Lake Jennings Park Campground

This is a great campground near San Diego tucked away in the hills. Like the previous reviewer said, good for all types of campers! The tent sites have some of the better views overlooking the lake, but some are pretty far from the restrooms. Really good privacy and space between RV sites. We were able to get a decent number of OTA channels on our TV. ATT cell data was just ok for streaming. The lake is regularly stocked so bring your fishing poles, but no swimming allowed.

We were pleasantly surprised with the entire camp and our campsite (#55). We had plenty of room for activities and were nestled in a real nice area so we had privacy, as well.

Great places to walk and everyone was friendly and courteous. There were great hiking trails and campsite pathways providing a quick way to get to shower houses. The views of the lake and hills were beautiful.

There are several large Teepee’s on the site to rent and camp in—which was neat to see! This camp is perfect for all types of campers.

There was a decent amount of space separating sites from one another. I enjoyed seeing other families and kids riding their bikes all around. Reminded me of camping when I was a kid. :)

The only issue we encountered was not being able to connect to the Wifi. We didn’t ask for any help, but if we did, I’m sure it would have been resolved. It wasn’t a big issue and certainly wouldn’t stop us from visiting again.

This place was great. Being a San Diego native I was surprised I hadn’t stayed here before. I was in a partial-hookup site in the southern section overlooking the lake. The other side of the road had breathtaking views of most of east county. During my stay there were some COVID protocols in place where are you were not allowed to have visitors or anyone staying in your campsite who were not from the same household.

As far as prices go, I booked during a holiday which I guess means you have to book a minimum of three nights on the weekend. There is an $8 processing fee, a $5 admin fee and a $5 Covid surcharge. My particular site was $46 a night.

A lot of kids and families but everybody was respectful and it was quiet after 9pm. Fire pits have to be out by 11pm.

All in all, great stay and I will be back!

We stayed in site #82. Though not overlooking the lake, it was still nice. We had lots of trees, view of the city below, and neighbors are nicely spaced out. Dirt curved pull thru with a fire ring and a table. You can order wood and staff brings it to your site. You can rent paddle boats and other kinds. There’s also the option to go night fishing. I would have rated it 5 stars if it wasn’t for the big power lines located centrally in the campground. Half the campground are way too close to them. Verizon Cell coverage was ok, but very poor WiFi.

Overall a nice place and very well cared for city campground with a lake for fishing. The lake is a municipal water source so no swimming. A peaceful camping experience in the middle of a populated area. They even have huge teepees on a few camp sites to rent. We took advantage of the 7 day stay discount, but then paid $1/per dog/day on top of that. It was approx $191. there are different rates on the weekends and holidays. Easy access along a single lane road That loops the entire lake with a 10mph limit. Campground is on a hill overlooking the lake and surrounding valleys. This is a decent moderately priced option for staying with reasonable access into San Diego for sight seeing without paying the exorbitant rates ($100-200/night!) charged inside S.D. City limits. 3month stay limit per year. We stayed at the ‘non-electric’ sites, there was a water hookup at each site but not power or sewer on the ‘partial’ sites. Sites are kept immaculate and immediately cleaned and raked Whenever vacated by campers. Very nice covered childrens playground as well. Onsite grounds maintenance crew was seen daily Working on the grounds. Bathrooms, showers were well kept, dumpsters were nearby. Dump station located at the center of the campground and included in the price, unlike the California campgrounds that no longer include dump station access in the overnight price. Lake Jennings is highly recommended and we will return.

Stayed here for one night. Clean site. Small, but it fit our 10 person tent, and two SUVs. Lots of trees and brush in between sites. There’s a playground for the little ones. We had an amazing view of the lake. The bathrooms are clean and there’s free hot showers. There’s also a fish cleaning station that was clean, no lingering odors when I passed by. 5 minute drive to the boat launch. $10/hr to rent the paddle boat, tiring but a nice memory for the kiddos. Our site was max 6 people but we had 9 and there was no issue. $2 fee for extra vehicle per night I believe. The sites are dirt and loose gravel. Each site has a picnic table and a fire ring with a grill to do your cooking but we brought our own.

Overall a great experience. Definitely would stay here again, maybe with our RV. It’s a nice quiet getaway from city life.

We parked in lot 95 which gave us a great view of the lake and the mountains behind it. The park was quiet, but there were lots of smiling faces once you left your campsite and started wandering around. The sites are not crowded together. You can see your neighbors rig, but not overhear their conversation.

My favorite thing was the chill in the air at night, even though daytime temps were in the high 80s.

This is a really great campground with awesome views! The staff were friendly and amenities on site include: flush toilets, free (hot) showers, and ice/firewood available for purchase. It's about 30 min to downtown San Diego/the beach and is considerably more affordable (and less pretentious) than the campgrounds close to the ocean. We stayed in a "no hookup" site with our tent camper and it had water at the site. Overall, the campground was pretty quiet but some of the full hookup sites had barking dogs in the RVs. One of these was located next to a camp host so I assume they don't heavily enforce the rule "Pets cannot be left unattended." We have dogs ourselves that we don't leave behind so it's a bit annoying that others aren't as courteous. Barking dogs aside we had a really great time here and will definitely come back.

We loved this place for our short visit to San Diego. You can get to downtown San Diego in about 35 minutes. This lake is very beautiful and quiet. Our campsite was on the top of a hill with a fantastic overview of the lake. The hilltop also had great sunset views and views of the Lakeside city below. Just a wonderful place. We had electric and water hookups. There may have been sewer, but we didn't use it. There was a bathroom right on the center of the hill. It had two private no extra fee shower rooms and normal bathrooms. There were other shower and bathrooms facilities at other location in the campground.

It is run by the Helix Water District. We heard that they may close the place as it is not getting enough visitors. That would be a total crime as this is a great spot.

We tried to go to Santee Lakes campground, but we don't have an RV manufactures sticker on our home made camper van and so Santee will not let scofflaws like us in. You have to have a fancy RV with all the trimmings to get into that one. This place was much much better anyway!

We had a great hike around most of the lake. It was just a great relaxing, no hassle place in a beautiful setting.

This is a fishing lake with a launch and a couple of fishing docks and a kids fishing area that is stock and little kids where catching big fish!!!! They allow some night boat fishing ... check on the schedule.

On most weekdays (M-Thur) you can only hike halfway around the lake and back. We guessed this was to give the waterfoul a break from people during the week. It was still a nice hike. There is a flume trail from an interesting old flume that was historic in the area. This could be a heart pumper trail for some great exercise.