The best dog-friendly campgrounds near Yass, New South Wales

In Yass, camping with pets is straightforward—over 370 sites welcome your four-legged mates. You’ll find spots along the Tumut and Murrumbidgee rivers, with grassy banks and shady trees perfect for a wander. Prices start at just $1 a night, but most campers pay around $30. Facilities like toilets and showers are standard, so you can focus on fishing, swimming, or just watching kangaroos graze at sunrise. Top picks? Bahwidgee on Tumut River (1,093 reviews), Jarabin on the Murrumbidgee (299 reviews), and Redlands Camping (284 reviews) all let your dog tag along. Just pack the essentials, mind the fire bans, and expect the local wildlife to keep things interesting.

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Top-rated campgrounds

In Yass, camping with pets is straightforward—over 370 sites welcome your four-legged mates. You’ll find spots along the Tumut and Murrumbidgee rivers, with grassy banks and shady trees perfect for a wander. Prices start at just $1 a night, but most campers pay around $30. Facilities like toilets and showers are standard, so you can focus on fishing, swimming, or just watching kangaroos graze at sunrise. Top picks? Bahwidgee on Tumut River (1,093 reviews), Jarabin on the Murrumbidgee (299 reviews), and Redlands Camping (284 reviews) all let your dog tag along. Just pack the essentials, mind the fire bans, and expect the local wildlife to keep things interesting.

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Top-rated campgrounds

1. Crooked Corner

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75km from Yass · 6 sites · Tents, RVs, Lodging · Crooked Corner, NSW

We are located in the Southern Tablelands, a beautiful region of undulating hills and quaint villages where you can find delicious food and wine offerings, and an eclectic heritage and arts scene. The Upper Lachlan area has a number of cycling routes and walking trails, including the Heritage Walking Trails in nearby Crookwell and Taralga for history lovers.

2. Merigan Farm

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72km from Yass · 2 sites · Lodging · Mount Fairy, NSW

Merigan Farm is a 1400 Hectare (3500 acre) working sheep and cattle farm. Our family has lived at Merigan for more than 50 years. It has been a farm since the 1840s and we still run sheep and cattle in a regenerative manner, to this day. It’s a pleasure to be able to share the countryside and farm with guests. We currently offer two accommodation options: Cherry Tree - A cabin with a beautiful farm outlook. With a bookcase full of books and a fire pit for cosy evenings, it's the perfect escape. The Quarters - A private section of the old farmhouse offering rural charm and a perfectly comfortable stay. Merigan is the name of the local Parish and on Ngunawal country. It has been recounted by indigenous locals that Merigan means Dingo. The story being that Merigan fought the Bunyip and in their tussle created the rivers and creeks across the range. It’s a southern Australian Mediterranean environment with distinct seasons – it can reach over 42 degrees and in the winter its been known often to snow. Sometimes in summer the easterly sea breezes reaches over the range and the smell of sea salt cools the hot evening. Merigan offers a range of activities, to relax and settle into rural life. One of the best ways to get the feel of Merigan is just taking a walk around the property. We have 3500 acres of space to meander around and a great spots for picnics, drinks and photographs. Feel free to use the Tennis Court, balls and racquets under one of the verandas at the front of the house and the bocce court at the bottom of the garden. Bungendore, 18km away, is a thriving little country town with Galleries, gift-shops, cafés, bakeries, coffee shops and bars. The Top Pub (The Royal ) is the more casual of the hotels. The Bottom Pub (The Lake George) has a fancy restaurant attached to the more informal pub area. Braidwood is a funky Heritage town about 25km East of Bungendore and well worth a visit. It has outstanding shops and eateries and 2 pubs. The Braidwood Hotel being my favourite. Tarago is 14km away. The Loaded Dog do meals but mainly on weekends (Pizzas during the week). Best to check as it varies. Other local attractions include Lark Hill Winery, Lerida Estate Winery, Turlla Truffles and Bungendore Woodworks.

