Stone Creek Campground — Mount San Jacinto State Park

This seems to be a campground that attracts revelers to the larger sites. Two campsites to the right of one I usually book (#49) is spacious and generally has two to three tents on weekends. This means more partying and noise well into the wee hours of the morning. Rangers don't patrol the campground at this time, and the camp host doesn't come around either, so complaining the next morning is after the fact. Reservations are indeed required for weekends, but campers can usually squeeze by this requirement in the middle of the week when less sites are reserved. It's not entirely peaceful because traffic can be heard emanating from the nearby highway and another road leading to a campground further up the mountain.

Great campsite we just happened to go the hottest weekend of the year. There was no breeze and our site didn’t provide much shade besides early morning and late afternoon. If it’s warm would recommend a campsite with full shade!

There were a bunch of mosquitoes so make sure you have repellent and are prepared for that!

Bathrooms were clean but with no flush toilets there was definitely a strong smell along with flies!

The hike behind the campsite has a great view and was relatively easy and fast!

Dog friendly but lots of mosquitoes for them to deal with!

This specific site was above our parking spot so lots of up and down the small hill when packing and unpacking!

This was a first outing for me and my dog. It was a great first test run. Each site has a fire pit and picnic table. This time of year, you can come without a reservation, and pay at a pay machine at the guard house. There is a nature trail to a lookout if you want to stretch your legs.