Reviews

Diane Bellamy

Wonderful campground! Sites are in great shape and allow you to opt for a completely wooded setting or ones with views of the lake. Trails everywhere through the campground itself for easy access to the lake. Very clean and lit restrooms. Camp hosts were friendly and approachable. Forget something? There are stores nearby and even an Ace Hardware.

Shell Bell

Beautiful lakeside camping. The trails are a little lackluster. We were right by the lake so there was no privacy as the lake trail came right next to the site with no delineation between the two. Otherwise very comfortable. Will be back to try a different site next year

Lindsay Field

Great campground! We stayed in site 27 and it was close to the water. I think the lower 20’s are probably closest to the water. Nice small beach area. No swimming but you can fish, paddle board, kayak, or splash a little on the beach. We had a beautiful sunset there in early August. We will be back again!

Jamie Arnold

A peacfeul, quiet campground with a calm lake and view. Bathrooms were clean! Hosts were very friendly! Stayed in #49 which was spacious, had fire ring/food storage, and had quick access to bathrooms and the water. Remember that you must pay with cash and no swimming in the water. Firewood bundles are $10 each.

Christina Zimbelman

Camp sites are beautiful! Each campsite has its own tent area, fire ring, large picnic table, and bear box. Each of these appeared to be freshly cleaned before my arrival. The campsite has a large, level area for tents. The area is large enough to accommodate more than one tent, or a large tent plus a sunshade. Restrooms were both very clean, well maintained, and smelled nicely. The camp host checks in daily, is friendly, and is available. My campsite was #27. I saw campsites #20 to #27, and they were all great! Site arraignment among trees gives everyone a little privacy. I highly recommend this campsite! One of the best sites I've ever found!

Empirical Speech

I HATE vault toilets - this place is immaculate. However, NO sanitizer was a major minus particularly as we know we have to be vigiliant - COVID will not go away, also I caught walking pneumonia from a State park due to the lack of appropriate handwashing facilities. There are plenty of other bugs eg, dysentry etc which, being near a water activity area makes this point all the more important. The only place with water outside of the vault toilet block was for filtered water where they don't want you to bring your own soap to wash your hands because they don't want that soap going into the aquifer below. The sign was confusing and people, want to wash their hands so meh! They had had bear sightings in the adjacent area but didn't update the bear last seen on the notice board because it wasn't in that specific camp area! Whoa! Kids out on their canoes or paddleboards without parents! Forget hungry bears, the squall may have had its pick instead. No lookout even though it was a State Park or ability to rent a kayak or paddleboard which would have been fun. No notice to remind people to wear a life jacket with a whistle. No one to rescue them if anything went wrong. So it was a case of fend for yourself. I wonder how all that would hold up in court in terms of liability? This is a country of extremes LoL. First come first served means you have to wait for the camp host to allow you to be there :( Arrived at 11.15pm so I slept in the car as that was not an appropriate time to set up. Family left around 7am so I politely asked if I could have theirs. Set up my tent. Visited the camp host twice but they were not available. Another person told me they were snippy. Waited till I saw them but I was then told they had received a 'special' from on high and I couldn't have the spot. That i had to ask them first because they keep a waiting list (hang on! what happened to first come first served?). The lady who was one of the camp hosts, said I could have the next spot for free but I would need to move. Her husband cared so much about the campsite he was somewhat rude and difficult to talk to! I was given two numbers. One chap came to talk to me and knew the male host was often abrasive. I didn't care really as it was a slightly comical incident. The main office didn't bother to call back. They were very helpful overall. I had had enough by then so I went on up into the woods. Being prayed over by oncoming traffic was slightly amusing. I don't recommend going up to as only one site was safe enough to camp in, possibly two, due to falling trees from pine beetle kill. The weather had lightning and it wasn't safe to be a campsite frankly. Having just tried to find the name of it, it doesn't list it. Whoops! That is because I should have gone to Bellair campsite but that wasn't sign posted and I must have missed a beat in the directions Oops!

levi johnson

Great ldeveloped campground with all the amenities. Be aware, you can't pull your car right up to every spot. I had to park and walk my stuff over to my site while my friends with a camper were able to pull right up to their spot.

