Largest Campground at Yosemite National Park to Reopen After $26 Million Renovation

The campground is reopening after being closed for three years for a major upgrade.

Visitors contemplate the Lembert Dome as seen from the Tuolumne Meadows Campgrounds in Yosemite, California, on July 23, 2025. After three years of being closed for major renovations, the campground, originally built by Franklin Roosevelt's Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s, will open on August 1. Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group/TNS

By Paul Rogers The Mercury News

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif.—Summer has returned to Yosemite National Park’s High Country. The snows have melted along the park’s famed Tioga Road. The lakes provide a stunning backdrop to massive granite domes.