Ashley/Moon Lake

Ry R

PLEASE check carefully before you book at this campsite or Moon Lake Campground (not the group site) Call Moon lake resort right next to this campsite to make sure there are no events going on there. Although this place is absolutely amazing.We cannot leave a five star review because there was a wedding going on at the resort right next to the campsite all weekend. As soon as it got dark it was like being in a nightclub...a dj with a loud booming mic & booming music all through the campsite. So definitely wasn't the quiet peaceful trip that we hoped for & expected. Moonlight campground has 10 p m to 6 a m quiet hours but if there's an event going on at the resort it doesn't follow that rule. I will say that the lady at moonlake resort was amazing & Along with the moon lake campground lady host that we called. They had them turn down the music.You could still hear it, but it was much quieter.They were very helpful & very understanding and did their very best to take care of it.....so both of those ladies do get five stars! And this campsite & ALL recreation.gov campsites need to be open longer for people who like to go camping after kids are back in school, they were numerous people at this campsite that we spoke to that said they only go on trips after kids are back in school towards September to first week of October.So these camp sites need to be left open longer for people who don't fit into the box of just traveling in the summer only. It is unfair to people who want to go camping and stay at these places to close them so early when lots of people want to go later in september and late as the first of october to enjoy peace and quiet without tons of kids everywhere & all the noise. This place is beautiful and amazing but they need to address all of these issues. The facilities are really good.They don't have water at the moment.But it works out fine if you plan ahead. And it clearly states on the website that there is no water at this campsite right now...so they do let you know and give you information about that. So over all a beautiful place but a shame about the experience!

Faith Manheimer

My boyfriend and I did overnight camping here since we wanted to check out a new place. My oh my was this location beautiful!!!! 😍 this is definitely on my top list of favorite places to camp. We did dispersed/primitive tent camping near the lake since we don’t enjoy large crowds at the campgrounds. It was so peaceful, quiet, and refreshing. Was nice to not hear buzzing of loud boats, people water skiing, or people blaring their loud music at night😂 I saw a bald eagle, plenty of deer, plenty of cows, plenty of squirrels, some type of hawk, bats from night fishing. We caught the most beautiful rainbow trout at this lake that I have ever seen. Was hoping to catch a tiger trout, maybe next time. Did a little bit of swimming only near the shore and the water was amazing. The only scary thing about primitive/dispersed camping here, since it was our first time in the high Unitas, was come at night time, we are pretty sure a raccoon came up to our tent and started scratching at it during the night because of a water bottle I had with tea in it. 😅 Rookie mistake, and will not be doing that again. Bring your safety with you to take caution if you run into the wildlife that might be ready to attack because we had no idea what it was, for all we know it could have been a bob cat or a fox, and our first thought was a black bear but it definitely wasn’t big enough haha. Anywho, this place is majestic. 🌙

BEN RUDY

Beautiful camp ground worth the drive for the view alone. Fishing was slow going from the shore. A few inflatable boats were on the lake and even one fishing boat. From the look of the boat ramp who ever launched from it was a brave sole and would not recommend attempting. Bathrooms were clean with flushing toilets. It rained on us every day but stopped in the evenings allowing us to have a fire. Each camp site has a nice concrete table and nice fire ring higher than most to help prevent the little from falling in. Their is a beautiful trail with a bridge over and inlet to the lake that was a easy one for kids. Would recommend boots as the trail was muddy in parts.

Carl Richards

This is one of my favorite group sites of all time. The main reason is because each group site is fairly secluded and is not part of the main campground. It feels like you have an entire campground to yourself. There are two group sites here, and I have stayed at both of them. Each group site is a loop with multiple trailer spots. There are also quite a few areas for tents as well. We could have easily fit 7-8 RVs in a single group site, and could likely fit more if you wanted to squeeze them in. Our group also had a class A motor home which fit easily. Each group site has plenty of tables and a large fire pit. There are 5 rows of tablesin each suite. We had a group of 15 and we only used one row of the tables. There is water available at each group site. There isn't a way to attach a hose, so filling the fresh water tank on the RV is slow but it still works. No electricity or dumping station is available. There are pit toilets at each group site. These are cleaned daily. The lower site (which I believe is group site B) is slightly better than the upper group site. This is because the lower site has less traffic. The upper site is next to the main road and you have to drive next to the upper site to get to the lower site. The lower site is also closer to the lake.

Paige Park

The camp host was soooo nice! We stopped camping at organized campgrounds after a few bad experiences with hosts being rude or too strict, so this was very refreshing. We’ll be back here for sure!