Mister Mister

Excellent campground! I spent a week here. The weekend was full and the weekdays were empty. The host was great! That's pretty much the main reason I'm leaving this review. He helped me out with several things. I had some good conversations with him. I caught a lot of trout on the lake, did some good hiking although a lot of the trails still had snow, ice, and mud (it was the middle of April). The bathrooms were very clean and had a bunch of cinnamon scented air fresheners to keep them smelling good. I love cinnamon!!! I always think of that episode if Seinfeld with cinnamon bobka hahaha. "I beg your pardon? Cinnamon takes a back seat to no Bobka. People love cinnamon. It should be on tables at restaurants along with salt and pepper. Anytime anyone says, "Oh This is so good. What's in it?" The answer invariably comes back, Cinnamon! Cinnamon! Again and again! Lesser Bobka - I think not." 😆😂🤣 Anyway, I liked this campground a lot, I had great cellular service everywhere in the campground (I use Google Fi which uses Sprint, AT&T, T-Mobile, US Cellular, and some other service provider satellites. It's shocking to me that so many people have never even heard of Google Fi, and if you travel outside of the US often it's almost unbeatable considering the price doesn't change). I wish this campground had showers and water at the campsites but I'm not going to deduct a star because of that. I'll definitely be coming back to this campsite again. The only strange thing was that on Sunday night there was only 1 other campsite taken and Friday and Saturday night it was completely full. That Sunday night has a girl that was louder, more obnoxious, and more desperate for attention than the completely full campground with lots of children and teenagers from the 2 nights before combined. She was there with someone else, her boyfriend, but I never heard him say anything. She was constantly yelling and screaming like she had her first beer ever and was at the Super Bowl. I feel bad for her boyfriend because she doesn't care about other people and, clearly, believes the world revolves around herself. I wish she was there Saturday night just to hear and laugh at her for all the other people that would tell her to "Shut up! We're trying to sleep!" after midnight. 😆😂🤣

Aaron Decker

Wonderful campground! Cannot wait to go back! We stayed in campsite #4, for reference. You can hike all the way around the lake. It takes about 45-60 minutes at an enjoyable pace. Pretty level, nothing difficult. I saw all ages, young and elderly, both enjoying the trail. Dogs too! The campground has bathrooms available. I suggest you plan ahead and reserve a site. The campground was full this past weekend, mid October. Each site has a campfire ring, picnic table, and bear box. Our site also had electric hookups. The views of sunrises and sunsets will stop you in your tracks! Enjoy!

Sean Villagracia

Gorgeous camp site with a beautiful view! It was pretty busy but the sites had a good amount of room between them. The host checked in and made sure I had everything I needed and was available to help if I needed anything down the line. Dowdy lake was so pretty, especially from camp during sunrise. The bear box was great and absolutely helped with my anxiety which I’ve had a bit of at other campsites where I’ve had to leave my food in the car in bear country. There was also a nice flat hike around the lake from camp. Great views and incredibly peaceful. I would 100% stay here again, hopefully for a much longer trip next time as I was only there for one night passing through.

Jo Landolfo

First come, First serve this month. Great spot with fantastic view. Dress warm.

Abbe Castillo

Beautiful area. Clean restrooms, fresh water pumps available. Sites were clean and roomy. Nice and quiet at night. Beautiful views by the lake and on the walking trails.

Eric Castillo

Loved this campground. Plenty of shade for the hot days. Had a nice breeze throughout the 5 days we were there. The bathrooms are impeccable! They clean them daily and they do not smell at all. I was very pleased as this was my first time there, and will definitely be returning.

Marie Rogers

Wow what a beautiful place to camp,fish,hike and just relax Now it's 2021 and going back for my 69th Birthday Camping trip. Can't wait, it's such a beautiful and peaceful place

Shari Lesser

Very clean facilities, friendly hosts. Stayed for 3 days 2 nights. Camp grounds are clean with beautiful lake views. I would recommend and look forward to tent camping again.