Echo Bay Upper Campground

We just stayed here for 10 days. $10 a day with the senior pass. Some of the days we were the only ones there except for spring break weekend which was full. Only the first loop is open which is unfortunate because it’s really a huge campground and some beautiful spaces in the closed off area. The lake isn’t the only thing to do. We found lots of back country trails

We stayed for 2 nights as the campgrounds inside the park were full for this long weekend, this campground has very limited services, it has over a hundred sites but only about 40 open, only one bathroom and 2 of the 3 toilets out of use, no shower although it charges the same as the others campgrounds which has showers. This is dry campground, no hookups for RV, only one site with hookup near the bathroom, I guess that is camp host’s. Very windy for both days.

We had one other camper in the upper campground the first night we were here and the second we were on our own. Loved that! The park host said the park gets busier in the winter with snowbirds. Sites are gravel and pretty level, but in the first loop they weren't very big. There is army least one other loop, but that wasn't open. There are tables and fire pits. We had a lot of Oleander, palm trees and eucalyptus around our site. We backed up to the bathroom, which I wouldn't recommend as the lights inside are fluorescent and quite bright at night. Also there was water running continuously somewhere in the building that could be heard outside our camper Cell service might vary by site. Our site had 3 bars ATT E, but up higher on the rise and next to the bathroom we had 4G. (Why is cell service frequently better near the bathrooms??). Speaking of bathrooms, these were old and tired and not the cleanest, but definitely useable. The lower campground seemed tighter and a bit overgrown when we drove through.