Paulina Lake Campground

Flush toilet / water available / bathroom sink / no shower / table / fire pit / easy access / middle shade.

Campground is ok: sites lack a little bit of privacy, some of them have shade, some less. There is just 2 sanitaries block for all the campground, and when we stayed there - mid-July - one was under repair. "Little Crater Campground" seems better, but more crowded, it was full when we came. Therie is a campground too on East Lake.

No matter in which campground you stay, Paulina Lake loop trail is amazing! That a 3 hours trail around the lake, beautiful lanscape, not a lot of people… just take your mosquitos repellent. And, cherry on the cake, in the middle of the loop, you can stop at the black sand beach to enjoy hot springs. It's primitive hot springs: five big holes on the beach, fill with natural hot water and made with logs of wood.

It's just super great: one of my best US road-trip souvenir!

Camped here for 5 nights during the 2017 Eclipse. The campground is well maintained, and the scenery is incredible. Our site had a lot of space for our kids to run around. The ground is very fine dust, the kind that gets into everything. That's typical in the cascades, so we expected that. The area has a lot to offer: great fishing (we caught a nice rainbow trout on our last day), biking, hiking, swimming, and the caldera related activities, like the Obsidian Flow. East Lake and its resort are a short drive away, which offers a gift shop. restaurant, boat rentals and other activities. Also, some of the best beaches on the lake are there (just to the right of the parking area). Summer weather is warm days and cool nights. Smoke from the area wild fires can be an issue in the summer time. Overall great camping experience.