Santeetlah Lake

Great spot for tent camping, clean, private wooded areas, bathroom by site #1. Good hiking behind designated sites. On your drive up coming from the east you’ll pass a few stores to grab last minute essentials if need be. Drive to and from camping is magnificent. The lake is incredibly clean, and in the summer I imagine it would be a great swim. We had an amazing time on Santeetlah Lake!

Pros: We stayed in site #11 (or something close). Sites 1-9ish are ideal for tent camping. They all have you park on the side of the road and walk a very short distance down to the campsite. The last few sites are ideal for RVs, you can drive all the way to the campsite. Each campsite has a leveled area for a tent, a fire pit (with grill), a charcoal grill, a picnic table and a lakefront view. The road the campsites are off of (Pine Ridge Rd) is quiet, the road is above that had cars more often. We could hear those cars from our site occasionally, but it was not bothersome. There were two other groups camping, and everyone was quiet and respectful. We could see their site from ours enough to know it was a site, but not enough to see much of anything. Every site is on the lake, some have a higher elevation than the lake, some are right on it. Would absolutely stay again.

Cons: There was trash everywhere! People are so disrespectful of the land.

Vault toilet by site 11. Decently clean.

Excellent private, large, wooded site on a lake across from a marina. Really beautiful and pretty quiet even though I know there were other campers nearby. I think there are 11 total sites. Some you would basically be parking on road, but this one as well as a couple others you pull off into clearing. Ours had fire pit and picnic table. Vault toilets are available but we didn't use. Would stay again if in area. We have a 21' class b. Travato.

The sites here are along the lake, which is crystal clear and was lovely for swimming. All campsites have a picnic table, fire ring, BBQs and lantern holder. Sites 9, 10 and 11 are close to the vault toilets are would be better for RVs, although if you have a class B site 6 is wonderful, though difficult to get level. Not much to do around, we cycled to a nearby dam. There's also a paid campsite down the road with hot showers if you want to sneak in. There's a small road above the campsite which had motorcycle traffic during the day, but it was few and far between.