Southwest Shore Campground

We love staying in Forest Service Campgrounds because they normally have good water, vault toilets, lots of trees & places to hike. This CG charges $12 per night but has no water available & you must leave with your trash & dispose of it elsewhere. Seems overpriced.

We had adequate Verizon signal to search & text. We did not try calling or downloading. The CG was half full on a Sunday night in early Aug. If the lake (created as a reservoir) was not so low, this CG would probably be full. We thought there would be some fun hikes from the CG but the only one we saw goes to the lake which is not that appealing in its half empty condition. We liked that the CG was quiet. However, it feels like it’s been abandoned: subcontracted to a NFP that is not maintaining it adequately. The picnic table at our site was unusable. The top looked like it had been roasted under a broiler & no longer had any flat surface.

Road into campground gravel and dirt but quite safe, big rigs would have no problem. Inexpensive but nice large pads with pine tree coverage. Lake is still partially empty but seems to be a consistent issue. Vault toilets and Verizon service. We would absolutely stay here again and we where very surprised at being the only ones here as it is lovely and as you might imagine very quiet.