3. Old Spring Range

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34km from Yass · 3 sites · Tents, RVs · Springrange, NSW

The three campsites are in our front paddock nestled away from houses and the main road. They are all close to the gate. The paddock contains a stringybark forest and grassy box woodland with many wildflowers in spring. You will share the paddock with birds and wildlife including kangaroos, wallabies, echidnas, sugar gliders and the occasional wombat. There are two shallow dams with frogs and yabbies. You may find roof tiles that are part of a lizard monitoring project (please leave!). From the hill at the front you can look out to One Tree Hill on the ACT border and the Brindabella Range. We are providing no facilities so come self sufficient. Close by is the village of Hall. Canberra is 25 minutes away. Local attractions include Poachers Pantry, Murrumbateman Chocolates, wineries and the Centennial Trail that takes in the northern boundary of the ACT.

4. Arrowfield

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71km from Yass · 1 site · Tent, RV · Nubba, NSW

Our property is a 200acre farm. We have camp sites close to 2 dams. The property has sheep, cattle, horses, chooks, dogs and fish in the dam. Our guests can feel free to walk around the property where there are timbered and cleared areas and may fish in the big dam. The camp site is up from the smaller dam that when full has a lovely array of bird life. It's 15minutes from Harden and has a light amount of traffic, there is roads any which way around the outside of our property so if they want to go for a walk or ride on their bikes out in nature there is a lot of places/roads to do this on.

5. Bush Rest for Canberra Adventure

64km from Yass · 2 sites · RVs · The Ridgeway, NSW

RV Sites with Power & Water – Perfect Stopover Near Canberra Planning a visit to Canberra or travelling through to the coast or Snowy Mountains? Our peaceful RV sites are located right on the edge of the ACT, surrounded by native bushland with views over the Molonglo Gorge Nature Reserve. We offer two RV sites with power and water hookups, making it an easy and comfortable stop — whether you’re staying for a night or a few days. 📍 Location Highlights: • Only a few minutes to Queanbeyan CBD • 20 minutes to Canberra Civic Centre • Perfect base to explore Canberra’s major attractions: – Parliament House – Australian War Memorial – National Arboretum – National Gallery, Museum & Library – Questacon – National Science & Technology Centre 🚐 Great Stopover Routes: • On the way to the South Coast via the Kings Highway • Travelling north or south to the Snowy Mountains • Easy overnight stay to break up long trips Surrounded by bush and wildlife, it’s a quiet spot to rest, recharge, and enjoy the view before hitting the road again.

Stories from the community

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Jamie

October 2025

Tent

Weekend Trip to Old Spring Range

Very quiet spot, quite tricky to get the car to the site if your car has low clearance like mine but not too much trouble. Quite a few mosquitos as well so be prepped for that. Beautiful stargazing

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Amanda

October 2025

7 m travel trailer

Weekend Trip to Crooked Corner

We camped on site 2. It is a lovely out look. Plenty of room for a group. Some level spots for vans. A visit over to the animals and a stroll on the property was lovely. Site 1 was close to the road glad I didn't book it. A very relaxing weekend.

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Mark

August 2025

With pets

Weekend Trip to Merigan Farm

Lovely spot and such a great environment to get away and switch off. Still close enough to towns for food if needed, and only 35 minutes to Lake George's wineries. Hosts were very accommodating. Will definitely be back.

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Justine

May 2025

5 m travel trailer

Group trip

Weekend Trip to Arrowfield

We Loved our stay, big paddock quiet and by the dam. Lovely camp host Tom and Judy were very accomdating. Close to Harden, Young and Bulla Creek Brewery. Definitely going back in Cherry season and Canola Trail in season.. Thank you

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Dawn

April 2025

6 m pop-up camper

5 nights at Crooked Corner

We love camping at Crooked Corner! We've been back many times and can't recommend it enough. Our dogs love it, our friend came with us this time and fell in love with the place too. There's plenty to see around the property with the animals and bush as well as the sunset views! The dam is swimmable and a nice place to cool off after a good bush walk.