FROG HOLLOW, Mariposa, CA

Frog Hollow,  Mariposa, CA  

RUN BY:   Private

LOCATION:  37.483575  -120.021079

UTILITIES:  None

COST:  $10

DISCOUNTS:  none

OUR RATING (1-5):  Category II. Score 3+

NOTES:  Frog Hollow is a “hip camp”; i.e. a place where private individuals permit one or more people to camp on their property for a nominal fee. These folks were very close to Yosemite. To get to their place we drove up a dirty road for a short distance. I had to back from the dirt road to their dirt drive between two stone pillars about 10-12 feet apart. A wee bit tight if you don’t have a lot of experience with your unit. The people were very nice and friendly. We spent the evening with them and some of their friends.  They are wanting to develop more of a campground. BE SURE TO CALL AHEAD TO ARRANGE TO STAY. 

Environment:  Mountains of central California.

Amenities:  None

Dump:  No

Public Water:  No 

Toilets: No

Showers:  No

Laundry:  No

Phone Service: poor Verizon 

Nearest Propane: (sorry. I have no idea.)

Location:  On the north side of CA State Hwy 140 just west of Mariposa.

Proximity to shopping: Mariposa is just a few miles away.

Camping Population:   N/A  only room for one.

Sites: N/A just in their meadow.

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RATING KEY:    category - score 

Categories:  I - established campgrounds where one might spend a vacation or several days

                    II -  boondocking, dry camping where there are no designated sites and no amenities but

                               one might choose to stay for more than a night.

                    III - over-night areas 

You must remember that we are scoring 1 thru 5 according to things which are important to us: the environment, cost, amenities, location, safety, camping population, site, phone service 

* There are people who are not full-timers and van-dwellers by choice. We try hard not to be demeaning or assume that they are bad people but sadly, as you find in the poorer parts of a city, there seems to be more crime. Many call these people van-dwellers. That isn’t really accurate even though they do often live in vans. We know quite a few van-dwellers who have good incomes, are full-timers by choice and prefer a van to other types of vehicles. To try to show some respect for people who have a difficult lot in life, I’m calling them ‘residential campers’.  It is only when you get a high proportion of residential campers in an area that you find an increase in petty theft, etc.