quiet except for campers coming in and out of the park. That made for a nice place to walk/run for miles without many cars. Not much for trails so save those trips for Yosemite up the road.

We had several days around 100 degrees. Not too horrible but I'd prefer to come at a different time of the year when it is cooler and we'll plan for that next time. No fireworks were aloud on the 4th due to fire danger but you can have fires at your camp site.

Coming from the west? Our app sent us down Red Hat road at Chinese camp. That was a mistake. Stay on the main road through Chinese Camp even though its longer. It also suggested Old Priest Road but RV's are not allowed so we went up 120 as you are expected to do. The road up 120 is crazy for the 8 mile section but everyone else with big RV's has to go that way too. Just plan on taking your time and using pull-outs. You also have to go through the park on 120 to get to Tioga pass to the east. That means paying the park fee to get through.

Yosemite was very crowded every time we went, especially at the Yosemite Valley popular spots. Plan on going as early as possible and preferably mid-week.

We enjoyed our stay. It is a nice park and managed well. We will be back.

Used my TT to stay here. Weekends were always full and the weekdays were so much more enjoyable. check in was easy and pleasant. Lots of recommendations were given for groceries and eating (all in Groveland 30+ minutes away). No (as in nada, zero, zilch) cellular internet in the CG. ATT and Verizon can be had less than 5 miles away, up a fire road and outside the vehicle. I purchased park wifi which was marginal. It went down 5+ times during my 21 days. Down as in nothing, zilch, nada. So if you are coming here and expecting to work be away there very well could be outages and when it goes down there are no options except to take a drive up the fire road and hopefully get a signal.
The rest rooms never were really clean. Looked like they wood actually take a dirty mop to the rest rooms once a week. 3 days went by without TP or paper towels to dry your hands. Pretty disgusting IMO. A shame too because the rest rooms were pretty new.
DUST DUST and MORE DUST. Yep, sites are gravel, roads are gravel, the air is dry and there is dust galore. A couple times I was here a construction crew that was staying in the park actually had a water truck and they (gratefully) sprayed the roads when they were going to be driving their vehicles in and this lasted a good day or two.
Only a handful of 50 amp spots and those are in an area where there is tree cover so no satellite can be had there.
5 miles to the Yosemite entrance is nice but don't be fooled here. Never have I seen so many rental RVs. And of course they are sightseeing not doing the speed limit. Yosemite Valley is probably 20+ miles from there. Expect an hour+ to get there (and more to get back).
Don't miss Hetch Hetchy. Probably an hour+ but well worth it and pretty empty. Mariposa grove is also a must visit while here. Tioga Pass is a beautiful drive and less crowded than the valley.

Yosemite Lakes Resort (Thousand Trails) – Groveland, CA
We spent a week here in April 2019 to visit Yosemite National Park. It’s a typical Thousand Trails campground with tight spaces, limited amenities and a bit run down. We were in site 69, a back in site right on the river. It was one of only 20 sites that have FHU and 50 amps. It was fairly level and very narrow. Our picnic table was being used by our neighbor and the fire ring was beneath the back of our MH, which was OK because there was no level room to put a picnic table and we don’t do fires. There are lots of very tall trees along the river sites and RV sites in the meadows. The CG has yurts, cabins, tent sites, cottages and bunkhouses. We had no Verizon cell service and the only Wifi is in their clubhouse, which was a bit sketchy when it was busy. The staff is very pleasant.

Sites are not too tight. We had a corner lot which was nice. Campground was clean. Had some noisy neighbors and dogs but they were friendly. Close to Groveland proper and Yosemite Valley. Campground Wi-Fi is third party, cheap ($15/wk), but connectivity was inconsistent, we had to keep disconnecting and reconnecting to get any throughput. Trails around campground itself aren't that great, but there are plenty of awesome trailheads around.