Glamping & Camping in Mariposa, California

Mariposa, California has 9 outdoor stays in our index right now, spanning cabins, primitive sites, RV sites, tent platforms, and safari tents. The rated stays average 4.8★ across 423 guest reviews. Camp with Critters currently leads on rating — a solid first look.

What Mariposa guests reward most in their reviews: location, cleanliness, and the hosts. It's a useful lens — the properties that nail these tend to be the ones people rebook.

On the ground, the Mariposa mix skews toward cabins (4 spots), with primitive sites, RV sites, and tent platforms filling out the rest. That's worth knowing before you search: the format shapes the trip more than the town does — a dome is a stargazing stay, a cabin is a basecamp, an RV site is a road-trip anchor. Pick the format first, then the property.

Set in the West Coast, Mariposa works as a base for big sur coastal camping, sierra backpacking, and joshua tree bouldering. Plan around the season: Year-round depending on elevation — coastal summer, Sierra fall, desert winter. California's national parks (Yosemite, Sequoia, and Kings Canyon) make good day-trip anchors from here. Below you can filter by stay type or jump to a specific format — every listing links straight to the operator's own site, never a middleman, so the prices and dates you see are the real ones.